Course Organization
| Instructor: | Edward Lank |
| Office Hours: | TBD |
| Required Textbook: | Contextual Design, (CD), by Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt |
| Additional Text Resources:* | - Interaction Design, (ID), by Preece, Rogers, and Sharp
- Designing the User Interface, (DUI), by Shneiderman and Plaisant
- Human-Computer Interaction, (HCI), by Preece, Rogers, Sharp, Benyon, Holland, and Carey
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* Additional textbooks will be placed on reserve in DC library.
Grading Scheme
| Assignments: | 5% |
| Project: | 55% |
| Final: | 40% |
Topics
This outline of course content is still very basic, as I am teaching this course for the first time. I will fill in additional details as necessary during the semester.
| Topic | Schedule | References | Slides |
| Introduction to HCI | Weeks 1 | DUI, Chapters 1 - 2 | |
| Contextual Inquiry | Weeks 2 - 4 | CD, Chapters 1 - 10 | |
| Designing Systems | Weeks 5 - 7 | CD, Chapters 11 - 18 | |
| Prototyping and Evaluation | Weeks 8 - 10 | HCI, Chapters 29 - 34 | |
| Advanced Topics | Weeks 11 - 12 | Various | |
