CSC 484, Spring 2008
Gene Fisher




General Index:

Newsworthy Items:

Current Weekly Readings:   

Index by Week:

Week 1:

  • course syllabus .pdf  ,  .html -- introductory description of the course
  • assignment 1 .pdf  ,  .html -- introduction to hci evaluation and usability analysis
  • first lab questionnaire .pdf -- on areas of project interest and expertise
  • lecture notes week 1 .pdf  ,  .html -- introduction to the course
  • tentative team assignments .pdf -- first draft of team membership for assignment 1
Week 2:
  • lecture notes week 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- the process of interaction design
  • lab notes week 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- discussion of "attractiveness" paper and friday's quiz
  • team assignments .pdf  ,  .html -- team membership for assignment 1 (and perhaps beyond)
Week 3:
  • class schedule .pdf  ,  .html -- more detailed schedule of class activities
  • assignment 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- storyboarding and class project selection
  • lecture notes week 3, part 1 .pdf  ,  .html -- (re)introducing evaluation
  • lecture notes week 3, part 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- details of the ID process
Week 4:
  • lecture notes week 4, part 1 .pdf  ,  .html -- understanding and conceptualizing interaction
  • lecture notes week 4, part 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- understanding users, cognitively
  • lab notes week 4, wednesday .pdf  ,  .html -- discussion of the storyboarding paper; further details of assignment 2
  • lab notes week 4, friday .pdf  ,  .html -- questions on this fornight's readings
Week 5:

  • assignment 2 evaluations  .pdf   ,  .html -- poster session evaluations and team questionnaires
  • poster sessions -- links to project websites and poster pictures
  • projects overview, milestone 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- general descripton of projects and milestones; details of Milestone 2
  • lecture notes week 5 .pdf  ,  .html -- social and affective aspects of interaction design
Week 6:

  • lecture notes week 6 .pdf  ,  .html -- different types of interfaces and interactions
Week 7:

  • assignment 3 writeup  .pdf   ,  .html   -- participation in usability studies
  • milestones 3 and 4 .pdf  ,  .html -- detais of the remaining two project milestones
  • lecture notes week 7, part 1 .pdf  ,  .html -- data gathering (part 1); data analysis (part 2)
  • lecture notes week 7, part 2 .pdf  ,  .html -- data gathering (part 1); data analysis (part 2)
Week 8:
  • assignment 4 writeup  .pdf  ,  .html -- team presentation of a CHI 2008 paper session
  • lecture notes week 8 .pdf  ,  .html -- the DECIDE evaluation framework; usability testing and field studies; recap of analytic evaluation
Week 9:
  • lecture notes week 9 .pdf  ,  .html -- misc adminstrative matters; research readings for weeks 7 - 9; leftovers from notes week 6