Course Outline

A project-based course to explore the design process for user interfaces to computers.

Course goals: what you will learn

Awarness-You will become aware of emerging technologies (intelligent interfaces, speech recognition, gesture, multimedia) and applications (computer-supported co-operative work). Students are aware of historical developments & trends in hci and of the potential role of formal methods.
Conceptual understanding - Students understand state-of-the-art user interface features and how they interact with work tasks and user needs. Students understand a variety of design and evaluation methods, and the role of experimental research in hci.
Directed application - Students can prototype user interfaces with a contemporary software toolkit. They can conduct a malfunction analysis, construct a design rationale, design analogies and icons, and prepare high-quality user support materials.
Realistic problem-solving - Students can make effective design decisions under resource constraints. Students can work in a team environment, managing roles and resolving conflicts.

Prerequisites: 27-320, 27-360
Co-requisites and concurrent courses: none
Exclusions: none
Post-requisites: none
Opportunities created:
Requirements fullfilled
Who should take this course: This course is intended to give third year computer science students an overview of the importance and significance of human-computer interaction.

lectures
seminars
discussion
papers
projects
field trips
Representative Text: Designing the User Interface (2nd edition) Ben Shneiderman (Addison Wesley)

sample assignments/outcomes from previous sections (projects, assignments, exams)

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Instructor: Tom Carey

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	27-430 Human Computer Interaction