Designing Interactive Systems II SS 2009 (Aachen)
Course schedule is tentative and subject to change. Links to lecture notes and assignments will be posted as the semester progresses.
Announcements
Teaching Schedule
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Date
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Topic
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Lecture Notes
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Video Recordings (Right click and save)
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Required Reading
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Recommended Reading
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| 15.04.09 | Introduction, Taxonomy of Input Devices | 1-up 4-up | Video | Input devices (Card) | ||
| 16.04.09 | Window Systems Architecture, Graphics Event Library | 1-up 4-up | Video | Window System Architecture (Gosling) | ||
| 22.04.09 | Base Window System | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 23.04.09 | Window Manager | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 29.04.09 | User Interface Toolkit Layer | DIS2-lec5-1up.pdf DIS2-lec5-4up.pdf | Video | |||
| 30.04.09 | Smalltalk, Morphic | DIS2-lec6-1up.pdf DIS2-lec6-4up.pdf | Video | Smalltalk-80 user manual, Morphic User Interface (Maloney) Squeak pp. 20-35 (Maloney) | ||
| 06.05.09 | Classic Mac | DIS2-lec7-1up.pdf DIS2-lec7-4up.pdf | Video (public version) | |||
| 07.05.09 | X Window Systems, OSF/Motif | DIS2-lec8-1up.pdf DIS2-lec8b-1up.pdf DIS2-lec8-4up.pdf DIS2-lec8b-4up.pdf | Video | The X Window System (Scheifler) | ||
| 13.05.09 | Mac OS X, Part 1 | DIS2-lec9-1up.pdf DIS2-lec9-4up.pdf | Video | |||
| 14.05.09 | Mac OS X, Part 2 | Video | ||||
| 20.05.09 | Midterm exam Aachen | |||||
| 25.05.09 | Midterm exam Bonn | |||||
| 21.05.09 | no class | |||||
| 27.05.09 | Qt, JAVA | Java (1-up) Java (4-up) Qt (1-up) Qt (4-up) | Video | |||
| 28.05.09 | Mobile Window Systems (android, iPhone) | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 03.06.09 | no class | |||||
| 04.06.09 | no class | |||||
| 10.06.09 | no class | |||||
| 11.06.09 | no class | |||||
| 17.06.09 | Windows | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 18.06.09 | Physical Computing | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 24.06.09 | Max/MSP | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 25.06.09 | canceled | |||||
| 01.07.09 | Interactive Multimedia: Audio Output | 1-up 4-up | Video | Sonic Finder (Gaver), ARKola (Gaver) | ||
| 02.07.09 | Interactive Multimedia: Audio and Speech Input ,Web 2.0 | 1-up 4-up | Video | What is Web 2.0, Emotionally-centered Design | ||
| 08.07.09 | Interactive Multimedia: Displays, Video Input and Output | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 09.07.09 | Haptics | 1-up 4-up | Video | |||
| 15.07.09 | Jim Hollan Distributed Cognition Seminar | |||||
| 16.07.09 | Route Charlemagne | |||||
| 22.07.09 | Project Advancement | |||||
| 23.07.09 | Final Exam | |||||
| 28.07.09 | Final Project Presentation | Project sites |
Examinations
- May 20: Midterm Exam (cf. announcements)
- Jul 23: Final Exam (cf. announcements)
Important: Please note the date of the midterm exam and final exam. In the event that you cannot make it on those dates, it is your responsibility to notify us by May 8 for the midterm exam and by Jul 1 for the final exam, or you will receive a grade of zero.
Assignments
| Assignment No. | Topic | Materials | Due Date |
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| 1 | Hello GUI | Assignment 1 Sheet | 27.04.09 |
| 2 | Windows (not the Microsoft kind) | Assignment 2 Sheet, Material | 04.05.09 |
| 3 | Now you see me, now you don't | Assignment 3 Sheet | 11.05.09 |
| 4 | RAT (Really Awesome Toolkit) | Assignment 4 Sheet | 18.05.09 |
| 5 | The X Factor | Assignment 5 Sheet, Material | 01.06.09 |
| 5 | Mobile Window Systems | Assignment 6 Sheet | 15.06.09 |
Grading Policy
If you wish to take the course for credit, you must complete all assignments and exams. You will receive a schein upon successful completion of the course with a grade. The grade will be calculated as follows:
- 20% - lab exercises, assignments
- 20% - project
- 25% - midterm exam
- 35% - final exam
Note that you must achieve a cumulative score above 4.0 and pass the final exam to pass the course.
Assignments
Assignments will be assigned weekly. They are to be completed in groups of 2 or 3. Assignments will be graded on the following scale:
- 1.0 - exceptional work that clearly went above and beyond what was given on the exercise
- 2.0 - exercise was completed satisfactorily as per the assignment specification
- 3.0 - exercise was completed, but has some problems
- 4.0 - incomplete exercise
- 5.0 - little or no effort was put into the exercise
The assignments are designed to be completed in the Media Computing Lab in 2U13, consisting of Apple PowerMac G5 machines. However, many of the tools we will be using are cross-platform -- you are welcome to complete the assignment on your platform of choice. However, it will be your responsibility to ensure your program(s) run on the machines in the lab. Programs that do not run correctly on the lab machines will be graded as incomplete. We will be able to provide technical support for the lab machines only. Please note that submissions with a written component that do not meet the basic standards of university-level English will not be graded.
Late Policy
Late assignments will not be accepted. Exceptions will be granted only for valid (i.e. medical) reasons.