CSCI 4800 Course Calendar

Spring 2007

(Updated through March 15th)

(Subject to Change)

Class Date Lecture Topic Assigned Optional Due
1 Tues, Jan 9 Java: A Brief Review
JHTP: Ch. 1
JHTP: Ch. 2
JHTP: Ch. 3
JHTP: Ch. 4
JHTP: Ch. 5
2 Wed, Jan 10 Java, continued
JHTP: Ch. 6
JHTP: Ch. 7
JHTP: Ch. 8
JHTP: Ch. 9
JHTP: Ch. 10
JHTP: Ch. 11
JHTP: Ch. 12
JHTP: Ch. 13
3 Thurs, Jan 11 Java GUI elements, continued
4 Tues, Jan 16 User interface elements, continued
JHTP: Ch. 14
How to Get Started ...
Project 0
5 Wed, Jan 17 Jave GUI elements, continued
6 Thurs, Jan 18 No class
7 Tues, Jan 23 JHTP, Ch. 14, continued
Intro to HCI
The HCI Bibliography
ACM SIGCHI Curricula for HCI
First Principles of Human-Computer Interaction. (article)
Browse:
  • HCI Bibliography
Read:
  • Ch. 2 of ACM SIGCHI Curricula for HCI
  • Tognazzini article
8 Wed, Jan 24 First Principles of Human-Computer Interaction. (PPT presentation) The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
9 Thurs, Jan 25 A Look at Bad Designs
10 Tues, Jan 30 Human perception, attention, and memory Pashler, The Psychology of Attention : Intro
(Available as an e-book through Galileo) Reading re: Project 1
11 Wed, Jan 31 Icon Design exercise
Making Text Legible for People with Partial Sight
Effective Color Contrast
Making Text Legible for People with Partial Sight and
Effective Color Contrast: Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies
12 Thurs, Feb 1 Snow Day
13 Tues, Feb 6 Overview
User-Centered Design
Requirements Analysis
14 Wed, Feb 7 Prototyping 1
Prototyping 2
15 Thurs, Feb 8 Prototyping, continued
16 Tues, Feb 13 Quiz #1 on readings through 2/9 Project 1
17 Wed, Feb 14 Task Analysis Project 2
18 Thurs, Feb 15 Work Session: Prototyping/Scenarios
19 Tues, Feb 20 GIL, Part I
20 Wed, Feb 21 GIL, Part II
21 Thurs, Feb 22 Evaluation
22 Tues, Feb 27 Evaluation , continued
23 Wed, Feb 28 Working with Human Subjects
24 Thurs, Mar 1 No class
25 Tues, Mar 6 Mid-term Exam
26 Wed, Mar 7 Working with Human Subjects , continued Project 2B, 2C
27 Thurs, Mar 8 Evaluation , continued
(Note: midpoint withdrawal deadline)
Tues, Mar 13 No class - Spring Break
Wed, Mar 14 No class - Spring Break
Thurs, Mar 15 No class - Spring Break
28 Tues, Mar 20 Evaluation , completed Project 3
29 Wed, Mar 21 Empirical Studies -- Part I
30 Thurs, Mar 22 Evaluation: Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis - pt I
Evaluation: Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis - pt II
ANOVA -- handout and exercise
William J. Trochim's Research Methods Knowledge Base
31 Tues, Mar 27 Exam return
Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
32 Wed, Mar 28
33 Thurs, Mar 29 Web Site Evaluation
Requirements Analysis
Data flow diagrams, E-R diagrams
Read Chapter 8 in Carroll
"A Reference Task Agenda for HCI"
34 Tues, Apr 3 Prototyping P1B, P1C
Project4
35 Wed, Apr 4 Inferential Statistics: paired t-test
Project Group Meetings
Inferential Statistics notes
t-chart
T-test assignments
36 Thurs, Apr 5 Paintbox -- User testing
37 Tues, Apr 10 Group work on projects
38 Wed, Apr 11 Phone conference with client
39 Thurs, Apr 12 Quiz on Inferential Statistics
40 Tues, Apr 17 Group project status reports
Java Look-and-Feel, Part I
Java Look-and-Feel, Part II
For GIL groups:
RT-GIL paper: additional examples
PPT presentation with box notation
41 Wed, Apr 18 Group project status reports
Java Look-and-Feel, Part III
42 Thur, Apr 19 Group project status reports
Java Look-and-Feel, Part IV
Java Look-and-Feel, Part V
43 Tues, Apr 24 Empirical Study Results: Shradha Kaldate and Manish Agarwal
44 Wed, Apr 25 How it Works: A Field Study of Non-Technical Users Interacting with an Intelligent System , presented by Devanga Kar
Group Project Status Reports
Course feedback
45 Thur, Apr 26 Take-Home Final Distribution Group Project Evaluation Form
Thurs, May 3 9-11 am : Final Project Presentations
Thurs, May 10 Final Project Due, Take-Home Final Due
Eileen Kraemer (eileen@cs.uga.edu)