cs5540 Intro Human Computer Interfaces

CS5540: Intro Human Computer Interfaces

Links: Class Info Syllabus Lecture Notes Video Clips Assignments Resources Wiki Attendance Log

Class Information

Term: Fall 2011
Class Times:

Section 1: MWF 09:40 – 10:30 AM in WEB 1248

Section 2: MWF 10:45 – 11:35 AM in WEB 1248

Instructor: Rich Riesenfeld <rfr@cs.utah.edu>
Office Hours: After Section 2 of class or by appointment.

TAs: Raghav Aggarwal <raghav.aggarwal@utah.edu>

Office Hours: By request.

Questions should be sent to <teach-cs5540@list.eng.utah.edu > and they will be sent to both the instructor and the class TA.
This is recommended as it triples the chance that you will get a quick response.

Mailing list: <cs5540@list.eng.utah.edu>

All registered students should already be subscribed to the class mailing list as <u0UUid.utah.edu>.
A summary of the messages sent to the mailing list can be found in the mail archive

Textbooks:

Required:
Design of Everyday Things.
Donald A. Norman
Basic Books (Perseus) 2002.

Optional:
Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 5th Ed.
Ben Shneiderman Catherine Plaisant Maxine Cohen,and Steven Jacobs
(Addison-Wesley) 2009. (ISBN 978-0321537355 )

Grading Policy:

Grading will be based on project evaluations and class participation. Attendance and full student attention is required in class. All lecture material is posted, so operating electronic devices, e.g., personal computers, smartphone, or introducing other distractions, excepting special needs situations, are not permitted during class. While concept reinforcement through beneficial student discussions and exchanges is encouraged, the submitted work is ultimately expected to be performed independently by each student enrolled in the course. There will be no class exams.

Note:

The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodatioons in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Building, 581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accomodations.

All written information in this course can be made available in alternative format with prior notification to the Center for Disability Services.

Syllabus

Wk	Date	Topic	Related Material	Additional Info
	Aug
1	22	Why HCI?	Lec Notes Set 1
	24	Pos/Neg Attributes of Interfaces	Lec Notes Set 1
	26	How did we get here? Role of History	Face to Face Video Clip (18 min); Video Clip on Idaho Reactor (34 min)
2	29	Idaho Reactor Case	Discuss Issues in Face-to-Face & Idaho Reactor
	31	Basic Concepts	Lec Notes Set 2
	Sep
	02	Basic Concepts	Lec Notes Set 2
3	05	Labor Day		No Class
	07	Affordance vis-à-vis Mapping	Selected Resv Reading	Assignment 00 DUE
	09	Case Study: TMI	*Lec Notes Set 2; Three_MI.mpg Video* (35min)**	Assignment 01 DUE
4	12	Affordance vis-à-vis Mapping	Sheinderman Chap 3
	14	The Design Process
	16	Critical interfaces: Nuclear power	Nuclear.mpg ;
5	19	User Confidence in UI	Mars Space Shots: Orbiter.mpg ; Polar.mpg;
	21	Forcing Functions	Lec Notes Set 2	Assignment 02 DUE
	23	Forcing Functions
6	26			Assignment 03 DUE
	28	Student Presentations	Assign 03
	30		Design of Everyday Things
	Oct
7	03	UI Critiques	Selected Resv Reading
	05			Assignment 04 DUE
	07	Immersive Environments
		Fall Break	16 - 22 Oct	No Classes
8	17	Immersive Environments	Design of Everyday Things
	19
	21	Aesthetics and Cognition	Lecture Notes
9	24	Gestures	Lecture Notes
	26	Gestures
	28	Psychophysical Issue	Lecture and Refs
11	31	VR & haptic interfaces	Video clips: Video Clip (12 min): daVinci Surgical System
	Nov
	02	VR & haptic interfaces	VR Lecture Notes
	04	VR & haptic interfaces	VR Lecture Notes	Lecture Notes
12	07	Design Methodology	Lecture Notes; Brooks, The Design of Design
	09	Design Methodology	The Inmates Are Running the Aslum	Lecture Notes
	11	*World Usability Day*	Usability	worldusabilityday.org
	11	Testing & Validation	Selected Reading
13	14	Common Sense	Selected Reading
	16	Human Factors	Lecture Notes
	18	Human Factors	Lecture Notes
14	21	Assistive Technology	Lecture Notes
	23
		Thanksgiving Break	25 - 27 Nov	No Class
15	28	Final Presentations
	30
	Dec
	02	Final Presentations
16	05	Final Presentations
	07
	09	Last Day of Class
17		Final Exam Period	12 - 16 Dec
	12			Final Project DUE

Lecture Notes

Lec Notes Set	*PBS Nova: Face to Face* (plays w VLC)**	.mpg
1	HCI Basic Principles (updated 19 Sep 11)	.ppt	.pdf
3	Design of Everyday Things (updated 19 Sep 11)	.pptm	.pdf
4	The "Human" Side of HCI	.ppt	.pdf
5	AI and Adaptive UIs		.pdf
7	Behavior	.ppt	.pdf
8	Interface Examples	.ppt	.pdf
9	Mobile UIs	.ppt	.pdf
10	Interfaces:Media and Devices	.ppt	.pdf
11	Gestures	.pptm	.pdf
	UI Layout Guidelines	.ppt	.pdf
12	Design Methodology	.pptm
13	Color	.pptm
14	*Aesthetics: Art* of HCI**	.ppt
15	GUI Goofs	.ppt	.pdf
16	Common Sense	.ppt	.pdf
17	HCI Validation	.ppt	.pdf
18	Some Classic Designs	.ppt	.pdf
19	VR Techniques for HCI (.zip includes video clips)	.pptm	.zip
20	Testing and Validation	.ppt

Video Clips

1	*PBS Nova: Face to Face* (plays w VLC)**	18 min	.mpg
2	Idaho Reactor Disaster	6 min	.mpg
3	Three Mile Island	30 min	.mpg
4	Mars Orbiter Probe	3 min	.mpg
5	Wovel: A Wheeled Shovel Interface	3 min	.mpg
6	I80 East: Berkeley University Ave Exit	2 min	.mpg
7	Mars Polar Orbiter Probe	4 min	.mpg
8	StopSaw Safety Interface	3 min	.mpg
9	Sketchpad by Alan Kay	4 min	.wmv
10	Ivan Sutherland Sketchpad Demo (1 2).wmv	10 min	.wmv
11	Segway Personal Transporter	9 min	.mp4
12	Segway Polo	1 min	.mp4
13	daVinci Surgical System	7 min	.mpg
14	Tenerife Airliner Disaster	30 min	. mpg
15	AF447 Airliner Disaster	15 min	. mp4
16	AF AV8 A/B Harrier	12 min	.mp4
17	Female Brain	10 min	.mp4
18	Pilot Head Tracking	1 min	.mp4
19	BrainMachineInterfaces.mp4	14 min	.mp4

Assignments

Assignment	Due Date	Handin Dir
#00: Google SketchUp Exercise		assign_00
#01: Bubble Diagrams		assign_01
#02: Interface Design Issues		assign_02
#03: Affordance & Mapping		assign_03
#04: Forcing Functions		assign_04
Project: Specialized Need Interface
a. Proposal Due	9 Nov	project.proposal
b. Class Presentation Due	Before classes end
c. Full up private demo (if needed)	Before submittal deadline
d. Submit entire project	12 Dec	project.final
(No Final Exam)

Other Resources

Books

Ronald M. Baecker, Jonathan Grudin, William A. S. Buxton and Saul Greenberg, Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000, 2nd Ed, Morgan Kaufmann, (1995) (1-55860-246-1)

Louann Brizendin, The Female Brain, Three Rivers Press (2007) (978-0767920100)

Louann Brizendin, The Male Brain, Three Rivers Press (20) (978-0767927543)

Frederic P. Brooks, Jr., The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist, Addison-Wesley (2010) (0-201-36298-8)

Alan Cooper, The Inmates Are Running the Aslum, SAMS (1999) (0-672-31649-8)

Alan Cooper & Robert M. Reimann, About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design, John Wiley, 2nd Ed (2003) (0-764-52641-3)

Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, Russell Beale, Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed, Addison-Wesley (1995) (0-13-239864-8)

JoAnn T. Hackos Janice C. Redish, User and Task Analysis for Interface Design, 3rd Ed, John Wiley (1998). (0-471-17831-4)

Jeff Johnson, GUI Bloopers - Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers, Academic Press (2000) (1-55860-582-7)

William M. Newman and Michael G. Lamming, Interactive System Design, Addison-Wesley (1995) (0-201-63162-8)

Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, New Riders, 1st Ed (Dec 1999) (1-562-05810-X)

Jenny Preece - Yvoone Rogers, Helen Sharp, David Benyon, Simon Holland and Tom Carey, Human-Computer Interaction, Addison-Wesley (1994) (0-201-62769-8)

Websites

Interface Hall of Shame http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm

Bad Designs (Examples) www.baddesigns.com/examples.html

A Female Sensibility Newsweek International (26 Sep 2005)

Graphical User Interface Wikipedia

Video summary in which Dr. Louann Brizendine talks about her book The Female Brain, where she goes in depth about gender difference in perception and thought: http://poptech.com/popcasts/popcasts.aspx?lang=&viewcastid=156

VLC Media Player Download (CNet) VLC

Papers

Edward Ross, Intelligent User Interfaces: Survey and Research Directions (March 2000) <.pdf>

Charles C. Mann, Technology Review, Why Software is So Bad, (July/August 2002) <.pdf>