Course Content: Reading Responses
After the first few weeks (in which we will cover basic topics in UI design), the reading assignments primarily will be research papers from recent conferences and journals. For each set of assigned research papers (there will be 13) except those that you present (see below) you will write a short response according to the guidelines below. See the course schedule for dates that reading responses are due.
In total, there will be 11 sets of papers for which you will have to write a response. These responses will be broken down as follows:
- 5 "long" responses
- 5 short responses
- 1 skip
That is, for 5 sets of papers, you will write a 1-2 page critical response to the ideas in the reading. For another 5 sets of papers, you just need to give a quick response to make sure you have actually done the reading carefully. And for one set of papers, you can skip the response entirely (you should still read the papers, but I understand that there might come a point in the semester when you need to simply skim one set of papers quickly.) It is up to you to choose when you do short responses, when you do long responses and which response you skip. It is also up to you to keep track of how many of each you have done!
Here is the format for the short and long responses. You should use the template for the short responses. Long responses are essay-style.
Short Response TemplateLong Response Guidelines
Grading
As stated on the syllabus, reading responses will make up 30% of your grade. This percentage will be broken down into 10% for short responses and 20% for long responses.
Short respones will receive full credit (check +, 2 points) if they are submitted on time and complete, half credit if they are on time and incomplete (but not serverly) (check, 1 point), and no credit if they are late, not submitted, or severely incomplete (check minus, 0 points).
Long responses will be graded according to this rubric. They will receive no credit if they are late.Submitting Reading Responses
You should submit your response electronically as a Word document or a PDF file (please use one of these formats!). Give it a name that includes: your last name, the topic, whether your response is short or long, and what format the file is. E.g., I might submit a file named AlvaradoSpeechUIsShort.pdf. (The exact filename is not important, as long as it includes enough information for me to determine whose it is, what day it's for, whether it's short or long, and how to open it).Submit your response by placing it in your dropbox on Sakai BEFORE the class period for which it is due. (Late responses will receive no credit).