Time: Mon-Wed 10:30-11:50am
Room: NSH-1305
Dates: Mini-2, Fall, 2007 (Oct 24 - Dec 12)
1 | Wed, Oct 24 |
1. Why is UI Design Important and Why Is It Difficult?
PowerPoint
Slides for Lecture 1
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password, then you need to use VPN -- see VPN
note above) Required Readings:
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2 | Mon, Oct 29 |
2. Discovering what people can't tell you:
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3 | Wed, Oct 31 |
3. Contextual Design Methodology, cont.PowerPoint Slides for Lecture 3 orCoursecast video of this lecture Required Readings:
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4 | Mon, Nov 5 |
4. Sketching and PrototypingPowerPoint Slides for Lecture 4 orCoursecast video of this lecture Required Readings:
Recommended Readings:
Turn in Homework 1. |
5 | Wed, Nov 7 |
5. How to design a good user studyPowerPoint Slides for Lecture 5 orCoursecast video of this lecture Required Readings:
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6 | Mon, Nov 12 |
6. Usability Engineering Process
PowerPoint
Slides for Lecture 6 or Required Readings:
Turn in Homework 2. |
7 | Wed, Nov 14 |
7. Overview of VB. Net
Resources for Visual Basic
including
PowerPoint Slides for
Lecture 7 or Guest lecture by Andrew Ko |
8 | Mon, Nov 19 |
8. Graphic and Interaction Design for User InterfacesGuest lecture by Prof. Jodi Forlizzi PDF of Slides for Lecture 8 orCoursecast video of this lecture
An interface is the link between a user and a product that communicates how a product will be used and creates an experience for the people who will use it. Interaction design is the process of creating and defining product behavior, encompassing both usability and aesthetic dimensions of an artifact, service, or environment. In this lecture, we will explore issues that pertain to the design of interfaces. Students will become proficient in interface and interaction design fundamentals as applied to visual interfaces, including use of design systems, typography, color, scale, ordering, hierarchy, and repetition. In understand the design process for creating interface designs. Turn in Homework 3. |
Wed, Nov 21 |
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9 | Mon, Nov 26 |
9. Evaluation using Heuristic Analysis
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Slides for Lecture 9 or Required Readings:
Recommended Readings:
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10 | Wed, Nov 28 |
10. Designing for the Web
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Slides for Lecture 10 or Recommended Readings:
Turn in Homework 4. |
11 | Mon, Dec 3 |
11. What is Design?
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Slides for Lecture 11 or
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12 | Wed, Dec 5 |
12. International User InterfacesPowerPoint Slides for Lecture 12 orCoursecast video of this lecture Required Readings:
Course Evaluation day. Fill out the official FCE at http://www.cmu.edu/fce or the Tepper equivalent, and the final questionnaire for this course. Turn in Homework 5. |
13 | Mon, Dec 10 |
13: Guest lecture: Interaction Design: Perspective from a local professionalCoursecast video of this lecture
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14 | Wed, Dec 12 |
(last day of class)14. Class Cancelled (no class)Turn in Homework 6. |
FINAL EXAMSee information about the final 3 hour exam. Three choices of when to take it:
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