HCI1: Human Factors
Section 3: Tuesday & Thursday, 10 - 11:50 am in room 70-1455
office hours:
Mon 10-12 am & Tues/Thurs 4-5 pm in my office
| Date | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|
| 3/9 | Course Overview The User Experience Usability Engineering Life Cycle | read: handout |
| 3/11 | Normanisms | read: Norman Ch 1, 2 |
| 3/12 | go hear Ben Schniederman | 10 - 11:30am |
| 3/16 | Intro to Cognitive Psych 7 Action Steps; In-Class Exercise-Group Work |
due: Everyday Thing topic read: Parkin Ch 1; Norman Ch 3 |
| 3/18 | Visual Perception | read: Parkin Ch 2 |
| 3/23 | Attention & Memory | read: Parkin Ch 3, 6, 7 + Overview pgs of Ch 4 & 5 + Attourney's Guide: Inattentional Blindness |
| 3/25 | * Everyday Thing presentations * | |
| 3/30 | Memory - Knowledge and Imagery |
due: Paper proposal read: Parkin Ch 8, 9, Attourney's Guide: Memory and Eyewitnesses  + 
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| 4/1 | Procedural Knowledge Mistakes, Slips, Errors, Forcing functions | read: Norman Ch 4, 5 |
| 4/6 | Language & Semiotics | read: Parkin Ch 12, 13; Semiotics for Beginners |
| 4/8 | Reasoning & Problem Solving review for exam; AWOL prof? | read: Parkin 14, 15, Prof. Griffith's notes |
| 4/13 | * Exam * bring sketchbooks | |
| 4/15 | Globalization/Localization; ADA 500 | read: Crosscurrents article |
| 4/20 | User-Centered Design Methods | read: Norman 6, 7; Cooper Persona articles |
| 4/22 | Contextual Analysis, Personas * team exercise * |
due: Paper read: Task Analysis readings |
| 4/27 | Task Structure and Analysis |
due: Personas read: Norman Ch 4 |
| 4/29 | Task Analysis * team exercise: Card Sorting * | read: Contextual Inquiry ch 8, Kuniavsky (books24x7) |
| 5/4 | * teams: Contextual Analysis * | |
| 5/6 | Ubiquitous computing * team work time * | due: Task Analysis |
| 5/11 | * team work time * | |
| 5/13 | * Team presentations * | due: Paper critiques |
| 5/18 | * Post mortem & Pancakes * Jefferson Rd IHOP @ 10am | due: Sketchbooks - 30 ETs |