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Introduction to HCIITEC 2210-01

January 12, 2009

Opening Day!

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For today . . .

See whos in class

Look at the textbooks

Go over the syllabus

Take a look at the semesters

projects

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OK!

Whos in the class?

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Textbooks Design of Everyday Things, Donald

Norman

The Atomic Chef, Steven Casey

About Face: The Essentials ofInteraction Design, Alan Cooper et al

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What well be doingThe course is project-based;

there are no exams

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Interface-Design Project Proposal for semester project (10%) User analysis and task analysis for semester project

(10%)

Project plan (5%)

First use-case exercise (10%)

Second use-case exercise (10%)

Working prototype (15%)

Team Assessment (10%)

Presentation of usability evaluation (10%)

Report on The Atomic Chef(5%)

Class participation (15%)

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Why Study HCI?Or . . . HCI has been in

the news

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A Famous Event in Recent Times(The easiest time ever to teach an

HCI course)

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Some reactions

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More reactions

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Reactions to reactions

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A Possible Solution

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Another

Possibility

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Maybe the Best Solution

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Where did things go wrong?

How could it have been

prevented?

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Dimensions of

Usability

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Dimensions of Usability

Task dimension

Motivation or goal dimension

Product dimension

Cognitive dimension

Interactivity dimension

Comfort dimension

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Task Dimension

Comfort withtask itself

Complexity oftask

Frustration level

inherent in task Rewards of task

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Motivation or Goal Dimension

Willingness toovercome obstacles

Rewards andpenalties

Immediacy of

reward Mental attitude

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Product Dimension

Opinion ofproduct

Perceived statusof product

Prior experiencewith product

Experience withsimilar products

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Cognitive Dimension

Demands onlong-term and

short-termmemory

Analytic vsspatial thinking

Amount oftedium

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Interactivity Dimension

Control of dialog

Clarity of dialog

structure andrequirements

Amount and pace of

interaction Tone of interaction

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Comfort Dimension

Mental comfortFamiliarity

Degree of

certainty Physical comfort

Eye strain

Hand motionComplexity of

keystrokes

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Future Plans . . .

Get the textbooks if you havent

already

Start doing the readings

Start thinking about the semesterproject

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Future Plans . . .

Some readings are due for Thursday:Design of Everyday Things and

AboutFace Monday is a day off from school

The first assignment is due the

following week.

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Gearing up for the semester-

long assignment The semester-long assignment can

be done in groups of 2 or 3

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For the project you will design

an interactive interface It could be hardware, software, or a

combination of both, that can be

web-based or not. By the end of the semester, you

should have a working model that

you can demonstrate in class andthat you can use to conduct usabilitytests

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The interface that you design

should be . . . Of a suitable scope that youll be

able to manage in one semester

Of sufficient scope and complexitythat it will be an interesting project(that is, one that I will find interestingto grade)

Sufficiently innovative that it is notsomething weve seen already

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For Assignment 1 (project

proposal). Tell me . . . What the interactive interface is

What it does

Who would use it What they would use it for

What is special and innovative about it

Why I should be happy with it andproud of you for doing it

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Questions

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Go forth !!and make the world

usable !