HCI Seminar 357

Day 1 Notes

8/22/01

1. Course Overview

1.1 Introductions

1.2. Discuss syllabus and course overview

1.3. Mail list: inls337@ils.unc.edu:

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Term Project http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/357_f01/term_project.html

“Half-term” project (due Oct. 3)

1. Review the RB tool at http://squash.ils.unc.edu/bls4/bls.html
2. Identify an application of interest and use the GRB to implement a RB interface. See http://ils.unc.edu/~march/courses/357_f01/GRB_manual.html for help. Options will be discussed in class.

Readings for next meeting:

A vision of augmentation of the intellect: Read Engelbart (on reserve)

HCI evolution: read Marchionini & Komlodi http://ils.unc.edu/~march/arist.pdf

Interfaces for IR: Hearst (book chapter) http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/%7Ehearst/irbook/10/chap10.html

Optional: an important side effect: Read Meister

Optional: users and tasks: Carroll & Rosson

Optional: the roots of HCI: Shackel

2. Opportunities

IDL

Open Video Project

3. Resources Tour: Interaction Design Lab www.ils.unc.edu/idl

Resources Tour : HCI Bibliography : http://www.hcibib.org/

4. 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

5. Design

Design of objects

Light switch discussion

Task

Users

Affordances

Setting (Aesthetics)

Batteries (instructions)

Review of Software Design Processes

(waterfalls and spirals)

people in the process (programmers, managers, end-users)

The SILS perspective

problem context, user needs assessment, prototypes, usability tests, iteration

Kreitzberg’s LUCID framework: http://www.cognetics.com/lucid/lucid.html

Nielsen’s Alertbox: www.useit.com/alertbox

6. Design of interaction

Grocery purchase discussion

Task (exchange)

Users (Participants)

Affordances (protocols)

Setting

Consider WWW search session

7. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?