Date

Topic

Readings

Assignment

Submit

1/18/06

Introduction+project overview(pdf) (ppt)

Course outline, petition

1/23/06

Brainstorming (ppt)

IDEO's Brainstorming tips
Class brainstorming ideas

Project proposal

1/25/06

Human-centered design (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Don Norman, Lewis & Rieman: Ch 1

Project proposal due

1/30/06

Contextual inquiry (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Beyer & Holtzblatt Ch. 3

Group Brainstorm

2/1/06

In-class project work

2/6/06

Designing for Mobile Devices (J. Wang) (ppt)

Contextual Inquiry

2/8/06

Informal prototyping (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Rettig: Prototyping for tiny fingers

2/13/06

Managing teams (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Katzenbach/Smith

2/15/06

Evaluation of prototypes (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Gomoll and Nicol, Jacob Nielsen

Low-fi prototype

Contextual Inquiry due

2/22/06

Evaluation of Mobile Interfaces (ppt) (pdf) (prt)

Ketola, Kjeldskov

2/27/06

Midterm (in class)

3/1/06

Graphic design (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Mullet and Sano: Ch. 2 and 5

Interactive prototype

Low-fi due

3/6/06

Interface toolkits/platforms (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Lewis & Rieman: Ch. 6

3/8/06

Interactive programming (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Delegates and MultiThreading

3/13/06

Sensori-motor models (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

Card, Moran, Newell: (Ch 2)

3/15/06

Design patterns (ppt) (pdf) (print pdf)

VDLH: Ch. 2 & Ch. 11

Team assessment

3/20/06

Project prototype presentations

HE of prototypes

Interactive proto. due

3/22/06

Project prototype presentations

Team assessment due

4/3/06

Quantitative Evaluation Methods (ppt) (pdf) (prt)

Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3

Pilot usability study

HE of prototypes due

4/5/06

Social Psych. and CSCW (ppt) (pdf) (prt pdf)

Kiesler: Ch 2, Baecker et al. CSCW

4/10/06

4/12/06

4/17/06

Pilot usability due  

4/19/06

4/24/06

4/26/06

5/1/06

Project presentations

Report & prototype due

5/3/06

Project presentations 

Final presentation due

5/8/06

5/13/06

Final exam, 5-8pm, Bechtel Aud.