CMSC 198G - Schedule

Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Reading (All books are available through electronic reserve services)	Q Set	HW & Project
Week 1	Jan. 29	Introduction
Week 1	Jan. 31	Design of Everyday Things	Ch 1. The Psychopathology of everyday things, Book: "Psychology of Everyday Things", by Donald Norman. Examples from the class text: p. 20 (Affordance), 128 (Mapping), 130 (Mental model)	#1
Week 2	Feb. 5	Historical perspective	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)	#2
Week 2	Feb. 7	Design	The designer's stance (handout) Book: "Bringing Design to Software", by Terry Winograd The Universal Traveler (Handout) Chap: 1 (up to page 28) D. Koberg and J. Bagnall Examples from the class text: p. 62 (Development Cycle), 118 (Iteration), 158 (Prototyping)	#3	Declare project HW1 Due Affordance and Mapping
Week 3	Feb. 12	Gathering problem knowledge (Analysis)	Universal Tools: Recruiting and Interviewing (only pages 117-127) Book: "Observing The User Experience", by Mike Kuniavsky Understanding users: Qualitative Research Modeling Users: Personas and Goals (Chap 3 & 4) Book: "About Face 2.0", by Alan Cooper and Robert Reimann	#4
Week 3	Feb. 14	Defining personas and goals (Definition)	Understanding users: Qualitative Research Modeling Users: Personas and Goals (Chap 5) 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)	#5	HW2 Due Storyboarding
Week 4	Feb. 19	Ideation	The perfect brainstorm, Book: "The Art of Innovation", by Tom Kelley	#6
Week 4	Feb. 21	Idea selection: The Human Information Processor I	The Human Information Processor (up to page 71) 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)	#7	HW3 Due Goals and Personas
Week 5	Feb. 26	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)	#8
Week 5	Feb. 28	Group presentation			Project step 1: User Goals
Week 6	Mar. 4	Conceptual Models	Cognitive engineering (Handout) Book: "User Centered System Design", by Donald Norman and Stephan Draper Recommended text: 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)	#9
Week 6	Mar. 6	Prototyping	Making a Paper Prototype Book: "Paper Prototyping", by Carolyn Snyder Recommended text: Designing the Palm Pilot Book: "Information Appliances and Beyond", by Eric Bergman (Ed.)	#10	HW4 Due Human Information Processor
Week 7	Mar. 11	Midterm (Closed books)
Week 7	Mar 13	Introduction to Flash Chap 1 material	Learning the Flash CS3 Professional interface (Chap 1) Book: "Foundation: Flash CS3 for Designers" by Tom Green and David Stiller (on reserve at the CS library AVW 3164)	#11
Week 8	Mar. 18	Spring Break
Week 8	Mar. 20	Spring Break
Week 9	Mar. 25	Flash ActionScript Chap 4 material	ActionScript Basic (Chap 4) Book: "Foundation: Flash CS3 for Designers" by Tom Green and David Stiller (on reserve at the CS library AVW 3164) Simple clock program Simple clock program (using functions)	#12	HW5 Due Paper Prototyping
Week 9	Mar. 27	Group presentation			Project step 2: Prototyping
Week 10	Apr. 1	Building Interface with Flash Chap 9 material	Using the Flash UI Components to Build Interfaces (Chap 9) Book: "Foundation: Flash CS3 for Designers" by Tom Green and David Stiller (on reserve at the CS library AVW 3164) Ordering pizza (step 1, step 2, step 3, final)	#13
Week 10	Apr. 3	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)	#14	HW6 Due Wizard of Oz
Week 11	Apr. 8	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 Examples from the class text: p. 12 (80/20 Rule), 86 (Flexibility-Usability Tradeoff), 174 (Scaling Fallacy)	#15
Week 11	Apr. 10	Flash clinic and Animation	Animation in FLash CS3 (Chap 7) Book: "Foundation: Flash CS3 for Designers" by Tom Green and David Stiller (on reserve at the CS library AVW 3164) Patient form example (executable)
Week 12	Apr. 15	Evaluation: Usability Heuristics	Evaluating the design without users Book: "Task-Centered User Interface Design" Example from the class text: p. 100 (Gutenberg Diagram), 142 (Ockham's Razor), 134 (Mnemonic Device), 154 (Progressive Disclosure), 164 (Recognition Over Recall), 46 (Consistency), 202 (Visibility), 44 (Confirmation), 88 (Forgiveness), 66 (Error)	#16
Week 12	Apr. 17	Group presentation			Project step 3: Implementation
Week 13	Apr. 22	Qualitative Evaluation	Introduction to Usability Test Facilitation Book: "Paper Prototyping", by Carolyn Snyder Usability Tests Book: "Observing The User Experience", by Mike Kuniavsky	#17
Week 13	Apr. 24	Qualitative Evaluation	Designing the Palm Pilot Book: "Information Appliances and Beyond", by Eric Bergman (Ed.)	#18	HW7 Due Flash and Graphic design
Week 14	Apr. 29	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.	#19
Week 14	May 1	Looking forward	The computer for the 21st century (handout)	#20	HW8: Evaluation
Week 15	May 6	Technology life cycle	Growing Up: Moving from Technology-Centered to Human-Centered Products Book: "The invisible computer", by Donald Norman	#21
Week 15	May 8	Study session
Week 16	May 13	Group presentation			Project step 4: Evaluation
Week 16	Exam Study day
Week 17	May 15	Final (8:00am to 10:00am)