Morrison University Human-Computer Interaction IS 400

Instructor: Professor Christopher Campos Dates: January 30, 2013 ~ April 3, 2013 Course Length: 10 Weeks

Credit Hours: 4

Textbook(s): Human-Computer Interaction, 3rdedition, Pearson, ISBN 0130461091 Perquisites: CS120 Course Description: Students explore the design, evaluation, implementation and evolution in human-computer interaction (HCI). Objectives: By the end of this course the student will have demonstrated the ability to do the following: Understand the growth of human computer interaction as an industry. Distinguish between the physical and digital world. Explore ubiquitous computing and augmented realities. Examine the future of human computer interaction.

Instructional Methods: Lectures, class discussions, group work. Grading/Assessment: Letter grades are assigned in accordance with the Morrison University catalog. Homework/Assignments Research Paper Midterm Exam Final Exam 20% 30% 25% 25%

Out-of-Class Work Expectations: Students are expected to spend approximately eight (8) hours a week, on average, completing homework assignments in order to achieve the learning objectives for this 10 week, four (4) quarter credit hour course. This meets the Federal Governments expectation of two (2) hours of homework for each hour of lecture.

Student Attendance Policy Students are expected to be on time at all of their regularly scheduled classes and to remain for the entire session. In the event of an emergency or an unavoidable absence, students must contact their Instructor and the Student Services Department. Students are marked present or absent for each class session. Attendance records are updated daily. Students who are absent from class may be assigned a zero for any assignment or exam missed. Students with excessive absences may be subject to advising and/or may be dropped from the course. Excessive absences are defined as missing more than 20% of the scheduled course time and/or two consecutive class meetings. Morrison University reserves the right to dismiss a student based excessive absences. Appeals Students dropped for excessive absences have 2 business days (Monday through Friday) from the date of notification to appeal this decision to a committee consisting of at least one faculty, one program chair, and one member of school administration. The decision of the committee will be binding. Make-Up Work When protracted absence has been caused by illness or other serious unforeseen circumstances, students may be given the privilege of making up lost work by arrangement with the instructor. Resources: Morrison University (MU) library resources are accessible at http://www.stuwebportal.net , under the curriculum heading. The MU library is completely online and students can access the library resources from campus computers as well as from remote locations. The library collection offers full-content from more than 40,000 books, 15,000 scholarly journals and magazines, company financials, annual reports and more. These subscription based full-text databases cover a wide variety of subject areas such as business, accounting, computer science, information systems, humanities and social sciences.

Ten Course Week Outline Week

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Subject
Part I: The Human, The Computer The interaction, Paradigms Lecture: Chapter 1 & 2 Part II: Interaction Design Basics, HCI in the software process Lecture: Chapter 3 & 4 Part II continued: Design Rules, Implementation Support, Evaluation Techniques Lecture: Chapter 5 Part II Continued: Universal Design, User Support Lecture: Chapter 6 & 7 Midterm Exam Lecture: Chapter 8 & 9

Assignments
Read chapters 1-2 (pages 1-122) Homework 1: Chapter 1: 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.2, 2.3 Read chapters 3-4 (pages 123-188) Homework 2: TBA Read chapters 5 -6 (pages 189-257) Homework 3: TBA Research Paper Read chapters 7-9 (pages 258-364) Homework 4: TBA Review for Midterm Read chapter 10-11 (pages 365-416) Midterm (Parts I and II) Homework 5: TBA Read chapters 12-13 (pages 417-474) Homework 6: TBA Read chapters 14-16 (pages 475-593) Homework 7: TBA Read chapter 17-18 (pages 594-660) Homework 8: TBA Read chapters 20-21 (pages 716-790) Homework 9: TBA Review for Final Final (Parts III and IV)

Whats Due

Estimated Time
Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs

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Homework 1 Homework 2

Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Research Paper: 2 hrs Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Exam Review: 2 hrs Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Research Paper: 2 hrs Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Research Paper: 2 hrs Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs

Homework 3

Homework 4

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Part III: Cognitive Models: Socioorganizational Issues and Stakeholder Requirements Lecture: Chapter 12 Part III Continued: Communication and Collaboration Models, Task Analysis, Dialogue Notations and Design Lecture: Chapter 13 & 14 Part III Continued: Models of the System, Modeling Rich Interaction, Groupware Lecture: Chapter 15 Part IV: Ubiquitous Computing and Augmented Realities: Hypertext; Multimedia, and the Worldwide Web Lecture: Chapter 19 & 21 Final Exam

Homework 5

Homework 6 Research Paper Homework 7

Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Reading: 4 hrs Hwk: 4 hrs Exam Review: 2 hrs

Homework 8

Homework 9

Revision Date: January 2013