CMSC 434

CMSC 434 - Fall 2007
Prof Guimbretiere

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Reading (All books are available through electronic reserve services)	Q Set	HW & Project
Week 1	Aug. 29	Introduction
Week 2	Sep. 3	Labor Day
Week 2	Sep. 5	Design of Everyday Things	Ch 1. The Psychopathology of everyday things, Book: "Psychology of Everyday Things", by Donald Norman. The perfect brainstorm (handout), Book: "The Art of Innovation", by Tom Kelley Examples from the class text: p. 20 (Affordance), 128 (Mapping), 130 (Mental model)	Set 1
Week 3	Sep. 10	Design	The designer's stance (handout) Book: "Bringing Design to Software", by Terry Winograd Universal Tools: Recruiting and Interviewing (only pages 117-127) Book: "Observing The User Experience", by Mike Kuniavsky Examples from the class text: p. 62 (Development Cycle), 118 (Iteration), 158 (Prototyping)	Set 2
Week 3	Sep. 12	Design: Defining goal and personas	Understanding users: Qualitative Research Modeling Users: Personas and Goals Book: "About Face 2.0", by Alan Cooper and Robert Reimann Examples from the class text: p. 24 (Archetypes), 106 (Hierarchy of Needs), 186 (Storytelling)	Set 3	Declare project
Week 4	Sep. 17	Design: Prototyping	Making a Paper Prototype Book: "Paper Prototyping", by Carolyn Snyder	Set 4	HW1 Due Storyboarding
Week 4	Sep. 19	Design: Evaluation	Designing the Palm Pilot Book: "Information Appliances and Beyond", by Eric Bergman (Ed.) Examples from the class text: p. 12 (80/20 Rule), 86 (Flexibility-Usability Tradeoff), 174 (Scaling Fallacy)	Set 5
Week 5	Sep. 24	Historical perspective	The Xerox Star: An Influential User Interface Design Book: "Human-Computer Interface Design", by Lawrence H. Miller, Jeff Johnson. The Xerox Star: A Retrospective J. Johnson, T. Roberts, W. Verplank, D. Smith, C. Irby, M Beard, K. Mackey (in IEEE Computer, Sept'89) Examples from the class text: p. 110 (Iconic Representation)	Set 6	HW2 Due Goals and Personas
Week 5	Sep. 26	The Human Information Processor I	The Human Information Processor Book: "The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction", by Card, Moran and Newell Examples from the class text: p. 82 (Fitt's Law), 108 (Highlight), 114 (Interference Effect), 146 (Orientation Sensitivity), 148 (Performance Load), 150 (Performance vs. Preference)	Set 7
Week 6	Oct. 1	The Human Information Processor II	Skill Acquisition Book: "Learning and Memory", by J. Anderson Examples from the class text: p. 30 (Chunking), 102 (Hick's Law), 164 (Recognition over Recall)	Set 8
Week 6	Oct. 3	Group presentation			Project step 1: User Goals
Week 7	Oct. 8	Review session			HW3 Due Prototyping tool
Week 7	Oct. 10	High-level Theories	Information Processing and Skilled Behavior Book: "HCI Models, Theories, AND Frameworks : Toward A Multidisciplinary Science", By J. Carroll. Chapter 4. Examples from the class text: p. 60 (Depth of Processing), 76 (Feedback Loop)	Set 9
Week 8	Oct. 15	Conceptual Models	Cognitive engineering; Direct Manipulation Interfaces Book: "User Centered System Design", by Donald Norman and Stephan Draper Examples from the class text: p. 36 (Cognitive Dissonance), 86 (Flexibility-Usability Tradeoff), 128 (Mapping), 130 (Mental Model), 110 (Iconic Representation), 164 (Recognition over Recall)	Set 10	HW4 Due Human Information Processor
Week 8	Oct. 17	Midterm (Closed books)
Week 9	Oct. 22	Usability Heuristics I	Evaluating the design without users Book: "Task-Centered User Interface Design" Examples from the class text: p. 100 (Gutenberg Diagram), 142 (Ockham's Razor), 134 (Mnemonic Device), continue in next lecture	Set 11
Week 9	Oct. 24	Group presentation			Project step 2: Prototyping
Week 10	Oct. 29	Usability Heuristics II	Example from class text: 154 (Progressive Disclosure), 164 (Recognition Over Recall), 46 (Consistency), 202 (Visibility), 44 (Confirmation), 88 (Forgiveness), 66 (Error) Flash examples: icecream.fla icecream.swf		HW5 Due Higher Level Models
Week 10	Oct. 31	Computer technology	There's more to interaction than meets the eye, Book: "User Centered System Design", by Donald Norman and Stephan Draper	Set 12
Week 11	Nov. 5	Graphics design	Organization and visual structure, Book: "Design Visual Interfaces", by Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano Examples from the class text: p. 22 (Alignment), 34 (Closure), 64 (Entry Point), 80 (Figure-Ground Relationship), 94 (Garbage In - Garbage Out), 98 (Good Continuation), 104 (Hierarchy), 124 (Legibility), 160 (Proximity), 184 (Similarity), 190 (Symmetry), 200 (Uniform Connectedness)	Set 13	HW6 Due Design Heuristics
Week 11	Nov. 7	Visual Presentation (Colored Version)	Escaping Flatland, Book: "Envisioning Information", by Edward Tufte.	Set 14
Week 12	Nov. 12	Evaluation	Setting the Stage for Discovery, Book: "Science And Its Ways Of Knowing", by John Hatton and Paul Plouffe Examples from the literature: Stanford Prison Experiment, (Wikipdia entry) Milgram Experiment (Wikipedia entry) IRB: The role of visual feedback in graphical user interfaces	Set 15
Week 12	Nov. 14	Group presentation			Project step 3: Implementation
Week 13	Nov. 19	Qualitative Evaluation	Introduction to Usability Test Facilitation Book: "Paper Prototyping", by Carolyn Snyder Usability Tests Book: "Observing The User Experience", by Mike Kuniavsky	Set 16
Week 13	Nov. 21	Qualitative Evaluation
Week 14	Nov. 26	Quantitative Evaluation	Quantitative analysis of scrolling techniques by Ken Hinckley, Edward Cutrell, Steve Bathiche and Tim Muss, Published in SIGCHI 2002. Note: In order to print this paper, you have to be connected through a UMD machine.	Set 17
Week 14	Nov. 28	Looking forward	The computer for the 21st century (handout)	Set 18
Week 15	Dec. 3	Technology life cycle	Growing Up: Moving from Technology-Centered to Human-Centered Products Book: "The invisible computer", by Donald Norman	Set 19	HW7: Evaluation
Week 15	Dec. 5	Group presentation			Project step 4: Evaluation (Presentation)
Week 16	Dec. 10	Project fair and reviews			Project step 4 (Final version)
Week 16	Exam Study day
Week 17	Dec. 17	Final (1:30pm to 3:30pm)