January 9

Lecture: Course Introduction (pdf - 16mb; notes)

Assigned: Questionnaire
Assigned: P1: Errors
Assigned: Idea Logs

Read: Don Norman, "The Move to Information Appliances"
Read: What's an Idea Log?

January 10 (CS247L)

These sessions are at the prl. You can attend this when its convenient for you. Sign up for a safety session here

January 11

Due: Questionnaire, P1 Error Sketches

Lecture: Intro to Sketching,
Idea Logs,
and Storyboards (pdf)

Due: P1 Poster

Do: P1 Critique, Bill's Interactivity Framework

Assigned: P2: Commerce through Community

January 17 (CS247L)

CS 247L: Flash I (Ty Lettau)

Due: P2 Individual Brainstorm and Observation Plan

Guest: Eric Paulos, Urban Computing

Do: Observation Plan & Brainstorm, Form Groups for P2

Read: Henry Dreyfuss, Chapter 4 from "Designing for People"

January 23

Due: Observation Reports, P2 Brainstorming Artifacts

Guest: Kristian Simsarian, Bodystorming

Do: Review P2 Observations

January 24 (CS247L)

CS 247L: Flash II (Ty Lettau)

January 25

Due: P2 Skits, Final Script/Storyboard

Do: P2 Critique

January 30

Due: Idea Logs

Do:Idea Log discussion and feedback. Meet the fellows. Choose pairs for P3.

Guests: Reuters Digital Vision Program Fellows

Assigned: P3: Connections

Read: Don Norman, "The Power of Representation"

Professor Klemmer Out of Town

January 31 (CS247L)

CS 247L: Persisting Information (Kevin Collins)

February 1

Due: P3 Brainstorm & Proposal

Lecture: Metaphors and Mappings

Do: Idea boggle & discuss P3 ideas

Read: McCloud - Understanding Comics pp. 66 - 85
Read: Alan Cooper, Chapter 9 from "The Inmates are Running the Asylum"

Professor Klemmer Out of Town

February 6

Due: P3 Interaction Models

Do: Wizard of Oz exercise, Personas, Storyboarding

Read: Houde and Hill -
"What do prototypes prototype?

February 7 (CS247L)

CS 247L: Mobile Interaction (Dean Eckles)

February 8

Due: P3 Storyboard/Flipbook
Related Designs

Lecture: Heuristic Evaluation

Read: Jakob Nielsen: Heuristic Evaluation

February 13

Lecture: Visual Design and Interaction Design

Do: Visual Design Critique.

February 14 (CS247L)

Meet at CCRMA

CS 247L: Soldering & electronics (Bjoern Hartmann & Bill Verplank)

February 15

Due: P3 Demonstration, Heuristic Evaluation

Do: P3 Critique

Assigned: P4: Integrating Physical and Digital

Read: Ishii & Ullmer: Tangible Bits

February 20

Lecture: People, Bits and Atoms

Do: Form Groups for P4

February 21 (CS247L)

CS 247L: Physical Computing with d.tools (Bjoern Hartmann). Partial videos (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

February 22

Due: P4 Group Proposals

Lecture: User Testing

February 27

Do: First Individual Team Consultation

February 28 (CS247L)

CS 247L: Connecting Heterogenous Datasources (Kevin Collins)

March 1

Due: P4 Current Prototype & User Test Plan

Lecture: Input Techniques

Do: P4 Testing Pilot, Extreme Programming Exercise

March 6

Due: Idea Logs

Lecture: CSCW

Do: Idea log discussion and feedback

March 7 (CS247L)

Meet at the d.school

CS 247L: Video editing (Scott Doorley)

March 8

Due: P4 Current Prototype and Pilot Test Results

Do: Second Individual Team Consultation, see meeting schedule.

March 13

Due: P4 Refined Prototype and Actual User Test Results

Do: 10 minute informal discussion of your team's test results (video/photos okay, but no slides/slickness/etc)

March 7 (CS247L)

Attendance is not mandatory for this lab session

CS 247L: Introduction to Photoshop (Brian Lee)

March 15

Due: Final idea logs (w/ digital pens) including capstone and ePortfolio

Do: 3 minute "elevator pitch" preparation for final presentation (no slides/projection), Course recap discussion

Final Presentation Details Below -- good luck on your projects!