Human-Computer Interface Design and Evaluation

CS 4750 Fall 2001

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General Information

• Description: (General online Course Catalog) Human computer interface is considered in terms of user-system compatibility.Concepts in human factors and interface design are covered in relation to capabilities of both humans and computers. Cross-listed with PSYC 4750.
• Goals:
  • To expose you to the significance of the usability of a computer system from the user's perspective.
  • To gain awareness of human capabilities and how that impacts interaction.
  • To gain expertise in applying various HCI evaluation and modeling techniques to improve the design and software development process.
  • To inform you of the wider field of HCI for further study.
• Meeting Time: MWF 10:05-10:55 am (Section A), MWF 11:05-11:55 am (Section B)
• Meeting Place: CCB 102

Textbooks

Exams

Instructor

Dr. Gregory D. Abowd

• Office: 380 Centennial Research Building (CRB)
• Phone: 404-894-7512 (unreliable)
• Email: abowd@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Wednesday afternoons 380 CRB (or by appointment)

Teaching Assistants

Khai Truong

• Office: 386 Centennial Research Building (CRB)
• Phone: 404-385-0257
• Email: khai@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: MWF 2:00-3:00pm

Heather Richter

• Office: 246a CRB
• Phone: 404-385-1101
• Email: hrichter@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesday 10am - noon

Syllabus

The instructor will make every effort to have prepared lectures available in advance a day or two before the actual lecture. These prepared lectures will be in PowerPoint format.

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Prepared lectures	Project	Supplemental Assignments
1	8/20	Introduction	Previous classes Class policies	slides
Foundations
	8/22	History of HCI	DFAB 4.1-4.2	slides
	8/24	History of HCI	Dealers, Ch. 15	slides
2	8/27	Project	Project overview	slides
	8/29	Design of Everyday Things	DOET Chs. 1-4	slides
	8/31	more Norman thoughts		slides	Part 0 due
3	9/3	Labor Day		NO CLASS
	9/5	Usability Principles	DFAB 4.3	slides
Modeling
	9/7	Humans Heather Richter	DFAB Ch. 1 Card, Moran & Newell, pp. 23-44	slides
4	9/10	Project Part 1 discussion
	9/12	Predictive models	DFAB 6.10 Fitts' Law	slides
	9/14	CANCELLED
5	9/17	Task Analysis Cognitive Models	DFAB 6.6-6.9 DFAB Ch. 7	slides			More on GOMS
Interaction Design
	9/19	Interaction models	DFAB Ch. 3 DOET 45-53	slides
	9/21	Part 1 poster session
6	9/24	Prototyping, Storyboards and Scenarios	DFAB 5.5	slides
	9/26	Designing for errors	DOET Ch. 5	slides
	9/28	exam review			Part 1 due
7	10/1	Exam 1
	10/3	Language and Speech	DFAB 15.3	slides
	10/5	Pen and Gesture	DFAB 15.5-15.6	slides
8	10/8	Recogntion & Metaphors		slides
	10/10	UI toolkits	DFAB Ch. 10	slides
	10/12	UI Development Environments		slides
9	10/15	Mid-semester break		NO CLASS
Evaluation
	10/19	Evaluation introduction Questionnaire design		slides
	10/19	Part 2 poster session
10	10/22	Think aloud	DFAB Ch. 11	slides
	10/24	Cognitive walkthrough	DFAB 11.4.1	slides	Part 2 due
	10/26	Heuristic evaluation	DFAB 11.4.2	slides
11	10/29	Empirical evaluation	DFAB 11.5.1	slides
	10/31	Understanding HCI Statistics		slides			sample spreadsheet
	11/2	exam review
12	11/5	Exam 2
Advanced Topics
	11/7	CSCW	DFAB Ch. 13-14	slides
	11/9	CSCW		slides
13	11/12	Designing for the Web Albert Badre	DFAB 16
	11/14	Designing for the Web Albert Badre
	11/16	Ubiquitous Computing	Weiser 1991	slides	Part 3 due
14	11/19	Ubiquitous Computing		slides
	11/21	Evaluation challenges		slides
	11/23	Holiday		NO CLASS
15	11/26	Contextual Inquiry
	11/28	Research careers in HCI		slides
	11/30	Industry careers in HCI			Part 4 due
16	12/3	Final presentations
	12/5	Final presentations
	12/7	Final presentations
Finals week	12/13, 11:30-2:20 (Section B)	12/14, 11:30-2:20 (Section A)