User Interface Design

Class CS 6751, Winter 95

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. Also listed as PSY 6751.

The following items are available through the CS 6751 WWW pages:

Course Information,
Syllabus,
Midterm Exam Info,
Midterm Exam Solutions,
Midterm Exam Statistics,
Final Exam Solutions,
Final Exam Statistics,
Reading Information,
Lecture Slides,
Homework Information,
Notes from the TA,
Group Project Information,
Newsgroup Information and Access,
Contact Information.
Info on other classes offered at Georgia Tech.

Course Information:

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Time and Place:

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 am, College of Computing, Room 201

Text:

Dix, Finlay, Abowd & Beale. Human-Computer Interaction, Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN 0-13-458266-7.

Norman. The Psychology of Everyday Things, Basic Books, 1988.
ISBN 0-465-06709-3.
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Norman. The Design of Everyday Things, Doubleday, 1989.
ISBN 0-385-26774-6.

Grading Policy:

10% - Midterm Exam
25% - Final Exam
20% - Homework assignments
40% - Project presentations and project contents
5% - Class participation

Syllabus:

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1/5/95  Lecture 1: Course Outline
1/10/95 Lecture 2: HCI intro
1/12/95 Lecture 3: HCI Intro 		Project Groups Assigned
1/16/95 				Homework 1 Due
1/17/95 Lecture 4: Interaction		
1/19/95 Lecture 5: Interaction Styles	Homework 2 Due
        				talk by Don Norman at noon, required
1/24/95 Lecture 6: Engineering Lifecycle 
1/26/95 Lecture 7: Usability Evaluation	4-minute madness
					Homework 3 due
1/31/95 Midterm exam    		Midterm Exam
2/2/95  Lecture 8: Task Analysis
2/2/95  DROP DATE
2/7/95  Project presentations		1st Project Presentation
2/9/95  Lecture 9: Task analysis, Usability Evaluation 
2/14/95 Lecture 10: Usability principles
2/16/95 Lecture 11: Cognitive Modeling
2/21/95 Project presentation    	2nd Project Presentation
2/23/95 Lecture 12: Cognitive and Dialog Modeling
2/28/95 Lecture 13: Tools and Implementation
3/2/95  Lecture 14: Multisensory Systems
3/7/95  Project presentation    	3rd Project Presentation
3/9/95  Lecture 15: Videos              Student Evaluation at 9:15

Newsgroup Information and Access

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A newsgroup will be available for student questions and responses, as well as group discussion, although assignments will only be available via the class WWW pages. The newsgroup will be git.cc.class.6751. In addition to the standard ways of reading newsgroups (rn, trn, xrn, xvnews), you can access the newsgroup by clicking on the name of the newsgroup above. Another place of interest is the git.gvu newsgroup which is a forum for the Graphics Visualization and Usability Center here in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.

While on the topic of interesting places, click here to access the HCI Launching Pad, your link to the rest of the HCI community.