CPSC 481: Foundations of HCI

James Tam

Schedule for Winter, 2007

This schedule is subject to change. Definitive dates and particulars are announced in class.

Week

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

TA's do in tutorial

Students do in tutorial

Jan 7 - 13

Lectures begin

 

 

No tutorials

No tutorials

Jan 14 - 20

Tutorials begin

 

 

Describe assignment 1
Talk about example library system (Background, users and tasks)

Form groups of 3 within the tutorial

Jan 21 – 27

 

 

 

Walk through example library system with scenarios

Present Assign 1: steps 1 and 2 (Identification and requirements)

Jan 28 – Feb 3

 

 

 

 

Present Assign 1: steps 3 and 4 (Prototyping and walk-through)

Feb 4 – 10

 

 

 

Describe assignment 2


Due: Assign. 1 Portfolio - Thursday 4:00
 

 

Feb 11 – 17      

Lead talk on observations for Assign 2

Present early observations for Assign 2

Feb 18 – 24

Reading week, no lectures or tutorials

Reading week, no lectures or tutorials

Reading week, no lectures or tutorials

 

 

Feb 25 – Mar 3

 

 

Midterm exam

Coding Tutorial: Basic introduction to Dot-NET

 
Mar 4 – 10

 

 

 

Coding examples

Due: Assign. 2 - Tuesday 4:00

To do on own: Assign. 3 redesign and screen snapshots

Mar 11 –17

 

 

 

Provide feedback on screenshots
Due in Monday lecture: Assign. 3 Portfolio-redesign rational, screen snapshots

Present screenshots of horizontal prototypes

To do on own: Assign. 3 Redesign and implementation based on feedback

Mar 18 – 24

 

 

 

Coding examples

To do on own: Assign. 3 Redesign and implementation based on feedback

Mar 25 – 31

 

 

 

Coding examples

To do on own: Assign. 3 Redesign and implementation based on feedback

Apr 1 – 7

 

 

 

Coding examples

To do on own: Assign. 3 Heuristic evaluation, further redesign and implementation

Apr 8 - 13    

Last day of class is the 13th.

No tutorials

Due Tuesday 4:00: Assign. 3 Portfolio, including implementation freeze, latest screen snapshots, heuristic evaluation, final discussion, electronic submission of project. 

 

 

No tutorials

April 16 - 26

Final exam somewhere in here: more information