CIS 6930/4930: Human-Computer Interaction

Section 3004/6672

Fall 2007

MAT 0115 Tuesday 8^th and 9^th period Thursday 9^th period Professor: Benjamin Lok Office: CSE Rm E342, 392-1492 lok@cise.ufl.edu  (Put HCI in the subject)

Office Hours: · Tuesday 7^th period · Thursday 7^th period · By appointment (email)  · Drop by the office

Class

August: (Chapter 1)

23rd - course intro

28th - go over syllabus, start introduction to human computer interaction (chapter 1)

30th - human computer interaction (chapter 1), assigned reading of chapter 1 & 2 of shneiderman.  Quiz on sept. 18th

31st - Assignment #1 posted

September: (Assignment #1, Decide on Final Project, Chapter 2, 6)

4th - Discuss Assignment #1, How to Conduct a User Study

6th - How to Conduct a User Study

11^th - How to Conduct a User Study, Texas Instruments presentation by Chris Pearson

13^th – Guidelines, Principles, and Theories

18^th – Guidelines, Principles, and Theories, Quiz Chapter 1 &2, New Reading: Media Equation

Media Equation Chapter 1 (http://guir.berkeley.edu/courses/cs198/papers/mediaeq.pdf )

20^th – Assignment #1 webpage due (all submitted webpages will be at http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~lok/teaching/hci-f07/assignment1/webpages)

22^nd – Due: Complete everyone’s Assignment #1

25^th – Chapter 2 Homework (from slides) due, Quiz on Media Equation reading, Direct Manipulation and Virtual Environments

27^th – Assignment #1 report due, IRB for final project due, sample projects page, Direct Manipulation and Virtual Environments

October: (Final Project development, Chapters 6, 9)

2^nd – special location: CSE 112, 3-4:15 (Continuum of Reality from Virtual to Augmented), Read Chapter 6 (assignment due Oct. 9^th – slide 32), Read Soap paper (quiz on the 16^th)

4^th – special location: CSE 112, 3-4:15 (Virtual Humans)

9^th – (usual location), Chapter 6 assignment due, Direct Manipulation and Virtual Environments

11^th – special location: CSE 112, 3-4:15 (Building Virtual Worlds)

16^th – Quiz on Soap paper, Direct Manipulation and Virtual Environments, Interaction Devices (Chapter 9), Children and mouse use paper on interfaces for children assigned, paper report assigned

18^th – Project proposal due, Interaction Devices

23^rd – Discuss project proposals (drop by my office)

25^th - Children and mouse use quiz, Interaction Devices

30^th - Interaction Devices

November: (Final Project development, Chapters 8, 10, 14)

1^st – NO CLASS, paper report DUE

6^th – Interaction Devices

8^th – Interaction Devices, 3d-select paper assigned

13^th – Interaction Devices [suggestion: pilot test + freeze code]

15^th – Command and Natural Languages (Chapter 8)

20^th – SHORT CLASS: Command and Natural Languages, bring a fun interface [suggestion: have run participants by this point], 3d-select paper quiz

THANKSGIVING

27^th – Command and Natural Languages, Final Project Guidelines

29^th –NO CLASS

December: Final Project Due

4^th – Final Project Due, present results

Assignment #1

Final project files: Sample IRB and Consent Form, sample projects page

Syllabus,  Should I take this course?

Interesting web pages found by classmates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/26/monday-inspiration-user-experience-of-the-future/

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/144

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzNh31q61gc

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1879279396155616104

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Gm0OeKxwU

http://www.redferret.net/?p=9533

Lectures

Introduction to Human Computer Interaction (Chapter 1)

Guidelines, Principles, and Theories (Chapter 2)

Direct Manipulation and Virtual Environments (Chapter 6)

How to Conduct a User Study

Virtual Environments (Introduction, Output Devices) (not in book)

Interaction Devices (Chapter 9)

Command and Natural Languages (Chapter 8)