CS 305 - Schedule, Readings, Etc.

Unit 1: Intro and Basics 

• Slides:
• Set 1: What is HCI (etc.)? (PPT)
• Set 2: Usability goals, principles, and guidelines (PPT)
• Set 3: Development processes. (PPT)
• Readings:
• Chapter 1 of Interaction Design textbook
• Chapter 9 of Interaction Design textbook
• Chapter 1 from Task-Centered User Interface Design (web text)
• Other links to read:
• A definition of HCI (from Australian CHI organization)
• SIGCHI's definition of HCI
• Read Craig Marion's "What is interaction design?"
• Read Don Norman's article on how the concept of affordances is overused
• Read two of Jacob Nielsen's short Alertbox articles:
• Usability 101
• Misconceptions About Usability
• Jacob Nielsen's List of ten usability principles
• Other links (if you're interested):
• Terry Winograd's article on interaction design: "From Computing Machinery to Interaction Design"