Human Computer Interaction
CS 6751
Winter 1998
Instructor: Wendy C. Newstetter
TA: Patrick Mahoney

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General Information

Description: HCI is a multidisciplinary subject that draws on concepts and skills from computer science, psychology, sociology, anthropology, industrial and graphic design. Broadly speaking, contributions to the field are made from three camps--technologists, behavioral scientists and designers.? Each contributes a unique perspective and set of tools. This course introduces students to the issues and tools that each group brings to the design, development and evaluation of user-centric systems.
Course goals:
• To understand usability and usefulness of a computer system from the user's perspective.
• To gain awareness of human capabilities/limitations and how they impact interaction.
• To gain experience critiquing, analyzing and redesigning interfaces based on principles of user-centered design.

Meeting Time:TT 8:00-9:30 am
Meeting Place:CoC 102
Office Hours:T-Th 10am-11am
Assessment Criteria:Grading
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Textbook: Preece, Jenny. (1994) Human-computer InteractionAddison Wesley: Reading, MA.
Additional references
 

Week	Date	Reading	Topic	Deliverables
1	1/ 6		Introduction
	1/8	Preece-Chap.1	What is HCI?
2	1/13	Preece-Chap.2	Components of HCI	Looking for the interface
	1/15	Preece-PARTIIÝChap.3/Article #1	CognitiveFrameworks
3	1/20	Preece-Chaps.4 &5	Cognitive constraints
	1/22	Preece-Chaps.6 &7	Cognitive Models	Unpacking a metaphor
4	1/27	Preece-PartIV Chap. 17 &18	User-centered design IMTC Field Trip
	1/29	Preece-Chap.19/Article #2	Requirements capture
5	2/3	Preece-Chaps. 20	Task analysis
	2/5	Preece- Chap 21 & 22	Task analysis	Knowing users and their tasks
6	2/10	Article #3 & #4		Project: Part 1
	2/12	Preece-Chap.8	Social Aspects
7	2/17	Article #5
	2/19	Preece- Chaps.9 &10	Social Aspects	Yes,...But
8	2/24	Preece-PART VIÝChaps. 29 & 30	Evaluation	Project: Part 2
	2/26	Preece-Chap. 31	Evaluation techniques
9	3/3	Preece-Chap. 32	Evaluation techniques
	3/5	Preece-Chap. 34
10	3/10		Presentations	Project: Part 3
	3/13		Presentations	Project Presentations

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