Designing Interactive Systems (WS 0506): Teaching schedule


Teaching schedule

Bonn
Aachen
Topic
Video Recordings
Required Reading
Recommended Reading
18.10.2005 26.10.2005 Introduction, CMN model, Fitts' law lecture 1 Dix "The Human" Chapter
25.10.2005 02.11.2005 Perception, Gestalt laws, Affordances lecture 2 Schneiderman 12.4, Dix "The Interaction" Chapter
08.11.2005 09.11.2005 Seven stages of action, Mappings, Constraints lecture 3 Norman
15.11.2005 16.11.2005 Knowledge, Slips, POET Summary lecture 4 Norman
22.11.2005 23.11.2005 History part 1 lecture 5 Dix 'History' Chapter. Schneiderman 12.3 Vannevar Bush: As we may think
29.11.2005 30.11.2005 History part 2 lecture 6 Bruce Tognazzini: Starfire
06.12.2005 07.12.2005 DIA cycle, Observation, Storyboards lecture 7 Schneiderman 3.5-3.8,4.4 Schneiderman 4.1-4.3, Dix "Evaluation Techniques" Chapter
13.12.2005 12.12.2005 Midterm exam
20.12.2005 21.12.2005 Prototyping lecture 8 Carolyn Snyder, Paper Prototyping(chapters 4, 6, 7)
Winter Break
10.01.2006 11.01.2006 Golden rules lecture 9 Schneiderman 12.2,12.6
17.01.2006 18.01.2006 Evaluation lecture 10
24.01.2006 25.01.2006 Notations lecture 11
31.01.2006 01.02.2006 Outlook and in class design studio lecture 12
07.02.2006 08.02.2006 Presentation of final projects
23.02.2006 23.02.2006 Final exam

Lab schedule

Note: Lab schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Bonn
Aachen
Topic
20.10.2005 31.10.2005 Fitts' Quiz
Intro to Norman
Assignment 1: good & bad designs
27.10.2005 Discussion of assignment 1
English test
03.11.2005 07.11.2005 In depth looking at Fitts' law
Assignment 2: Fitts' tapping task
10.11.2005 14.11.2005 Discussion of assignment 2
Review: 7 stages of action
Assignment 3: usability breakdown
17.11.2005 21.11.2005 Introduction to experimental evaluation
Assignment 4: Designing a universal mobile device
24.11.2005 28.11.2005 Presentation of assignment 4
History: Memex and NLS
Assignment 5: Douglas Engelbart
01.12.2005 no lab
08.12.2005 05.12.2005 Midterm review
Final Project: define project and create storyboards
15.12.2005 14.12.2005 Midterm solutions
Final project: user interview
22.12.2005 19.12.2005 Quartz Composer demo
Final project: low fidelity prototyping and user test
Winter Break
12.01.2006 09.01.2006 Final project: Redesign and software prototype
19.01.2006 16.01.2006 Final project: testing with and without users
26.01.2006 23.01.2006 Final project: testing with and without users
02.02.2006 30.01.2006 Final exam review
09.02.2006 06.02.2006 no lab