• Organizational intro to the course
• Lecture:
  • A Quick Intro to Usability

• Lecture:
  • Overview of Methodologies
• Readings/Blog:
  • How to design usable systems (Gould)
  • Ch. 11: Evaluation techniques (Dix)

• Lecture:
  • Overview of Methodologies / Quantitative Methods
• Topic Deliverable:
  • tentative topic statement due (title / partner / one descriptive paragraph / initial references)
• Readings/Blog:
  • Methodology Matters (McGrath)

• Lecture:
  • Quantitative Methods
• Readings for next week:
  • Reread: Section 11.3.1 & 11.5.1 in Dix.
  • Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in User Interface Design, Eberts,
• Project Deliverable:
  • tentative problem statement due (title / partner / one descriptive paragraph)
• Topic:
  • Begin gathering / reading literature.

• Lecture: Quantitative Methods
• Topic: Continue gathering literature, writing, etc.
• Project: Receive problem statement feedback; work on detailed description
• Blog entry due:
  • Section 11.3.1 & 11.5.1 in Dix.
  • Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in User Interface Design, Eberts,

• Lecture: Quantitative Methods (keyboard study)
• Exercise: Do Keyboard study
• Topic: Continue research and writing
• Project: Work on 2nd problem statement

• Lecture: Quantitative Methods (#2 plus KB study results)
• Exercise: Keyboard data submitted
• Topic: Continue research and writing
• Project: Final problem statement
• Project: Begin planning / preparing method, equipment and pilot

• Project Deliverable: Begin detailed Ethics application
• Lecture: Ethics
• Project: Receive feedback from Saul over next several days; revise as needed

• Lecture: Controlled Studies Part 2 (Stats)
• Project: Design and prepare pilot

• Lecture: Controlled Studies Part 2 (Stats)
• Topic: Should be completing research and writing

• Lecture: Controlled Studies Part 3 (Anova)
• Project: Run pilot
• Readings:
  • Chapter 6 Usability testing (Nielsen)
  • User Observation (Gomol)
  • Ch 11 / 12 (Dumas and Redish book)
  • optional: other chapters in Dumas and Redish book

• Lecture: Think Aloud Usability Study - Real Phone
• Topic Deliverable: final report including tutorial and presentation deck
• Project Deliverable: Ethics application plus Ethics certification'''
• Blog Entry due:
  • Chapter 6 Usability testing (Nielsen)
  • User Observation (Gomol)
  • Ch 11 / 12 (Dumas and Redish book)

Visweek:

• Ahmed, Kyle, Alice
• Jagoda

• Student Lectures 1:
  • Personas (David /Alice)
• Project: Run pilot, begin analyzing data, begin writeup

• Student Lectures 2
  • Wizard of Oz (Sutapa, Jiannan)

• Student Lectures 3
  • Questionnaire / Survey Design (Kyle, Paul)

• Student Lectures 4
  • Contextual Interviews (Nico, Ahmed)

• Qualitative Analysis - Jonathan Sillito

• No class - work on project
  • in lieu of extended last 3 classes for our mini-conference

• Saul@Dahgstuhl

• Reading days (no class)

• Student Lectures 5
  • Focus Groups (Adi, Sowmya)
• Project: Continue pilot/data analysis/interpretation writeup

• Student Lectures 6
  • Chi Square (Hesam, Richard)

• Student Lectures 7
  • Cultural Probes (Teddy, Apoorve)
• Project: Data analysis complete, continue interpretation, presentation/write-up

• Lecture:
  • Usability Considered Harmful (Saul
• Project: Finalize presentation, continue write-up + archive

Extended class: 12:00 - 2:00pm

• Mini-conference:
  • Impact of curvature on visualizations (Alice, Jagoda)
  • Visualization in Chemical Research (Kyle)
  • Understanding Facebook's Timeline (Apoorve, Paul)
• Project Deliverable (Nov 27): Presentation Deck on student site

Extended class: 12:00 - 1:45pm

• Mini-conference:
  • Body and Controller-based 3D Navigation (Ahmed, Li)
  • Learning Arm Movements (Richard, Hesam)
  • Mobile spatial navigation (David)
• Project work: Finalize write-up

Extended class: 12:00 - 2:00pm

• Mini-conference:
  • Awareness in Transparent Displays (Jiannan, Sutapa)
  • Color Coding (Adi, Sowmya)
  • Multi-display of MRI data (Teddy)
• Project Deliverable: Final report + archive due