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EECS 3461: User Interfaces (Fall 2014)

Fall 2014

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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Date Lecture Demo Files Topics
Sept 09 Introduction, part1 Introduction
Sept 11 Introduction, part2 Usability and User Experience, Design Principles, Trends
Sept 16 Interaction Styles Demo files CLI, Menus, WIMP, 3D UI, etc.
Sept 23 Event-Driven Programming Demo files Events, sources of events, registering events
Sept 25, 30 WIMP Elements Demo files Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers
Sept 30, Oct 02 Widgets Demo files, 2 Buttons, Combo Boxes, Toolbars, etc.
Oct 07 Laying Out Components Demo files Layouts, Layout Managers...
Oct 09 Output Model Demo files Displays, Colours, Fonts...
Oct 14 Model View Controller Demo files, 2 , 3 MVC, custom L&F...
Oct 21, 23 Designing For Humans,
Class visit by Scott Sorg from York Career Centre
Control-Display relationships, human capabilities
Oct 28 Usability Evaluation Analytic Evaluation, GOMS, KLM, ANOVA...
Nov 4 User-Centred Design, Paper Prototyping UCD steps, reasons to use low-fidelity prototyping
Nov 6 Mobile Devices Developing for mobile devices
Nov 11-18 Usability Methods (UPDATED Nov 18) More on Usability Methods
Nov 20 System Latency in HCI System latency
Nov 27 Examples of Potentially Poor UI
Dec 04 Exam Info / Review Exam Info and Condensed Review
Dec 04 Side Notes (Not testable)