| Week |
Lecture Topic |
Reading |
Lab Activity (see below for due dates) |
Due |
| 4 Feb |
1. Introduction to HCI and physical computing.
Electronics review. 2. Mice, Fitts' Law, intro to input device research |
Chapters 1–3 (Review electricity, get familiar with
parts) Read Arduino Introduction Install Arduino and Processing |
Labs begin Wednesday 2/6/13. Intro to lab and policies; L0: Hello, Arduino Bring your laptop if you have one. |
|
| 11 Feb |
3. Intro to the design process; brainstorming 4. Contextual inquiry; task analysis |
Before lab: skim chapter 4 (get
familiar with pins; see debugging p. 62–63) |
L0: Hello, Arduino Lab group formation |
A1 due 2/11 |
| 18 Feb |
5. Paper prototyping,
storyboarding 6. History of GUI, WIMP; Motivation for post-WIMP interfaces; Tangible User Interfaces |
Before lab: read chapter 6 (analog and digital input
and output; schematics) and chapter 11 (touch) |
L1: Resistance is Not Futile (work with
permanent lab group) |
P1 due 2/22 L0 due, beginning Wednesday (see lab PDFs for exact lab due dates, which will be on the day of your lab) |
| 25 Feb |
7. Guest lecture by Janet Vertesi
on 2/26 8. Ubiquitous computing, sensor examples |
Before lab, read:
Accelerometers:
p. 229–230 |
L2: Sensor Playground |
A2 due 3/1 L1 due starting Wednesday (see PDF) |
| 4 Mar |
9. Touch sensing 10. Heuristic evaluation |
Finish L2 and/or work on your projects |
L2 due beginning Thursday (i.e., your lab day + 1
day; see revised L2 PDF for specific deadlines) |
|
| 11 Mar |
11. In-class heuristic
evaluation 12. Finish heuristic evaluation; mid-semester review; |
Before lab: read chapter 10 (motors) | L3: Motor Control Bring anything you'd like to attach to a motor! |
Peer grading of A2 due 3/11 P2 due 3/11 Mid-semester feedback and parts lists due 8AM on Monday 3/18 (Monday of spring break) |
| 18 Mar |
Spring
break! |
Mid-semester
feedback and parts lists due 8AM on Monday 3/18 |
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| 25 Mar |
13. Data-gathering
exercise; quantitative data analysis 14. More on data analysis |
projects |
P3 due 3/29 |
|
| 1 Apr |
15. Finish data
analysis; surveys & interviews 16. Example study analysis; intro to machine learning for HCI |
projects |
L3 due 4/1 (same due date for all lab groups) |
|
| 8 Apr |
17. Machine learning
for HCI, Part 1; Kinect revisited 18. Machine learning for HCI, Part 2; Interactive machine learning |
projects |
P4 due 4/8 A4 due 4/8 |
|
| 15 Apr |
19. Guest lecture by
Sid Choudhuri; musical instruments 20. Guest lecture by Kayur Patel, Google |
projects |
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| 22 Apr |
21. Other musical
interfaces; evaluating creative technologies 22. Discuss projects in class |
projects |
P5 due 4/22 |
|
| 29 Apr |
Last week of class 23. Accessibility 24. Wrap-up, exam discussion, gamification |
projects |
P6 due 5/3 |
|
| 6 May |
Reading
week |
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| 13 May |
Dean's
date, 5/14/13, 5:00 PM: Final project documentation
due; final group member & self-evaluations due 5/16: 10:00–12:00 & 1:00–3:00 PM: Final project posters and demos (Friend Center Convocation Room, Friend 113) 5/20: Must return all lab kits & 436-owned parts by 5:00PM, to COS 408 (Prof. Fiebrink's office) Final exam will be available on 5/15 |
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| 20 May |
Final
exam (take-home) due, no later than 5:00 PM |
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Last updated 11 May 2013