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Lecture 1 – Introduction

Terry WinogradCS147 - Introduction to Human-Computer

Interaction DesignComputer Science Department

Stanford UniversityAutumn 2006

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Goals for the Course

Students will learn the fundamental concepts of human-computer interaction and user-centered design thinking, through working in teams on an interaction design project, supported by lectures, readings, and discussions. They will learn to evaluate and design useable and appropriate software based on psychological, social, and technical analysis. They will become familiar with the variety of design and evaluation methods used in interaction design, and will get experience with these methods in their projects.

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Learning Goals for Today

• Become aware of the breadth of technologies and issues in HCI today

• Have a basic understanding of what interaction designers do

• Learn what will happen in this course

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How Do People Interact with Computers?

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Desktop GUIs and Applications

Pointing Devices

Desktop GUIS and applications

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Web Applications

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3D Desktops

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Mobile Devices

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Pen-based Interaction

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Interactive Workspaces

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Display Walls

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The Office of the Future

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Tabletop interaction

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Tangible Interaction

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Augmented Reality

John UnderkofflerTangible Media GroupMit Media Lab

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Wearable Computers

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Ambient Information

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Voice and Multimodal Interaction

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Embodied Interaction

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Virtual Reality

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Sensor Networks

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Sensing Affect

Blood Volume Pressure (BVP) earring

Galvanic SkinResponse

(GSR) rings and bracelet

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Cyborgs

STELARC

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Interaction design profession(s)

• Broad set of disciplines, technical, social, business, ...

• Interaction design job categories– interaction designer– usability engineer– web designer– information architect– user-experience designer– product manager– …

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What skills are used in HCI?

• Designer – Visual and audio design– Design process skills and methods

• Programmer – Systems, toolkits, and languages – Software engineering techniques

• Researcher – Cognitive principles and theories – Experimental techniques

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Some Specific Learning Goals

• Broad familiarity with the major areas of current HCI development and research

• Skill with designing a GUI interface • Learn to use a variety of interaction design processes and techniques and know

when they are appropriate. • Learn to evaluate an interactive product and explain what is good and bad

about it in terms of the concepts, goals, and principles of interaction design. • Learn how to apply usability evaluation methods and know when they are

appropriate • Understand how the diversity of users/market segments, etc. guides and

constrains design • Understand the role of social dynamics in interaction and how it applies in

design, including concerns such as privacy, power, and accessibility. • Be familiar with different interaction styles and their pros and cons • Be able to use metaphors appropriately in building conceptual models. • Understand cognitive factors that affect usability• Be able to judge the availability and feasibility of different devices for

interacting• Have experience with ovserving users and analyzing the problems

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Structure of the Course [See syllabus]

• Lectures• Readings

– Interaction Design, Preece, Rogers, and Sharp– Readings to be provided on line

• Weekly sections or team 1-on-1 with TAs – Monzy, Doantam, Kevin and Nundu

• Individual assignments and 2/3-term exam• Team Project

– Milestones and Presentations

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Other info

• This coursehttp://cs147.stanford.edu

• CS547 Speakers Fridays 12:30, Gates B01http://hci.stanford.edu/seminarAlso available on line

• List of all HCI courseshttp://hci.stanford.edu/academics/

• HCI program in generalhttp://hci.stanford.edu