MWF 10:40-11:50
College of Computing 101
- Instructor
- Chris Shaw,
cdshaw AT
cc.gatech.edu
- 369 Centennial Research Bldg, 404-894-6328
- Office Hours: by appointment in my office in CRB
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- Teaching Assistant
- David Krum, dkrum AT cc.gatech.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 3-4 pm, or by appointment
- Location: Second floor lounge (AKA "Darts Lab", end of the hallway, look for couches and fridges), College of Computing Building
General Information
This course will teach you about the importance of the
human-computer interface in software design and development, and
techniques to accomplish good design. The objectives of the course are
- To facilitate communication between human factors
engineers and computer scientists on
user interface development projects.
- To provide the future user interface designer
with concepts and strategies for making design
decisions.
- To expose the future user interface designer to
tools, techniques, and ideas for interface
design.
- To introduce the student to the literature of
human-computer interaction.
- To stress the importance of good user interface
design.
Text
There text for the class is:
- Human-Computer Interaction, Second Edition
by Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, and Russell Beale.
Prentice Hall © 1998 (DFAB)
You can buy these from Amazon
Books. also the Engineer's Bookstore and the GaTech bookstore
Disclaimer
The professor reserves the right to modify any of these
plans as need be during the course of the class.