SE 542 - Human Computer Interaction (Spring 2020-2021)
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Tentative Schedule

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Week Lecture Topics Reading Material Assignments
Week
#1
Course Introduction 

Introduction, history of HCI.

Lecture Slides
 

Week
#2
Affordance, usability. Usability principles.

Lecture Slides
The psychopathology of everyday things

Optional Readings:

Affordance
Mapping
Visibility
Mental Model
 

 

Week
#3
Human information processing limitations, human cognitive and sensory limits.

Limitations of technology.
New technologies in HCI

Lecture Slides  

Optional Readings:

Recognition over Recall
 

Reading Assignment #1
Quiz next week at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)
 

Week
#4
Prototyping techniques
Lecture Slides
 

Reading Assignment #2
Quiz next week at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)
 

Week
#5
Evaluating usability. Predictive and interpretive evaluation.
Lecture Slides

Example Project Proposal
Example Project Final Report 1
Example Project Final Report 2
Example Project Final Report 3
 

Reading Assignment #3
Quiz next week at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)

Optional reading on usability evaluation:
Usability Evaluation Considered Harmful?

 

Week
#6
User interface design paradigms,
User interface design rules
Lecture Slides

Process of interaction design.
Design languages.
Lecture Slides

 

Reading Assignment #4
Quiz next week at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)

 

Week
#7
User modeling and the user profile. Adaptive interfaces.
Lecture Slides
 

Project Phase 1 reports are due. Submit via ODTU-Class. 1 submission per group.  

Week
#8
Midterm exam
No class
 

 

 

Week
#9
No class  

Reading Assignment #5
Quiz on May 21 at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)

 

Week
#10
3D User interfaces, augmented reality.

Lecture Slides
 

 

Reading Assignment #6
Quiz on May 28 at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)

 

Week
#11
Speech recognition and conversational interfaces.

Lecture Slides

Text-to-speech example
 

Reading Assignment #7
Quiz on June 4 at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)

 

Week
#12
Vision-based, perceptual interfaces.

Lecture Slides

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
 

 

Reading Assignment #8
Quiz on June 18 at the end of the first hour (via ODTU-Class)

 

Week
#13
No class on June 11.  

 

 

 

Week
#13
Ubiquitous Computing

HCI Future Directions: Role of AI, networks, etc.

Lecture Slides

 

 

 

 

Week
#14
Project Presentations

Optional Reading:
Being Human: Human Computer Interaction in 2020