Communication and Slack: Communication for this course is through Slack. If you are enrolled in the course but not a member of the course slack, please email a member of staff requesting to be added.

Academic accommodations: If you need an academic accommodation, contact the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). The OAE will then prepare an OAE letter with the recommended accommodations. Send this letter to both Professor Landay and the head CA.

Absences: If you need to miss either lecture or studio, please contact your studio CA by email or over Slack.

This class must be taken for 5 units. Only graduate students may take this class for anything less than 5 units for financial purposes. The workload is the same regardless of the unit count.

The grading breakdown is as follows:

Assignment Grading Buckets:

We expect you to uphold the Stanford Honor Code in this course. In particular, you should abide by the following guidelines:

AI policy: In recent years, AI tools have become more and more powerful, and they have been gaining wider adoption in the software development industry. However, AI tools can also inhibit the learning process by undermining the struggle and effort it takes to truly learn a new skill.

Taking these factors into mind, we are going to try a new, experimental AI policy this quarter in CS 147. For all assignments except for implementing the Website (Assignment 3) and Hi-Fi prototype (Assignment 8), we ask that you do not use AI tools to complete the assignment. These assignments will help you build fundamental design thinking and prototyping skills. For implementing the Website (Assignment 3) and Hi-Fi prototype (Assignment 8), we will allow free use of AI tools as long as their use is credited appropriately in your submission.

Students complete most of their work in teams. There are 10 total group assignments with 4-5 presentations, 3-4 write-ups, a video, a pitch-slide and a poster. Additionally, there are 1-2 individual assignments and an individual presentation grade.

More detailed course timeline and assignments overview available for download.

Studio is a key component of this class. Students are required to attend their assigned studio on Thursday or Friday. Students are allowed one pre-excused absence. Second pre-excused absence can be removed with make-up assignment. Late arrival or early departure of studio will count as a half absence.

Studies show laptops/phones in class disrupt both the students using laptops & the students around them. In addition, studies show using handwriting for notes (with a pen or digital tablet) leads to better retention of information.

Laptops should be closed & phones put away except in 3 back rows of the lecture room (unless approved in advance with teaching team due to a legitimate need for the technology & forward seating). Digital tablets are allowed throughout the room (note: we will ask you when you can use laptops technology for polls/in-class activities).

Scope: Everything though "Designing the Future: Early and Future Visions of HCI" (Week 7 - Lecture 14) including Reading/Videos/Podcasts, Lectures, Assignments.

Format: Will primarily be a multi-part design problem (but know and be able to demonstrate all aspects of the design process & use facts for reasoning for your answers), with some multiple choice/short answer on knowledge of HCI as well.

Place: Hybrid exam — part I in class & part II (design problem) at home (Gradescope)

Time: This midterm will take place during a 24-hour window starting in class Wed., Nov.13, at 1:30 PM Pacific time. You will have ~1:30 for part I in class and ~2 hour for part II at home.

Stanford as an institution is committed to the highest quality education, and as your teaching team, our first priority is to uphold your educational experience. To that end we are committed to following the syllabus as written here, including through short- or long-term disruptions, such as public health emergencies, natural disasters, or protests and demonstrations. However, there may be extenuating circumstances that necessitate some changes. Should adjustments be necessary, we will communicate clearly and promptly to ensure you understand the expectations and are positioned for successful learning.

Lectures are in person and are held in Hewlett Teaching Center 201, on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:20 PM. CAs will communicate with students about weekly studio locations and times.