General Educational Aims: This course gives an introduction to human-computer interaction with an emphasis on user interface design. Students learn about HCI theory, cognitive foundations, guidelines for effective interface design, and the evaluation of user interfaces.

Specific Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
- realize the importance of user-centered design, design prototyping, and formative and summative evaluation,
- have attained the ability to design user interfaces of low and medium complexity based on guidelines,
- realize the impact of human factors research and cognitive psychology on HCI, and
- be familiar with some of the outstanding research problems being studied in the field of HCI.

Requirements: Students should have used computers, and different software and websites, for at least one year.

Character of class: Lecture with discussion, self-study of required readings, some homeworks, quizzes about the readings, and a term project.

Location and Time:     Lecture:      TTh 9:30-11:50, ICS 174
                                      Discussion:  M 4-4:50pm,  ICF 103 (TA Bart Knijnenburg)

Hours (send email beforehand if you plan to come):

• Alfred Kobsa: after class, or Tue 8:30-9:30am (5092 Bren Hall)
• TA Bart Knijnenburg: before or after discussion session, by arrangement
  

Required readings:

• Course notes of this class
• Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Maxine Cohen, Steven Jacobs (2009): Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction. Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0321-53735-1 (hardcover)  9780321601483 (paperback), E-book rental
  
• Farkas, D. K. and Farkas, J. B. (2000): Guidelines for Designing Web Navigation. Technical Communication 4(2000), 341-358. Electronic version (for class usage only! )
  
  

Optional readings:

• Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp, David Benyon (1994): Human-computer interaction. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0201627698.
• Debbie Stone, Caroline Jarrett, Mark Woodroffe, Shailey Minocha (2005): User Interface Design and Evaluation. Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN 978-0120884360
• Kim Goodwin (2009): Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services. Wiley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-470-22910-1

• Jeff Johnson (2000): GUI Bloopers 2.0, Second Edition: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and Dos. Revised edition. Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN 0123706432
• Jeff Johnson (2010): Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules. Burlington, MA: Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978012375030

• Carol M. Barnum (2010): Usability Testing Essentials. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0123750921
• Kent L. Norman (1991): The Psychology of Menu Selection. Exeter, England and Portland, Oregon: Intellect. ISBN 089391553X
• Jim Thatcher et al. (2006): Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance. Friends of Ed. ISBN 978-1590-59638-8. Electronic edition (free from within UCI domain)
• Jan H. Spyridakis: Guidelines for Authoring Comprehensible Web Pages and Evaluating Their Success. Technical Communication 4 (2000), 359-382.   Electronic version (for class usage only!)
  
  All books should also be available from a reserve in the Science Library, and from the UCI bookstore (click at Winter 2012, then Informatics, then INF131, then Kobsa, and then at "Find books for these courses" at the top of the right-hand box).
  

Grading:	10% for quizzes (you may collaborate)				i>clicker instructions
	20% for homeworks				Efficient reading
	20% for term project (group score unless vetoed)				Students with disabilities
	50% for final exam (open book)				Cheating
	up to 10% bonus for active in-class participation				Add/drop: by the end of the 2nd week of class

Syllabus:

Click at the calender entries to see details, such as required readings and links to podcasts , homework and quizzes. Subscribe to this calendar in your own calendaring system, using the URL https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/alfredkobsa@gmail.com/public/basic.ics . Make sure to switch on "refresh" to receive updates automatically, and allow reminders :) Exercises in the Shneiderman et al. book are not required, but doing them is useful.