This course will teach you about the importance of the human-computer interface in the design and development of things that people use. We will touch on many of the perceptual, cognitive, and social characteristics of people, as well as methods for learning more about the people you wish to use your systems (analyzing the tasks they perform, the way they perform them, the way they think and feel about what they do, etc.). We will discuss the capabilities and limits of computers and other related systems, and discuss how that affects design and implementation decisions. We will also cover methods of design, and ways to evaluate and improve a design. The heart of the course is a semester-long group project that will help you learn in a hands-on way about the various stages of an effective design process. Class objectives: facilitate communication between students of psychology, design, and computer science on user interface development projects. provide the future user interface designer with concepts and strategies for making design decisions. expose the future user interface designer to tools, techniques, and ideas for interface design. introduce the student to the literature of human-computer interaction. stress the importance of good user interface design. Section A Time: Mon, Wed, Fri 13:05 - 13:55 Place: Bunger-Henry 380 Instructor: Gregory Abowd Office: Tech Square Research Bldg (TSRB) 329 Phone: 404-894-7512 Email: abowd@cc.gatech.edu Office Hours: Mondays 12:30-1:00 BH 380 Thursdays 1:00-2:00 TSRB 329 or by appointment Teaching Assistant: Zach Pousman Office: TSRB 343 Phone: (404) 385 2447 Email: zach@cc.gatech.edu Office Hours: 10-12 Tuesday Section B Time: Mon, Wed, Fri 14:05 - 14:55 Place: Bunger-Henry 380 Instructor: Duke Hutchings Office: Tech Square Research Bldg (TSRB) 343 Phone: 404-385-2447 Email: hutch@cc.gatech.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 11 AM - 1 PM Teaching Assistant: Lilia Moshkina Office: TSRB, second floor, cubicles to the right of room 238 Phone: TBA Email: lilia@cc Office Hours: Wednesday, 3:45-5:45 pm Required Textbooks: Human-Computer Interaction (3rd ed.), by Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, & Russell Beale. Prentice Hall, 2003. In the course schedule, this is the DFAB book. The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman. Basic Books, 2002. In the course schedule this is the DOET book.