organisation
- timetable
- may change during the week! ...
but see the planned timetable in HTML or PDF (33K). - coursework
- assignment
(PDF, 81K)
N.B. those of you who have downloaded this already ... it has changed very slightly, not in substance but in fine detail ... main difference is that added personae as explicit point and made points (a), (b) and (c) web-based so that we can have a 'class gallery'.
- first part (group report) due Monday week 7
- second part (individual critique) due Friday week 10
- first part (group report) due Monday week 7
resources
- general resources
- try the
search engine for my
HCI book ... sorry only second edition available yet :-(
there are also chapter-by-chapter links (not as extensive as I would like)
and you can look at previous year's courses for 2000/2001, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003
- mini case studies...
- if I
talk through an example in class and it doesn't appear here, please
tell me and I'll get it written up!
the
Excel mode
error an analysis highlighting hidden modes and closure
the
HCI book search
a case study of designing user value
- birds eye view of HCI
- the course
covers only selected aspects fo the area, for a broader feel look at
the table of contents of Handbook
for Human-Computer Interaction this gives a third-party view of
the field (not just mine!) but it does seem to miss out nearly everything
of the actual implementation stage
the Dix, Finlay et al. HCI book structures the field a little differently (including some parts on system modelling and implementation)
day 1
- introduction
-
download introductory slides
(PDF, 243K)
see
Introduction in
HCI book and also see my short tutorial
article for Assembly Automation
the
term "form (ever) follows function" was coined by Louis
Sullivan and was one of the drivers behind the work of his student
Frank Lloyd Wright
the
Electrolux Screenfridge
an example of an internet appliance
- design and scenarios
-
chapter 5, sections
5.2 to 5.5
download
chapter 5 slides (PDF, 611K) -
see power plant
scenario (high level) and phone
scenario (low level)
aQtive
technical
documentation for onCue - uses rich scenario for describing architecture
- navigation & layout
-
chapter 5, sections
5.6 and 5.7
see
chapter 5 slides above
- widgets and little things
-
download slides on little things
(PDF, 164K) and widget
choice (PDF, 327K)
for
more on the evolution of the scroll bar ... see the articles:
I skipped
the bit about widget choice. This relates loosely to chapter 3.
Hands
Across the Screen - why scrollbars are on the right and other stories.
and Sinister
Scrollbar in the Xerox Star Xplained
day 2
- UI architectures
-
see chapter 8, section
8.3, 8.4, 8.5
download
extract of chapter 8 slides
(PDF, 299K) for Seeheim, MVC etc.
- web architectures
-
see chapter 21,
section 21.6
download
slides on web architecture (PDF,
189K)
server-side
programming in PHP - introductory tutorial
web
form - testing and experimenting with web forms
examples (use view source to see code) ...
dancing
histograms - Java applet using data embedded into the page
(also described
in a paper 'starting
simple' given at AVI'98)
coin
race - client-side JavaScript
Professor
Alan's square - JavaScript for puzzle
JS also to enable
'syndicated content' (use view source on my home page)
make your own
pages use server-side CGI scripts written in PHP
Query-by-Browsing
- uses PHP generated pages accessing a MySQL database
the 'heavy' computation
is written in C and called form the PHP
- colour
-
slides
about colour (PDF, 142K)
lots about colour
theory at www.colormatters.com
- 3D vision
-
little
bit about this in HCI chapter 1, but previously I've found the slides
are fairly self-explanatory
slides on seeing
in 3D in (PDF, 413K)
is vision merely common sense?
day 3
- task analysis
-
focused
on Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA)
see chapter 15,
section 15.3
download extract
of chapter 15 slides (PDF, 201K)
also of course Diaper and Stanton task analysis collection.
- rich work ecologies
-
see
chapter 18, section
18.3
download extract
of chapter 18 slides on work ecologies (PDF, 248K)
whole chapter
on triggers in Diaper and Stanton
- time
-
various
points in HCI book, but no single treatment
my
chapter in the Jacko and Seers HCI handbook hits on some of these
issues
download slides
on timing matters (PDF, 201K)
see also my topic page on time
day 4
- about state
-
see
chapter 17, discusses
the specification of system state
download slides
on state (PDF, 75K)
see
also my pages on formal
methods in HCI
- dialogue notations
-
focused on State Transition Networks (STN)
see chapter 16,
sections 16.1-16.3.3 and section 16.6
download extract
of chapter 16 slides (PDF, 320K)
the
flow charts are also in chapter 16, but there is a longer account in
my chapter "upside
down As and algorithms" in Carroll's theory book
- Norman's seven stages of interaction
-
see
chapter 3, section
3.2.2
download extract
of chapter 3 slides on the Norman cycle (PDF, 116K)
- low-intention and sensor-based interactions
-
see
chapter 18, section
18.4
download extract
of chapter 18 slides on sensor-based interaction (PDF, 207K)
- physical design
-
see
chapter 3, section
3.9.3
download extract
of chapter 3 slides on physical design (PDF, 321K)
day 5
- alternative media
-
see bits about this in chapters 2,
10 and 20
from HCI book
download slides
on media (PDF, 58K)
for more on network
media issues such as jitter and buffering see my chapter in the Jacko
and Sears HCI Handbook
you can read the
online abstract
including live references and draft
chapter (PDF, 375K)
- designing value
-
see chapter 3, sections
3.9.1 and 3.9.4, also for organisational issues chapter
13, section 13.2
download extract
of chapter 3 slides on value (PDF, 170K)
designing
for value, the timetableing example, please chase
me to put this online
the
HCI book search case study includes a link to the "lattice
of value" about designing complimentary products to encourage
market growth
related
to this is an article I wrote for "interfaces" magazine artefact
+ marketing = product
- deconstructing experience and virtual crackers
-
short version in chapter
3, section 3.9.2
download slides
on deconstructing experience (PDF, 972K)
the
story of the design of the virtual crackers experience is told in two
places:
a short account
in "absolutely
crackers" at computers and fun 2001
a longer chapter
"deconstructing
experience - pulling crackers apart" in the Funology book
the
"absolutely
crackers" page also has some links to related topics
and
of course don't foget to send
a virtual cracker from vfridge.com
books
-
Human-Computer Interaction third edition. A. Dix, J. Finlay, G. Abowd
and R. Beale. Prentice Hall, 2004.
- Main
course text. Referred to simply as 'HCI' above. Book website at www.hcibook.com/e3
includes some web links and also a full on-line search facility for
the book.
not to be confused with ...
-
Human-Computer Interaction. J. Preece, Y. Rogers, H. Sharp, D. Benyon,
S. Holland and T. Carey. Addison Wesley, 1994. Prentice Hall, 1998.
- Used to be our arch rival ... but very good despite that - darn! Interviews are really fun. Harder to find things than in our book, but with more in-depth discursive treatment of some topics. Lots more piccies than we have as well.
-
Interaction Design, J. Preece, Y. Rogers and H. Sharp. Wiley, 2002
- The successor to the original Preece et al. The OU had the copyright to the original Preece, but by the time a second edition was due, Jenny and Co. had left the OU. The author team weren't allowed to compete, so they produced a slightly different kind of book!
-
Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer
Interaction, Third Edition. Ben Shneiderman. Asison Wesley, 1997.
- Less broad then either Dix et al. or the original Preece, but especially strong in more 'how to do it' infprmation and also visualisation - Ben's main research area.
edited collections
-
Human-Computer Interaction Handbook, J. Jacko and A. Sears. Lawrence
Erlbaum, 2003.
- Enormous
tome. Chapters by experts in all sorts fo areas of HCI but laregly missing
out more implementation focused areas.
<@ book web site>
-
Perspectives on HCI, A. Monk and N.Gilbert, Academic Press, 1995
- Chapters by indivual experts, writing aimed at a mixed audience. Includes chapters on formal methods (me!), task analysis, cognitive modelling etc.
-
HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks: Toward an Interdisciplinary Science.
J. Carroll. Morgan Kaufmann.
- Chapters by experts in different theoretical areas contributing to HCI
-
Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment. M. Blythe, A. Monk and P. Wright.
Kluwer, 2003.
- Making interfaces that not only do work but make you feel good!
-
The Handbook of Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction. D. Diaper
& N. Stanton (eds.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
- Long awaited! Dan's previous collection has been ou of pront for ages and theree has been no good reference about different task analysis techniques. This book covers a wiide range of topics and methods in task analysis and is also comparatively cheap.