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Tentative Course Schedule
CS477 --- Advanced User Interfaces
| Weeks
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Topic(s) |
Readings |
| 1-2 |
Introduction;
User Interface Hardware review |
Don Norman packet (19MB), Ch.
1, Ch.8 |
| 3-5 |
Theoretical
Background (interaction theory, direct manip., QoS) |
Ch.
2, Ch. 5, Ch. 10
Reading: User Modeling Overview
Reading: GOMS
Reading: Object-Action Interfaces
Reading: Task-Action Grammars
Reading: Task modeling in UI design
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| 6-10 |
Interface
Elements: Exploration of interaction techniques |
Ch.
6, Ch. 7, Ch.11
Fitts Law reading
Attention and Memory reading
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| 11-14 |
Design
and Evaluation Processes |
Ch.
3, Ch.4 |
| 15 |
Specialized Interfaces: Search, Visualization (optional, time permitting) |
Ch13, Ch14 |
Vital Notes:
- Within each segment of the course (row in the above table), chapters
are listed in the order they will be covered. As you can see, we will
be skipping around quite a bit in order to make the topics flow more
naturally (from theory to practical matters to evaluation), and to match
them to our projects.
- I expect you to have read the entire chapter(s) listed for
a given week before the first lecture
of that week. Then you should go on to read the (more detailed) readings on selected topics associated with that chapter. That way, you have already had an opportunity to review
the material before it appears in lecture; this will give you a MUCH
greater chance of understanding and integrating the material when we
cover it. Quizzes may be used to encourage you to keep up on the reading.
- Important: Some topics will not receive extensive lecture
attention! There are so many practical issues
that they can't be covered individually ---- and yet they are important
for you to be aware of. In lecture, we'll focus on overall themes and
heuristics; you are expected to read about detailed practical discussions
in the text.
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Syllabus
Schedule 
