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CS 320Interaction Design

Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Course SyllabusCourse Syllabus

January19, 2011January19, 2011

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Outline

The instructor The students The course The texts Initial web pointers Grading scheme Policies Tentative schedule

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The Instructor.The Instructor.

Sergiu DascaluRoom SEM-236Telephone 784-4613E-mail dascalus@cse.unr.eduWeb-site www.cse.unr.edu/~dascalusOffice hours:

MW 11:00 – 12:00 or by appointment or chance

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.The Instructor

Sergiu DascaluSergiu DascaluPhD, Dalhousie U., Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001PhD, Dalhousie U., Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001Teaching and research at UNR,Teaching and research at UNR,

2002-present (software engineering, HCI)2002-present (software engineering, HCI)Teaching and research at Dalhousie Teaching and research at Dalhousie

University, 1993-2001 (software engineering University, 1993-2001 (software engineering focus)focus)

Teaching and research at University Teaching and research at University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, 1984-1995 Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, 1984-1995 (real-time systems focus)(real-time systems focus)

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The Students

Registered:Registered:18 students18 students

PrerequisitePrerequisite:: CS 202CS 202

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The CourseThe Course Classroom/Days & time:

SEM-261, MW 2:30 - 3:45 pmSEM-261, MW 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Catalog description: Catalog description:

Lecture + Lab: 3 + 0; Credit(s): 3Lecture + Lab: 3 + 0; Credit(s): 3

Interaction paradigms, frameworks, styles; design Interaction paradigms, frameworks, styles; design principles, models, tools, standards; interaction principles, models, tools, standards; interaction components: text, color, widgets, icons, speech, components: text, color, widgets, icons, speech, hearing, haptics; I/O devices; prototyping, hearing, haptics; I/O devices; prototyping, implementation, evaluation; accessibility guidelines. implementation, evaluation; accessibility guidelines.

PrerequisitePrerequisite: : CS 202 Computer Science IICS 202 Computer Science II

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The Texts.

Required textbook: Steven Heim, The Resonant Interface: HCI Foundations for Interaction Design, Addison-Wesley, 2007; ISBN 0-321-37596-4 Recommended texts:

J. Preece, Y. Rogers, and H. Sharp, J. Preece, Y. Rogers, and H. Sharp, Interaction Design: Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer InteractionBeyond Human-Computer Interaction, Wiley & Sons, 2, Wiley & Sons, 2ndnd Ed., 2007. Ed., 2007.

Jenifer Tidwell, Designing Interfaces: Jenifer Tidwell, Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Patterns for Effective Interaction DesignEffective Interaction Design, O’Reilly, 2005., O’Reilly, 2005.

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.The Texts

Lecture notes:Presentations by the instructorNotes you take in the classroom

Material (papers, tutorials, etc.) that will be indicated later by the instructor

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Initial WWW Pointers

Required textbook’s website (Heim, 2007)http://aw.com/heim

Gary Perlman’s HCI bibliography:http://hcibib.org/

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Grading Scheme.

Grading scheme for CS 320 students:Grading scheme for CS 320 students:

Assignments (3) 15%Presentations (2) 10%Midterm tests (2) 35%Project (3) 35%Class participation 5%

TOTAL 100%

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.Grading Scheme

Passing conditions (all must be met):50% overall & 50% in tests &50% in project & 50% in assignments, presentations, and class

participation For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 90% in

class participation, and at least 60% in test; significant lack of class participation will significantly affect the overall grade for the course

Note that there are no make-up tests or homework in this course

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Grading Scale

Numerical-letter grade correspondenceNumerical-letter grade correspondence AA 91 -100 91 -100

[maximum 100][maximum 100] A-A- 87 - 9087 - 90 B+B+ 84 - 8684 - 86 BB 80 - 8380 - 83 B-B- 76 - 7976 - 79 C+C+ 73 - 7573 - 75 CC 69 - 7269 - 72 C-C- 65 - 6865 - 68 D+D+ 61 - 6461 - 64 DD 55 - 60 55 - 60 D-D- 50 - 5450 - 54 FF < 50< 50

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Policies… Late submission policy:

Maximum 2 late days per assignment/project deliverable

Each late day penalized with 10%No subdivision of late daysNo late days for presentations and testExample: a 90/100 worth assignment gets

81/100 if one day late (90*0.9 = 81) or 72/100 if two days late (90*0.8 = 72)

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.Policies..

Legal notices on the world-wide web: Read and comply with accompanying legal notices of downloadable material

Specify references used Do not plagiarize (see next slide)

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..Policies.

Plagiarism and cheating: Will not be Plagiarism and cheating: Will not be tolerated. Please read the policies of tolerated. Please read the policies of University of Nevada, Reno regarding University of Nevada, Reno regarding academic dishonesty:academic dishonesty:

www.unr.edu/stsv/acdispol.htmlwww.unr.edu/stsv/acdispol.html

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…Policies

Disability Statement: Disability Statement: If you have a disability for which you will need to If you have a disability for which you will need to request accommodations, please contact me or request accommodations, please contact me or someone at the Disability Resource Center someone at the Disability Resource Center (Thompson Student Services - 107), as soon as (Thompson Student Services - 107), as soon as possible. possible.

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Tentative Schedule. Week # Dates (M, W) Contents

1 -, Jan 19 Course syllabus

2 Jan 24, 26Interaction paradigms,

Interaction frameworks and styles

3 Jan 31, Feb 02Interaction frameworks and styles, Design principles

Assignment 1 due

4 Feb 07, 09Designing interaction: models, processes, tools, and

standards

5 Feb 14, 16Designing interaction: models, processes, tools, and

standards; Assignment 2 due

6 Feb -, 23Aspects of interaction: text, color, widgets, icons,

speech, hearing, haptics

7 Feb 28, Mar 02Aspects of interaction: text, color, widgets, icons,

speech, hearing, haptics; Project 1 due

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.Tentative Schedule8 Mar 07, 09

Aspects of interaction: text, color, widgets, icons, speech, hearing, haptics; MAR 09 - Midterm exam 1

9 Mar 14, 16 Spring break, no classes

10 Mar 21, 23Prototyping, implementation, and evaluation;

Presentation 1 by students; Assignment 3 due

11 Mar 28, 30Prototyping, implementation, and evaluation

Presentation 1 by students; Project part 2 due

12 Apr 04, 06Input and output devices

Presentation 1 by students

13 Apr 11, 13 Usability testing, Accessibility

14 Apr 18, 20APR 18 - Midterm exam 2;

Presentation 2 by students

15 Apr 25, 27 Presentation 2 by students

16 May 02, -Presentation 2 by students

Project part 3 due (MAY 03)

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Next Class

MON Jan 24: Students’ introduction (be prepared to talk about 1 minute about yourself) & HCI videos.