CS 6751 Summer 1999: Human-Computer Interface

Class location:	CoC 102
Class meeting time:	Mondays and Wednesdays 4-5:45pm
Instructor:	Dr. J. Morgan Morris mmorris@cc.gatech.edu
Teaching Assistant:	Q. Alex Zhao azhao@cc.gatech.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2:30pm, CoC 226B, (404) 894-9390
Text:	Designing the User Interface, Third Edition by Ben Shneiderman (Note: You are responsible for the chapters indicated in the schedule whether covered in class or not. Material from the book will be covered on exams.)
Course Objective:	This course covers the human factors of software and interface design. Emphasis is placed on techniques and guidelines to design and critique different types of screens, types and styles of interaction, multimedia, graphical user interface design, and user documentation. Concepts in interface design and testing are considered in relation to human information processing capabilities and limitations.
Topics:	Overview of human-computer interaction User requirements, user characteristics, and task analysis Human information processing in human-computer interaction Direct manipulation, menus, other styles of interaction Graphical user interface design Designing for usability/usability engineering User interface design principles and guidelines Computer-supported cooperative work and hypermedia interfaces Web design Interaction devices Usability testing and evaluation