CIS 431
Human Computer Interaction

Fall 2006

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WeekDateTopic Reading Assignment
1 Sept. 4
Labor Day - No Class
Sept. 6

Why HCI?

Chapter 1
Sept. 8

why (cont.)

Cooper Assignment

2 Sept. 11

  1. Resources

  2. MIT Media Lab

  3. Usability

Lab 1

Sept. 13

  1. ACM TECHNews

  2. Cooper Assignment Discussion

  3. Usability (cont.)

Sept. 15

Usability (cont.)

GQM Paper
3 Sept. 18

  1. cont. Chapter 1 Discussion

  2. Interface Design?

  3. Trust?

Lab Schedule

Sept. 20

Chapter 2

Sept. 22

Cooper Part I - Discussion

Guide to Survey Development
4 Sept. 25

cont. Chapter 2 Discussion

Lab 3

Sept. 27

cont. Chapter 2 Discussion

Paper on Distance Workers
Sept. 29

System Description - Methods (requirements, stories, use cases, scenarios)

5 Oct. 2

cont. Chapter 2 Discussion

Lab 4

Oct. 4

cont. Chapter 2 Discussion

Norman's Model

Audio Cues

Oct. 6

Cooper Part II - Discussion

6Oct. 9
Columbus Day - No Class
Oct. 10

Lab 5

Oct. 11

Conclude Chapter 2 Discussion

Oct. 13

Ethnography Discussion

7 Oct. 16

Chapter 3

Lab 6

Oct. 18

cont. Chapter 3 Discussion

Oct. 20

Cooper Part III - Discussion

8 Oct. 23

Oct. 25

Chapter 4 Discussion

Oct. 27

Woods and Dekker Paper - Discussion

9 Oct. 30

Mid-Term

Lab

Midterm Results

Nov. 1

cont. Chapter 4

Nov. 3

Cooper Part IV - Discussion

10 Nov. 6

Lab

Type-Safe
Nov. 8

Direct Manipulation

Why Software Quality Matters

Nov. 10

Saadé and Otrakji Discussion

11 Nov. 13

Direct Manipulation cont.

Nov. 15

Vision

Menu Selection, Form Fillin, and Dialog Boxes

Chapter 7

Nov. 17

Cooper Part V - Discussion

12 Nov. 20

Chapt. 7 cont.

Nov. 22

Chapt. 7 cont.

Thanksgiving Recess - Nov. 23-26
13 Nov. 27

Complete Chapter 7

Nov. 29

Collaboration

Chapter 10

Dec. 1

Speier Discussion

14 Dec. 4

Chapt. 10 cont.

Dec. 6

UML Teams Present

Dec. 8

Debugger Teams Present

15 Dec. 11

Collaboration (cont.)

Dec. 13

Conclusions

Dec. 14th is the last day of class. Friday, Dec. 15th, is a study day.
Exams: Dec. 16-22
Final Exam - Friday, December 22, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM