CPE/CSC 490 Selected Advanced Topics -- Internet 2 Schedule

Note: The following table is generated via XML, and may not display properly on some browsers. Week Date Topic Keywords Readings Speaker Backup Speaker Lab Assignment Project Student Presentations Student Commentators 1 Jan 4 Introduction: Overview UCD and HCI User-Centered Design, Human-Computer Interaction [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 1-2 Review of research with human subjects; work on Assignment 1 Assignment 1: Tools for UCD 2 Jan 11 Understanding User Interaction conceptual model, interface metaphor, interaction method [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 2 continue work on Assignment 1 A1 Presentations 3 Jan 18 Cognitive Foundations; Collaboration and Communication; User Interfaces and Users [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 3-5 Mary Somerville: Cal Poly Learning Commons completion Assignment 1; distribution Assignment 2: "Learning Commons" Storyboards identification of possible project topics A1 Presentations Assignment 1 Team Presentations 4 Jan 25 Interaction Design Process User Needs & Requirements [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 6-7 work on Assignment 2; distribution Assignment 3: User Data Collection discussion of project topics Melissa Toy: Usability Evaluation of an existing company Web site 5 Feb 1 Designing and Prototyping User-Centered Approaches [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 8-9 distribution Term Project A2 Presentations 6 Feb 8 Usability Evaluation Overview Usability Evaluation Framework [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 10-11 distribution Assignment 4: Usability Evaluation topic selection term project project topics (informal) 7 Feb 15 Observing Users Asking Users and Experts [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 12-13 presentations Assignment 3; A3 Presentations 8 Feb 22 Testing and Modeling Users [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 14 alpha version term project project updates (informal) 9 Mar 1 Usability Evaluation in Practice [Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2002] Ch. 15 beta version term project; check out the Interactive Heuristic Evaluation Toolkit Melissa Toy: Usability Evaluation of a redesigned company Web site (tentative); project updates (informal) 10 Mar 8 Final Project Presentations final presentations term project Final Project Presentations 11 Mar 15 Finals Week

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