CS3043 Visual Interface Development and Applications

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CS3043 Visual Interface Development and
Applications

• The main topics for this class are
• Programming required to construct a Web site
• Introduction to Human-Computer Interface
• Methodology for making a Web site more user
  friendly
• Fall 05, MWF 1000-1050 AM, M230

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Human-Computer Interaction

• What is HCI?
• Concerns the design, evaluation, and
  implementation of interactive computer systems
  for human use
• Goals of HCI
• Safety
• Utility
• Effectiveness
• Efficiency
• Usability
• Appeal

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User-Centered Development

• User centric not data centric
• Involves users as much as possible
• Interdisciplinary
• Art
• Psychology
• Tech writing
• Computer science
• etc.
• Iterative involving testing and revision

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Web Programming

• Emphasis on standards
• HTML, XHTML, some XML
• CSS for presentation
• Java Script for dynamic effects
• Rudiments of PHP (CGI's)

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CS3043 Visual Interface Development and
Applications

• Prerequisites
• CS1043 (desirable CS2003)
• Assumes no prior knowledge of Wed development or
  knowledge of Human-Computer Interaction
  techniques.

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Texts

• D. D. McCracken, R. J. Wolfe, User-Centered
  Website Development, Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN
  0-13-041161-2.
• J. Duckett, Beginning Web Programming with HTML,
  XHTML, and CSS, WROX, Wiley, 2004, ISBN
  0-7645-7078-1.
• R. W. Sebesta, World Wide Web, 3rd Ed.,
  Addison-Wesley, 2005.

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Expectations

• Two exams a midterm (1hr) and a final (2hr)
• Lost of assignments (Almost weekly) (16)
• Several Projects (33)
• Attendance (2)