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CPSC 481: Foundations of HCI

Contents for CPSC 481
These pages provide a detailed description of the undergraduate Computer Science course: CPSC 481: Foundations and Principles of Human Computer Interaction. See Calendar description
Course administration	Course description Course Schedule Tutorial information My schedule Information about accessing free Microsoft software through the MSDN Academic Alliance Program Information about the midterm exam (coming during the semester) Information about the final exam (coming during the semester) Term grades
Acknowledgements: These notes were originally based on the set created by Saul Greenberg See www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/481
Topics and overheads	Part 1. Overview Introduction to the course and to Human-Computer Interaction Part 2: Understanding users and their tasks Task-Centered System Design Part 3: Designing with the user User-Centered Design and Prototyping Evaluating Interfaces with Users: Qualitative Methods Part 4: Designing visual interfaces Information visualization Psychology of Everyday Things Graphical Screen Design Part 5: Principles for Design and evaluation Design Principles and Usability Heuristics Part 6: Beyond single user systems (to be covered if there is sufficient time) Groupware and CSCW, designing for small screen displays Part 7: The Past and the Future (to be covered if there is sufficient time) The History of Human-Computer Interaction Visions of the future
Assignments	Task centered design and prototyping Usability studies System redesign, implementation, and evaluation
Information about group evaluations	Description of the process
Teaching assistants	Tutorial Materials
Resources	Literature Resources Video Resources

Contents for CPSC 481