CmpE 496  Human Computer Interaction

 

Fall 2005

Fikret Gurgen

Class time: WThTh 345        Off hours: M 1 W 23 and any time available

Office: 204, Ph: 0 212 359 6863,

E-mail:  gurgen at boun.edu.tr, //www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/~gurgen

 

Assistant: Oya Aran

Office: 203, Ph: 0 212 359 7183,

E-mail:  aran at cmpe.boun.edu.tr, //www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/~aran

 

 

Textbooks:

 

 

The other references:

·        HCI Models, Theories and Frameworks (Toward a multidisciplinary science) edited by John M. Carroll, Morgan Kauffmann, 2003.

·        Human-Computer Interaction Alan Dix et al., Prentice Hall, Third Edition 2004.

·        Human-Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece et al., Addison Wesley Longman, 1994.

·        Interaction Design – beyond the human computer interaction, Y. Rogers, H. Sharp, J. Preece, John Wiley, 2002.

 

 

Tentative Topics:

  1. Introduction to HCI and issues (notes available)
  2. Human factors of the interactive software: software design methodologies (notes available)
  3. Theories, principles, and guidelines: motor behavior models for human computer interaction (HCI Models, Theories by Kauffmann, Ch.3)
  4. Theories, principles, and guidelines: task centered and user centered system design (notes available)
  5. Theories, principles, and guidelines: evaluating interfaces with users (notes available)
  6. Software Tools (Ch. 5 Shneiderman ) and Direct manipulation and virtual environments (Ch. 6 Shneiderman)
  7. Menu selection, form filling, and dialog boxes (Ch. 7 Shneiderman) - Command and natural languages (Ch. 8 Shneiderman) - Interaction devices (Ch. 9 Shneiderman)
  8. Information search and visualization (Ch. 15 Shneiderman) - Hypermedia and the world wide web (Ch. 16 Shneiderman)

 

 

Presentations:

(1 presentation + 1 project presentation) will be required.

 

Homeworks & Project:

Homeworks (at home or in class) will be given.

A project will be submitted (presented) at the end of the semestr.

 

Evaluation for the course:

(Midterm(s) (25%)) + (Homeworks + Presentation + Project + Quizzes (40%)) + (Final 35%)   (+- 5% may be changed by the instructor)

 

Some of web sites:

 

http://www.aw-bc.com/dtui/

 

http://www.id-book.com/

 

http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/

 

http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~jacob/171/

 

see the others from internet.....

 

Important rules:

Attendance: is required! (2/3 of the total number of classes must be attended)

Late presentations and projects will be graded as 0.