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All assignments will be numbered by the number of the class meeting at which they are due. All assignments are due at the beginning of class. All reading assignments are in the Shneiderman textbook, unless noted. All assignments are described on the day that they are due. The total credit for the course is 1000 points (=100%). The point credit for each problem or test is marked in bold, e.g., (20). Some credit will be deducted for any assignment handed in late. All classes below are on Tuesday evenings, 6-9pm.

 

NU dates

 

MARCH

30, Tuesday, first COM3375 class, 6-9PM, 7SL (basement of Snell Library)

APRIL

19, Monday PATRIOTS DAY. Normal class schedule.
30, Friday Last day to drop a SPRING 1998 (grad) course without a W grade.
MAY
31 Monday MEMORIAL DAY. University closed.
28 Friday Last day to drop a SPRING 1998 (grad) course with a W grade.
JUNE
7 - 12 Monday - Saturday SPRING 1998 Final Exam Week

 

Class #1, March 30

First class, nothing due.

But be sure to fill out the required on-line form by 5pm Monday, April 5^th (20). I will tell you the URL in class. If you miss the first class, email me to get the URL.

 

Class #2, April 6

• Read Chapters 1 and 2 to prepare for this class. The reading will also be necessary to do Assignment #2.
  Introduction, theories, principles, guidelines, ....
• Analyzing interactive systems. Assignment #2 due (20): Write and hand in comments on one or two interactive systems . Details here.
• Additional Assignment #2 due (20): Get familiar with Visual Basic if you do not already know it well. Hand in a brief paragraph telling me which of the VB links, or other links within those, or others that you know or discover, turn out to be the most useful to you, and explain why they are useful.

Class #3, April 13

• Read Chapter 3 to prepare for this class. The design process.
• Visual Basic: Assignment #3 due (50): First VB5 program and documentation. Details here.

Class #4, April 20

Quiz #1 (50) -- covering all the material through Class #3, April 13^th.

• Read Chapter 4 to prepare for this class. Expert reviews and usability testing.
• Interview of a system user's reactions to an interactive system (20). Details here.
• Literature search of HCI material and initial project ideas (20). Details here.

Class #5, April 27

• Read Chapter 5 to prepare for this class. Software tools.
• Initial project description (50). 400 words plus figures. Details here.

Class #6, May 4

• Midterm Exam (125) -- This exam will cover all material through Class #5, April 27^th and will be held during the first half of the class period, 6pm-7:30pm. Be sure to arrive on time! This exam was reduced to more of a quiz, with points reduced from the original 250. Adjustments of the point values for other assignments in light of this change will be done at some point.
• Read Chapter 13 to prepare for this class. Multiple window strategies. (Chap. 6 not in syllabus anymore.)

Class #7, May 11

• Read Chapter 14 to prepare for this class. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.
• Project prototype code and discussion due (50). Details here.

Class #8, May 18

• Read Chapter 15 to prepare for this class. Information search and visualization.
• Transition and statechart analysis (50). Details here.
• Update of project and code (I may require this if your prototype is not adequate).

Class #9, May 25

• Read Chapter 16 to prepare for this class. Hypermedia and the World Wide Web.
• Update of project and code (I may require this if your prototype is not adequate).

Class #10, June 1

• Reread any material previously assigned to prepare yourself for this final course lecture and review for the Final Exam.
• Final project due (100).

Week of June 7 - 12

FINAL EXAM WEEK. Final exam (300).

 

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