CS 419/519: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

Instructor: Carlos Jensen

Office: Kelley 3061

Email: cjensen [at] eecs

Office Hours: TTh 10am-12pm in my office, or by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Dana Benson

Email: bensond [at] onid

Office Hours: MW 2pm-3:30pm Kelley Atrium

Class website:

http://classes.engr.oregonstate.edu/eecs/fall2005/cs519-001

Course Objectives

The purpose of this course is to give senior undergraduates and graduate students a theoretical and practical introduction to Human-Computer Interaction, User-Centered Design, and Usability Engineering. Specifically, you will learn about

1. The basics of doing human subject research
2. The User-centered development process
3. Identifying and building to meet user needs
4. Prototyping and design
5. Evaluation & accepted reporting practices
6. Presentation & constructive criticism
7. Teamwork & project management

Textbook & Materials

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction

by Preece, Sharp & Rogers [Required]

Additional Materials:

The design of Everyday Things by Norman

HCC Education Digital Library,

(http://hcc.cc.gatech.edu/)

Office for Human Research Protection

(http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/policy/topics.html )

Course Assignments and Grading

This class is meant to be a hand-on course. This means that you will be required to work on group projects and class-work (in addition to doing readings) outside of class time. This class will also be very interactive. Participation will count on your final grade, and I want a healthy discussion to develop.

Assignments are due at the beginning of class, no exceptions. You are responsible for having done the reading before attending class that day. I usually do not go over the material in class, preferring to spend that time elaborating or discussing that material with you. You should be prepared to participate in that discussion.

As part of this class you will be involved in a quarter-long project. This project will be done in teams of size X. There will be no exams. You will be scored on assignments, project deliverables, presentations, potential quizzes, and participation. The breakdown will be as follows:

Assignments 15%

Participation 20%

Project 65%

Observations 10%

Proposal 10%

First Prototype 15%

Evaluation Plan 15%

Evaluation & Design 30%

Presentation 20%

Academic Dishonesty

The rules regarding Academic Dishonesty will be strictly enforced. Note that the penalties are quite severe and that the instructor has no discretion once a case of cheating is detected.

Schedule

Subject to change, please check back often.

Date	Topic/Activity	Reading	Assignment
9/27	Welcome & Introduction
9/29	Design Process	Ch 1, Ch 6	Email Assignment
10/4	Requirements Gathering	Ch 7.1-7.4, Ch 9	Human subjects certificate due http://cme.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/humanparticipant-protections.asp
10/6		Ch 12	Field-work Assignment 2
10/11		Ch 13	Field-work
10/13	Colloquium (MSR)		Library observation due (Anonymous papers)
10/18	Discussion & Presentations
10/20	Human Cognition	Ch 2, Ch 3
10/25	Cognition & Requirements	Ch 7.5-7.7
10/27	Presentations & Discussion		Project Proposal due
11/1	Design	Ch 8
11/3	No Class
11/8	Evaluation	Ch 10
11/10	Presentations & Discussion		First Prototypes due
11/15	Quantitative Analysis	Ch 14
11/17	Presentations & Discussion		Evaluation Plan Due
11/22	Overview of HCI
11/24	Thanksgiving – No class
11/29	Overview of HCI
12/1	Design Gallery		Final Prototypes + Eval due
12/6			Final Portfolio due