CS 368 Usability Design & Evaluation

Warning! This tentative schedule will likely change throughout the semester. Regular attendance is assumed for you to be aware of any and all changes.

Week

Topic

Assignments

Aug 27

Getting Started
Fab Five UI Characteristics

Sept 3

LABOR DAY
History of HCI
Wake Up Call group project

Ch 2 HCI

Sept 10

VoiceXML

Prototype #1 (due Friday, Sept 21)

Sept 17

Usability Models
Usability Design Process

Ch 3 Usability
Ch 4 Design Process
project proposal due Friday at midnight.

Sept 24

Web 2.0 Web Standards
XHTML
Style Sheets

Phase 1: Specifications (due Oct 10th)

Oct 1

iPhone Application Development

Oct 8

Task Analysis
Usability Goals
Interaction Styles

Ch 7-8 Interaction Styles

Oct 15

Paper Prototyping

Ch 10 Prototyping

Oct 22

Usability Guidelines & Standards

Ch 9 Guidelines
Phase 2: Design (due Monday, Nov 12)

Oct 29

Developing iPhone Websites
Web Usability (ppt)
Web App Development (the video)

Prototype #2 (due Monday, Nov 19)

Nov 5

Who, What, Where, When, Why
How
Designing Surveys

Ch 11 Assessment

Nov 12

Evaluations Plans
Friday: Usability Petting Zoo

Phase 3: Evaluation Plan (due Wednesday, Dec 5)

Nov 19

iPod Touch demos
Wed and Fri: THANKSGIVING

Usability Story Requirements

Nov 26

Human Psychology
Usability Stories

Ch 12 The Human in HCI

Dec 3

Usability Stories

Final Exam (due Thursday, Dec 13 at 4:00 pm)

Finals

Thursday, Dec 13, 2:00 - 4:00 pm