General Educational Aims: This course provides an introduction to the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), with an emphasis on user interface and interaction design. Students learn about HCI theory, guidelines for good interface and interaction design, user needs and task analysis, and other selected HCI research topics.

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

Format: Lecture with discussion, presentation of HCI research topics by students, a term project (user studies in collaboration with, e.g., the UCI Libraries), self-study of reading material, and some homework.

Time and Location: TuTh 11:00-12:20p DBH 1423
                              Discussion on October 4, 17 and 23 (time and location tbd).
 
Required readings:

• Selected chapters from J. Preece, Y. Rogers, H. Sharp: Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction. Wiley, First Edition 2002, ISBN 0-471-49278-7.
• D. K. Farkas J. B. and Farkas (2000): Guidelines for Designing Web Navigation. Technical Communication 4(2000), 341-358.
               Electronic version (for class usage only! )
  All books are also available from a reserve in the Science Library.

Optional readings:

• Selected chapters from R. M. Baecker, J. Grudin, W. A. S. Buxton, S. Greenberg (1995): Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000. Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN 1-55860-246-1
• Catherine Courage and Kathy Baxter (2005): Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Requirements -- Methods, Tools, & Techniques. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 1-55860-935-0.
• Mike Kuniavsky (2003): Observing the User Experience. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN: 1-55860-923-5
• Joseph S. Dumas, Janice C. Redish: A Practical Guide to Usability Testing. Revised Edition 1999. Exeter, England and Portland, Oregon: Intellect ISBN 1841500208
• John Carroll, ed.(2002): Human-Computer Interaction in the new Millennium: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-70447-1
• John Carrol, ed. (2003): HCI Models, Theories and Frameworks. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 1-55860-808-7
• B. J. Fogg (2002): Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What we Think and Do. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ISBN 1-55860-643-2
• V. Kaptelinin and B. Nardi (2006): Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, ISBN 9780262112987
• 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!)

Grading:    30% for mid-term quiz (open books)           
                   30% for paper presentation
                   30% for term project (group grade)
                   10% for homework
                    up to 10% bonus for active in-class participation

Efficient reading: see here
Cheating: see here
Students with Disabilities: see here

Adding/Dropping:  The class is already full.
                              Drop cards will be signed until the end of the second week of the quarter (10/12)
Course Evaluation: ?? (11:59pm)

Dropbox for students to exchange homeworks if they wish (only after the submission deadline :-)

Course Notes of INF131:  HTML
                          PDF slides (20 MB)

Office hours: After class, or Tue 10-11am in Bren Hall Rm 5092
                     (contact me in class or send email beforehand)

Syllabus:

Unit #	Date	Topic	Readings (*), homeworks, etc.
1	9/27	What is HCI and Why Should We Learn About it?	PRS Ch.1
2	10/2	Elements of HCI	PRS Ch.2 Homework 1 due
D1a	10/3	Discussion about Homework 1 (3:30pm-4:20pm, CS 253)
3 D1b	10/4	Cognitive Elements of HCI Discussion about Homework 1 (3-3:50pm, CS 209)
4	10/9	Cognitive Elements of HCI II
5	10/11	Interaction Style Independent Design Principles
6	10/16	Menu interfaces, direct-manipulative interaction
7 D2a	10/18	Selected Elements of Screen Designs (Layout, Text, Color) Discussion about Homework 2 (3-3:50pm, CS 209)	Homework 2 due
D2b	10/19	Discussion about Homework 2 (1:30-2:20pm, DBH 1431)
8 D3a	10/23	HCI and Hypermedia/WWW (Presenters: Joel Ross, Byeong Sam Jeon) Discussion about the example questions for the midterm (2-2:50pm, PSCB 240)	FF
D3b	10/24	Discussion about example questions for the midterm (3:00-3:50pm, DBH 1425)
9	10/25	Midterm exam (open books)
10	10/30	Identifying Needs and Establishing Requirements (Presenters: Tempe Kraus, Yongjie Zheng) User-Centered Approach to Interaction Design (Presenters: Meng-Pin Yang, Phoebe Lin Hui-Chun)	PRS Ch. 7 PRS, Ch. 9
11	11/01	User-Centered Approach to Interaction Design (Presenters: Meng-Pin Yang, Phoebe Lin Hui-Chun) Asking Users and Experts (Presenters: Changsoon Moon, Lee Jae Young)	PRS, Ch. 9 PRS, Ch. 13; CB, Ch 7
12	11/06	Observing Users (Presenters: Tanmay Goel, Ritesh Subramanian) Testing and Modeling Users (Presenters: Lorraine Kan, Nicolas Mangano)	PRS, Ch. 12; CB, Ch. 13 PRS, Ch. 14, DR Ch.7-9
13	11/08	Testing and Modeling Users (Presenters: Lorraine Kan, Nicolas Mangano) Presentation by Silvia Irving, UCI Libraries	PRS, Ch. 14, DR Ch.7-9 Start your Term Project
14	11/13	Running user experiments (+linked movie) (Presenters: Joel Ossher; Marvin Park, Jahnavi Kondragunta)	DR 10-16, CB 5-6
D4	11/14	Discussion about Midterm (3pm, DBH 1425)
15	11/15	Design, Prototyping and Construction (Presenters: Jonathan Chen, Mohamad Monibi) Activity Theory in a Nutshell (Presenter: Ruy Cervantes)	PRS Ch 8 KN
16	11/20	Student presentation of methods that they plan to use in the term project
17	11/22	No class (Thanksgiving)
18	11/27	The Xerox Star: A Retrospective (Presenters: Kah Liu, Alegria Baquero) Methodology Matters: Doing Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Presenters: Gary Suh, Vesna Memisevic)	BGBG 49-70 BGBG 152-169
19	11/29	Methodology Matters: Doing Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Presenters: Gary Suh, Vesna Memisevic) Personalized Hypermedia Presentation Techniques for Improving Online Customer Relationships (Presenters: Satyajit Das, Pornpat Nikamanon)	BGBG 603-625 Here
20	12/04	Distance Matters (Presenter: Rosalva Gallardo) Persuasive Technology (Presenters: Nobu Takeo, Rose Roberts)	C1 Ch 18 Fogg
21	12/06	The Growth of Cognitive Modeling in Human-Computer Interaction since GOMS (Presenters: Kang-chen, Derek Pfister)	BGBG 603-625 Term Project may be uploaded
	12/14		Term Project due (upload PDF in dropbox)

(*) Codes for textbooks:
        PRS ... Preece et al.
        BGBG ... Baecker et al
        CB ... Courage & Baxter
        DR ... Dumas & Reddish.
        FF... Farkas & Farkas
        KN ... Kaptelinin & Nardi
        C1 ... Carroll (2002)
        C2 ....Carroll (2003)

      Exercises in the books are not required, albeit doing them is useful.