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If something is hard to use, I just don't use it as much —Steve Krug |
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| Meet | Date | Topic | Readings / Handouts | Homeworks |
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| 1 | 1/23, Mon | Introduction and Background |
Admin (pdf)
Responsibilities (pdf) The book Doonesbury | |
| 2 | 1/25, Wed | Users and Usability Principles |
Introduction (pdf)
Green electrical usability | Hwk 1 assigned
(Usability Problem) |
| 3 | 1/30, Mon | The Scientific Method | N-Ch 1
9 Principles (pdf) Norman Ch1 (pdf) Science (pdf) | |
| 4 | 2/1, Wed | Examples and Discussion | Engineers Day is Thursday | Hwk 1 due
Hwk 2 assigned (ATM) |
| 5 | 2/6, Mon | Mental Models | N-Ch 2-3
Norman Ch2 (pdf) Norman Ch3 (pdf) Usability in 2020 Gymnastics | |
| 6 | 2/8, Wed | Examples and Discussion | Hwk 2 due
Hwk 3 assigned (Mental Models) | |
| 7 | 2/13, Mon | Error Messages | N-Ch 4-5
N-Ch 4 (pdf) N-Ch 5 (pdf) New boyfriend | |
| 8 | 2/15, Wed | Examples and Discussion | Hwk 3 due | |
| 9x | 2/20, Mon | Professor on travel - no class | ||
| 10x | 2/22, Wed | Hypertext | K-Ch 1
K-Ch 1 (pdf) W3C's validator | Hwk 4 assigned |
| 11x | 2/27, Mon | Professor on travel - no class | ||
| 12 | 2/29, Wed | Website Design
Scanning and Choosing Gunning Fog Index | K-Ch 2-4
K-Ch 2 (pdf) K-Ch 3-4 (pdf) Nunchuks Ping Pong | Hwk 4 due |
| 13 | 3/5, Mon | Defaults & Memory | K-Ch 5 (pdf) | |
| 14 | 3/7, Wed | Midterm Exam | ||
| 3/12, Mon | Spring Break - no class | |||
| 3/14, Wed | Spring Break - no class | |||
| 15 | 3/19, Mon | Flow | K-Ch 6 (pdf)
Hey Jude | Hwk 5 assigned |
| 16 | 3/21, Wed | Accidental & Essential Problems
Excise Tasks | Excise (pdf) | |
| 17 | 3/26, Mon | Navigation
Searching, Undo | N-Ch 6 (pdf)
K-Ch 7 | |
| 18 | 3/28, Wed | Examples and Discussion | Hwk 5 due | |
| 19 | 4/2, Mon | Data Entry
Selection | N-Ch 7 (pdf)
Treadmill fail | Hwk 6 assigned |
| 20 | 4/4, Wed | Dialog Boxes
Toolbars | K-Ch 8 (pdf)
Amazing baseball | |
| 21 | 4/9, Mon | GUI Widgets | K-Ch 10 (pdf)
My favorite song | |
| 22 | 4/11, Wed | Examples and Discussion | Hwk 6 due | |
| 23 | 4/16, Mon | Analytical Thinking | Assess (pdf)
31 jokes | Hwk 7 assigned |
| 24x | 4/18, Wed | Professor on travel - no class | ||
| 25 | 4/23, Mon | Color and HTML | Color (pdf)
HTML (pdf) Registration Barrier | Hwk 8 assigned
html-kit editor |
| 26 | 4/25, Wed | Examples and Discussion | ||
| 27 | 4/30, Mon | Effective Habits | 7 Habits (pdf)
Scale of the universe | |
| 28 | 5/2, Wed | Examples and Discussion
Wrapup and Review | Final review (pdf)
Cool babies | Hwk 8 due
Hwk 9 due (See slides April 30) |
| 5/7, Mon | Reading Day - no class | |||
| 29 | 5/9, Wed | FINAL EXAM | 1:30 - 4:15 | |
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