Syllabus and links to class notes available at:
 http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/310_f00/syllabus.html

1. Course Overview
Introductions
Discuss syllabus and course overview
Mail list:  inls310-89@ils.unc.edu; subscribe list name your name in message to listproc@ils.unc.edu
Term Project (handout)
“Half-term” project (due Oct. 9)
a. Review the RB tool at http://squash.ils.unc.edu/bls4/bls.html
b. Identify an applications of interest and use the GRB to implement a RB interface.  See http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/310_f00/GRB_manual.html for help.  Options will be discussed in class.
Readings:  On reserve Shackel; Engelbart
Readings next week:
       Greene et al is in http://ils.unc.edu/~march/jasis_ovpv.pdf
       Marchionini (92) on reserve
       Shneiderman et al www.dlib.org/dlib/january97/retrieval/01shneiderman.html

2. Opportunities
 IDL
 Open Video Project (Gary Geisler)
 Data modeler
 www.ncgov.com
 Open Info Week

3. What is interaction?
Brief discussion:  Entity constraints (human(s)? state change(s)? cycle(s)?)
Assign: Interactivity Experience (handout) due next meeting (Sept 11).
Available at: http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/310_f00/interactivity_experience.html

4. Design
Design of objects
Light switch discussion
 Task
 Users
 Affordances
 Setting (Aesthetics)

5. Design of interaction
Grocery purchase discussion
 Task (exchange)
 Users (Participants)
 Affordances (protocols)
 Setting
Consider WWW search session

6. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?