Schedule

This schedule is tentative. Check this page frequently for updates.

Reading journal questions are linked from the assigned reading selection. Reading journal entries should be posted to CLEo by noon on the day of class. Unless specified otherwise, homework assignments are due on CLEo by 5 p.m. Monday.

Key to abbreviations:

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Week   Date Topic Reading
 Homework
(due Monday 5 pm unless otherwise noted)
1 Wed Sept 2
 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
 Course web site
(due Friday 5 p.m.)
2 Mon Sept 7
 Human-centered design
 DOET 1
 Investigation 1: Design sensitivity (Due in class)
  Wed Sept 9
 Knowledge in the head and in the world
 DOET 3-4
3 Mon Sept 14
 Psychology of actions;
Recognition vs recall
 Mind 7-9; DOET 2
 Investigation 2: The Box
  Wed sept 16
 Heuristic evaluation;
Learning; Errors		 Nielsen; Mind 10-11; DOET 5
4 Mon Sept 21
 Iterative design: Models
(and more on heuristic evaluation)
 DOET 6; Lewis & Riemann 1
 Investigation 3: Heuristic evaluation
  Wed Sept 23
 Iterative design: Case study;
Interfacing with the community
 Gould, et al. (1987)
 Investigation 3: Heuristic evaluation
5 Mon Sept 28
 Sketching and critique
 Hennings (2013);
Baskinger (2008);
Berkun #23, #35
 Investigation 4:  Mini design project (Part 3 due in class)
  Wed Sept 30
 Brainstorming
 Kelley (2001)
6 Mon Oct 5
 Task analysis
 None - lecture day
(Next time provide a short reading;
do personas the same day)
 Investigation 5: Group brainstorm & collaboration plan
  Wed Oct 7
Contextual inquiry; Personas
 Beyer & Holtzblatt (1998);
Cooper & Reimann (2003)
October Break
Week   Date Topic Reading  Homework
7 Mon Oct 12
 Decisions; Actions; Perception
 Mind 12-14
  Wed Oct 14
 NO CLASS - Team project work time - Professor Davis in Houston for the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
8 Mon Oct 19
 Prototyping
Rettig (1994);
Hartman (2009) 		Investigation 6: Contextual inquiry, task analysis, competitive analysis
  Wed Oct 21
 Paper prototyping - In-class team project work time. I will provide a paper prototyping "kit" per Rettig (1994). None

9 Mon Oct 26
 Evaluation Rogers, Sharp, Preece (2011) Investigation 7: Lo-fi prototype video
  Wed Oct 28
 Usability testing
 Krug (2010)
-OR-  Usability.gov
10 Mon Nov 2
 Visual design 1
 Mind 1-3
 Investigation 8: Lo-fi test
  Wed Nov 4
 Visual design 2
 Mind 4-6
11 Mon Nov 9
 Interactive prototype presentations
 None
 Investigation 9: Hi-fi prototype
  Wed Nov 11
 Interactive prototype presentations None
12 Mon Nov 16
 HCI past & future
 Myers (1998);
Bannon (2011)
 Investigation 10: Hi-fi test & iteration Rescheduled
  Wed Nov 18
 Exam
 Reading journal retrospective
 Exam "cheat sheet"
Thanksgiving Break
Week   Date Topic Reading  Homework
13 Mon Nov 30
 Advanced topics presentations I
 Vashistha et al. (2015);
Flatla et al. (2015)
Investigation 11: Advanced topics presentation & critical response (due during last two weeks of class)
  Wed Dec 2
 Advanced topics presentations II
 Chilana et al. (2015);
Eslami et al. (2015)
14 Mon Dec 7
 Advanced topics presentations III
 Lopes et al. (2015);
Sauppé & Mutlu (2015)
 		Investigation 10: Hi-fi test & iteration
  Wed Dec 9
 First final project presentation; Design in the business world; Wrap-up
 DOET 7

Thu
 Dec 17
 Final project presentations, 2-4 pm
 Final Project Deliverables

Janet Davis (davisj@whitman.edu)

Created September 1, 2015
Last revised December 7, 2015

Acknowledgments: Designing a course is an ongoing process that builds one's prior work and the work of others. The content of this schedule is inspired by courses taught by Alan Borning, Christine Alvarado, Jim Boerkel, Maneesh Agrawala, and Björn Hartmann.

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