User Interface Design

Harvey Mudd College CS124/CS182 Spring 2010

Welcome

Basic Information

Policies

Schedule

Course Content 

    Reading

    Responses

    Presentations

    Investigations

Schedule

Key: RR=Reading Response, I=Investigation
Click on the topic for that day's reading assignment
All lecuture notes are available on the course Sakai site
Date Topic Due Presenter(s)
Introduction to UI Design
Wed Jan 20 Introduction to UI Design Alvarado
Mon Jan 25 Norman's Design Principles I1 Alvarado
Users and Tasks 
Wed Jan 27 Knowing Your User... Alvarado
Mon Feb 1 ...And Understanding What They Need Alvarado
Wed Feb 3 Evolutionary Design and Development I2
(due Fri)
Alvarado
Design and Evaluation
Mon Feb 8 Storyboarding Alvarado
Wed Feb 10 Prototyping I3
(due Fri)
Alvarado
Mon Feb 15 Evaluation
Alvarado
Mon Feb 15 Optional paper prototype session, time TBA
Wed Feb 17 Paper Prototyping Testing I4a Alvarado
Mon Feb 22 Exam Due @ 9am in Olin 1241
Transition (End CS182: Basics of UI Design)
Mon Feb 22 How to Read and Present a Research Paper/Recognition in UIs
Alvarado
Speech and Natural Language
Wed Feb 24 Natural Language Interfaces I4,
RR1
Chris, Nathan
Mon Mar 1 Speech for People with Disabilities RR2
Arielle, Alex A.
Wed Mar 3 Wizard of Oz Evaluation RR3
Steven, Simon
Pen-Based and Multi-Modal Interfaces
Mon Mar 8 Sketching and Recognition RR4 Ben, Andrew
Wed Mar 10 No Class

None
Mar 15-19 Spring Break
Mon Mar 22 Novel pen-based interactions RR5
Skyler, Alex Y.
Wed Mar 24 Two modes are better than 1
I5 (due Fri),
RR6
Alice, Josh
End Presentation/Paper Phase 1, Begin Phase 2
Ubiquitous and Tangible UIs
Mon Mar 29  Introduction/Activity

Alvarado
Wed Mar 31 Ubiquitous Computing
RR7 Steven, Alice
Mon Apr 5 Ambient Interfaces RR8
Andrew, Arielle
Wed Apr 7 Touch-based Interfaces RR9
Simon, Alex Y.
Mon Apr 12  Mixed Reality/Tangible Interfaces I6 (due Tue),
RR10
No class
Wed Apr 14 Very Large Interfaces RR11
Ben, Chris
Really New Interfaces
Mon Apr 19 Introduction/Activity
Alvarado
Wed Apr 21 Human-Robot Interaction
RR12
Alex A., Skyler
Mon Apr 26 Biological Interfaces RR13 Nathan, Josh
Wed Apr 28 And Everything Else I7 Alvarado