Lecture Notes

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• Ch1 User Interface.ppt
• Ch 2 HCI.ppt
• Ch 3 Usability.ppt
• Ch 4 The Process.ppt
• Ch 5 Specifications.ppt
• Ch 7 Interaction Styles.ppt
• Ch 9 Guidelilnes.ppt
• Ch 10 Prototype.ppt
• Ch 11 Assessment.ppt

Guidelines and Standards

• Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines
• Apple Human Interface Guidelines
• Java Look and Feel Guidelines
• International Standards for Usability
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Section 508
• Nielsen Norman Group

Help with CSS

• Dave Raggett's Intro to CSS
• CSS Layout Techniques
• CSS Zen Garden
• CSS Quick Tutorial
• Eric Meyer Site
• All about Lists
• HTML Slidy
• S5: Slide presenter

Course Materials

• Swing Info Page
• Developing online questionnaires

Useful Links

• Fun Examples of Bad Designs
• Web Pages That Suck
• HCI Bibliography
• Usability.gov
• Serco Usability Services Academic sites
• Jakob Nielsen's useit.com
• Bunnyfoot.com
• UI Wizards, Inc
• Seven steps to better presentations
• more presentation tips

Humor

• Middle Ages Tech Support
• Help Desk
• Help Desk Humor (7 mins)
• 1954 Computer of the future
• Pizza Ordering in 2010

Additional Help

• Form a study group with one or more of your fellow classmates.