CS 491m/791m Human-Computer Interaction

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CS 491m/791mHuman-Computer Interaction

• Fall 2004
• Course Syllabus
• August 23, 2004

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Outline

• The Instructor
• The Students
• The Course
• The Texts
• Initial WWW Pointers
• Grading Scheme
• Policies
• Tentative Schedule

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The Instructor.

• Sergiu Dascalu
• Room SEM-236
• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail dascalus_at_cs.unr.edu
• Web-site www.cs.unr.edu/dascalus
• Office hours
• Monday and Wednesday 100 200 pm or by
  appointment or chance

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.The Instructor

• Sergiu Dascalu
• PhD, Dalhousie U., Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001
• Teaching and research at UNR,
• 2002-present (software engineering, HCI)
• Teaching and research at Dalhousie University,
  1993-2001 (software engineering focus)
• Teaching and research at the University
  Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, 1984-1995
• (RT embedded systems focus)
• Consultant for software development companies in
  Canada and Romania

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The Students

• Registered
• 7 graduate 4 undergraduate
• Prerequisite
• Instructors approval

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The Course

• Classroom
• AB 212
• MWF 1200 pm - 1250 pm
• Outline This course examines topics related to
  designing computer systems that support people to
  carry on their activities effectively and safely.
  Topics covered include usability principles,
  conceptual models, interface metaphors,
  interaction paradigms and styles, task
  description, task analysis, collaborative
  technologies design, interaction design
  processes, interface construction and
  prototyping, evaluation techniques and
  frameworks, user testing, and input-output
  devices.

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The Texts.

• Required textbook
• Jennifer Preece, Yvonne Rogers, and Helen
  Sharps "Interaction Design Beyond
  Human-Computer Interaction, Wiley Sons, 2002.
  ISBN 0-471-49278-7
• Recommended textbook
• Ben Schneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Designing
  the User Interface Strategies for Effective
  Human-Computer Interaction, 4th Edition,
  Addison-Wesley, 2003
• ISBN 0-321-20058-6

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.The Texts

• Lecture notes
• Presentations by the instructor
• Notes you take in the classroom
• Additional texts (see pages 17 to 19)
• Material (papers, tutorials, etc.) that will be
  indicated later by the instructor

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Initial WWW Pointers

• Required textbooks website (Preece et als
  Interaction Design)
• http//www.id-book.com/
• Recommended textbooks website
• (Schneiderman Plaisant)
• http//wps.aw.com/aw_shneider_dtui_4/
• Gary Perlmans HCI bibliography
• http//hcibib.org/

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Grading Scheme..

• Grading scheme for CS791m students (tentative)
• Assignments 14
• Presentations 18
• Midterm test 16
• Project 32
• Paper 14
• Class participation 6
• TOTAL 100

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.Grading Scheme.

• Grading scheme for CS491m students (tentative)
• Assignments 20
• Presentations 16
• Midterm test 16
• Project 40
• Class participation 8
• TOTAL 100

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..Grading Scheme

• Passing conditions (all must be met)
• 50 overall
• 50 in test
• 50 in project and paper
• 50 in assignments, presentations, and class
  participation
• For grade A at least 90 overall, at least 90
  in class participation, and at least 60 in test
• Note that there are no make-up tests or homework
  in this course

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Grading Scale

• Numerical-letter grade correspondence
• A 90 -100
  maximum 100
• A- 87 - 89
• B 83 - 86
• B 78 - 82
• B- 75 - 77
• C 71 - 74
• C 66 - 70
• C- 63 - 65
• D 60 - 62
• D 55 - 59
• D- 50 - 54
• F lt 50

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Policies

• Late submission policy
• Maximum 2 late days per assignment/project
  deliverable
• Each late day penalized with 10
• No subdivision of late days
• No late days for presentations and test
• Example a 90/100 worth assignment gets 81/100 if
  one day late (900.9 81) or 72/100 if two days
  late (900.8 72)

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.Policies..

• Legal notices on the world-wide web Read and
  comply with accompanying legal notices of
  downloadable material
• Specify references used
• Do not plagiarize (see next slide)

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..Policies.

• Plagiarism and cheating Will not be tolerated.
  Please read the policies of University of Nevada,
  Reno regarding academic dishonesty
• www.unr.edu/stsv/acdispol.html

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Policies

• Disability Statement
• If you have a disability for which you will need
  to request accommodations, please contact me or
  someone at the Disability Resource Center
  (Thompson Student Services - 107), as soon as
  possible.

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Additional Texts..

• Each student will deliver a presentation based on
  one of the following additional texts
• 1 Don A. Norman, The Design Of Everyday Things
• 2 Don A. Norman, Emotional Design
• 3 Steven Krug, Dont Make Me Think A Common
  Sense Approach to Web Usability
• 4 Carolyn Snyder, Paper Prototyping The Fast and
  Easy Way to Refine User Interfaces
• 5 Mike Kuniavsky, Observing the User Experience
  A Practitioner's Guide to User Research

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.Additional Texts.

• 6 B.J. Fogg, Persuasive Technology Using
  Computers to Change What We Think We Do
• 7 Jef Raskin, The Humane Interface New
  Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
• 8 Ellen Isaacs and Alan Walendowski, Designing
  from Both Sides of the Screen How Designers and
  Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative
  Technology
• 9 Jeff Johnson, GUI Bloopers Donts and Dos for
  Software Developers and Web Designers
• 10 Karen Donahue, Built for Use Driving
  Profitability
• Through the User Experience

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..Additional Texts

• 11 Joel Spolsky, User-Interface Design for
  Programmers
• 12 Ben Shneiderman, Leonardos Laptop
• 13 Jay David Bolter and Diane Gromala, Windows
  and Mirrors Interaction Design, Digital Art,
  and the Myth of Transparency
• 14 Nathan Shedroff, Experience Design 1
• 15 Eric Begnan (editor), Information Appliances
  and Beyond
• 16 Malcolm McCullough, Digital Ground
  Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and
  Environmental Knowing

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Tentative Schedule.
Week Dates (M, W, F) Contents
1 Aug 23, 25, 27 Lectures Students Introduction
2 Aug 30, Sep 1, 3 Lectures, A1 given Presentations draw
3 Sep -, 8, 10 Lectures Selection additional text, A1 due
4 Sep 13, 15, 17 A2 given Presentations by students (round 1)
5 Sep 20, 22, 24 Lectures, Project requirements given
6 Sep 27, 29, Oct 1 Lectures A2 due
7 Oct 4, 6, 8 A3 given Presentations by students (round 2)
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.Tentative Schedule
8 Oct 11, 13, 15 Lectures
9 Oct 18, 20, 22 Lectures Project part I due, Presentations by students (round 3)
10 Oct 25, 27, 29 Presentations by students (round 3)
11 Nov 1, 3, 5 Lectures Midterm (11/5)
12 Nov 8, 10, 12 Lectures Project checkpoint, A3 due
13 Nov 15, 17, 19 Presentations by students (round 4)
14 Nov 22, 24, - Presentations by students (round 4)
15 Nov 29, Dec 1, 3 Project part II due, Project demo
16 Dec 8 Paper due