Class

Discuss in Class

Read

Project milestones

Week 1, M (9/24/07)

Overview of the class. Project 1 Assigned.

Ch. 1, 2

Week 1, W (9/26/07)

Task and requirements analysis

Week 2, M (10/1/07)

Discuss P1 Scenarios, Eclipse IDE

P1 (Project 1) "Capture a Scenario" is due.

Week 2, W (10/3/07)

Event-Based GUI programming, Java Swing

Week 3, M (10/8/07)

Java Swing, Activity design, IDEO video

P2 "Hack a GUI" is due.

Week 3, W (10/10/07)

Activity design

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Week 4, M (10/15/07)

Activity design and P3

Week 4, W (10/17/07)

Visual Design

4

P3 "Design an Activity" is due

Week 5, M (10/22/07)

Visual Design

Week 5, W (10/24/07)

Interaction Design = Specify the mechanisms for accessing and manipulating task information.

Week 6, M (10/29/07)

Interaction Design, continued.

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Week 6, W (10/31/07)

Prototyping = Generating concrete but partial systems that demonstrate the interactive user experience.

P4 "Design and Evaluate a System" is due.

Week 7, M (11/5/07)

Project Discussions. Information Visualization

Week 7, W (11/7/07)

Information Visualization

Week 8, M (11/12/07)

Analytic Usability Studies

7

Week 8, W (11/14/07)

User Documentation

8

Week 9, M (11/19/07)

Students present projects

P5 "Build the System" is due.

Week 9, W (11/21/07)

User Observation Studies = Carefully recording user behavior to figure out if they can accomplish tasks with your system.

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Week 10, M (11/26/07)

Review for Final.

Week 10, W (11/28/07)

Discuss P6 in class.

P6 "Observe the Users" is due.