COSC 605 Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, Spring 2008

Fall 2007 - Schedule

All references to chapters in "DTUI" refer to Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant, Designing the User Interface, Fourth Edition 2005.

Links to selected readings lead directly to online resources, some of which (particularly those from the ACM) may be only available online when you are on campus. Please let me know if you have any difficulty getting these resources.

Other readings can be found on the course reserve site.

If you have any trouble finding a paper, go to the ResearchPort page. You will be asked to login with your TU bar code (from your ID). From this page, you will be able to get access to many relevant journals -even if you are off campus.

All of the readings are should be completed by the date for which they are listed.

This schedule may change - I'll provide as much notice as possible.

Date	Topics, Readings, Assignments
January 29	Introduction to HCI General Introduction What is HCI? Class Scope, goals, andstructure Lecture Notes
February 5	Theoretical Background Human Cognition Guidelines Principles Theories Readings: DTUI, Chapters 1,2 Norman, Design of Everyday Things, Chapter 1. Journal Report: Tse, et al. How pairs interact over a multimodal digital table, CHI 2007. Presenter: H. Hochheiser Tool Test: H. Hochheiser. Site: Towson University, Department of Computer and Information Sciences. Lecture Notes
February 12	Design Methods and Processes Gathering User Requirements User-Centered Design Ethnography Participatory Design Scenarios Readings: DTUI, Chapter 3 Preece, Rogers, Sharp, Interaction Design, Chapter 3 Journal Report: Keon Burley: Quantum Treemaps and Bubblemaps for a Zoomable Image Browser. Tool Test: Brandon Whalen Lecture Notes
February 19	Interaction Styles Direct Manipulation Menus & forms Comand Languages Readings: DTUI, Chapters 6-8 Tool Test: Tara Schultz Lecture Notes
February 26	Input & Outputs Keyboards Pointing Devices Displays Speech and Audio Error Messages Displays, Windows, etc. Readings: DTUI, Ch 9,12 Journal Report: Mark Dencler: Copy-and-paste between overlapping windows Tool Test: Gary Sapoznick, John Rodman Lecture Notes
March 4	Evaluation Reviews Usability Tests Surveys Case Studies Acceptance Tests Readings: DTUI, Chapter 4 Bederson, B., Clamage, A., Czerwinski, M., and Robertson, G. (2004) DateLens: A fisheye calendar interface for PDAs ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 11(1) March 2004, 90-119. Usability Project problem identification due by 5pm, via email. Journal Report: Beverly Glassen: Discovery Search System That Supports the User's Interest Using the Referrals of Other Users Tool Test: Graig Sauer - HERA , Theresa Scott - Wave 4.0 Lecture Notes
March 11	Empirical Tests & Experimental Design When to do an empirical test Introduction to Experimental Design Hypothesis Testing Fitt's Law Readings: Hourcade, et al. Differences in pointing task performance between preschool children and adults using mice ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 11(4), 357-386. Research paper proposal due by 5pm, via email. Journal Report- Ross Pearlman: Ball, R., North, C., and Bowman, D. Move to improve: promoting physical navigation to increase user performance with large displays Tool Test: J. Wendy Player, John Schoeberlein - Fujitsu Web Accessibility Inspector Lecture Notes
March 18	Spring Break
March 25	Collaboration & Quality Goals of Collaboration Models of Colalboration Social Networks User Expectations Response time: Impacts User Productivity Frustration Readings: DTUI, Chs. 10-11 Take-Home midterm exam posted. Usability Project test details due by 5pm, via email. Journal Report: Brandon Whalen - Chiasson, et al. A second look at the usability of click-based graphical passwords Lecture Notes
April 1	Navigation, Networks, & Scent Navigating through spaces Finding things in Networks Views and Scent Readings: Raskin, Navigation and Other Aspects of Humane Interfaces, Chapter 6 of The Humane Interface Lampe, Ellison, and Steinfeld A familiar face(book): profile elements as signals in an online social network Journal Report: Theresa Scott - Kumar, et al. EyePoint: practical pointing and selection using gaze and keyboard Take-home Midterm Due Lecture Notes
April 8	Usability Lab Readings: Dix, Finlay, Abowd, & Beale. Human-Computer Interaction., Chapter 13. No Journal Report or Tool test
April 15	Usability Lab Readings: Fogg, B.J., et al. What makes Web sites credible?: a report on a large quantitative study No Journal Report or Tool test
April 22	Web Usability and Accessibility Web Design issues Content Link Design Credibility Accessibility Accessibility Tests Readings: An Introduction to Web Accessibility. Lazar, J., Feng, J., and Allen, A. Determining the impact of computer frustration on the mood of blind users browsing the web Gibson, A. AJAX Accessibility Overview Journal Report: Tara Schultz: Simple pen interaction performance of young and older adults using handheld computers Graig Sauer: Interacting with big interfaces on small screens: a comparison of fisheye, zoom, and panning techniques Tool Test: Keon Burley Lecture Notes
April 29	Universal Usability User backgrounds & abilities User knowledge Technological Diversity Readings: Shneiderman, B., and Hochheiser, H. Universal usability as a stimulus to advanced interface design. Docutek. One Laptop Per Child: A Conversation with Mary Lou Jepsen Cohene, T., et al. Memories of a Life: A Design Case Study for Alzheimer's Disease Journal Report: Gary Sapoznick: In-car gps navigation: engagement with and disengagement from the environment John Schoeberlein, VoiceBlog: Universally Designed Voice Browser Tool Test: Ross Pearlman Lecture Notes
May 6	Search, Information Visualization, & Creativity Information Retrieval Search in text and Databases Multimedia Search Advanced Filtering Information Visualization Creativity Support Tools Readings: DTUI, Chapter 14 Shneiderman, B. Creativity support tools: accelerating discovery and innovation Communications of the ACM, December 2007. Research Paper due by 5pm, via email. Journal Report: John Rodman:Mobile multimedia presentation editor: enabling creation of audio-visual stories on mobile devices Tool Test: Mark Dencler Lecture Notes
May 13	New Directions Ubiquitous Computing Wearable Computing Societal Issues Readings DTUI, Afterword. ACM Interactions Societal Interfaces Special Feature: all articles under Issue Features Blevis, E. Two digital divides and four perspectives, ACM Interactions, January-February 2008. Journal Report: J. Wendy Player, Toye et al.Interacting with mobile services: an evaluation of camera-phones and visual tags Tool Test: Beverly Glassen Lecture Notes
May 20	Usability Test Presentations

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COSC 605: Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction

Fall 2007 - Schedule

Introduction to HCI

Theoretical Background

Design Methods and Processes

Interaction Styles

Input & Outputs

Evaluation

Empirical Tests & Experimental Design

Spring Break

Collaboration & Quality

Navigation, Networks, & Scent

Usability Lab

Usability Lab

Web Usability and Accessibility

Universal Usability

Search, Information Visualization, & Creativity

New Directions

Usability Test Presentations