CPEN 441 Schedule

Lecture Series	Lecture:	Topic	Reading	Notes (nb: due date times are Pacific time)
1	Jan 9 (Thurs)	Introduction to course; Why and how interfaces fail, psychopathology of design and design concepts. Tut1: I/F design exercise	L1a, L1b PRS 1, 2 Norman, Ch 1, 2 Tut1	Assignment 1 handed out. Must be done individually.
2	Jan 16 (Thurs)	Design concept ctd., mental models and cognitive walkthrough; Tut2: forming mental models	L2a PRS 3, 4, 16 Tut2	Assignment 2: (a) project teams, (b) proposal and (c) TCPS2 tutorial handed out You will form teams during this week.
	Jan 17 (Fri)			Assignment 1 due at midnight. Assignment 1 posted. Last day to  drop course without a 'W'
3	Jan 23, (Thurs)	Problem Definition and Concept Generation, HCI design process and task-centred design. Tut3: Brainstorming/Cast of character exercise.	L3a, L-ethics PRS 7, 11 N&L 2 Supp: task examples, low-fi prototyping, cast of char Tut3	Assignment 2a & b due: project teams formed by the START of class. TCPS2 due at start of class. Return Assign 1.
4	Jan 30 (Thurs)	HCI design process, task-centred design, ctd. prototyping I Tut4: paper prototyping NOTE: In recognition of ongoing committment of Truth and Reconciliation; please read some of the HCI related work.	L3b, L4b PRS 12, 13 Supp: User-study methods, Tut4 Relevant reading HCI material: Bidwell, N. J. (2016). Decolonising HCI and interaction design discourse: some considerations in planning AfriCHI. XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students 22(4): 22--27. Margot Brereton, Paul Roe, Ronald Schroeter, and Anita Lee Hong. 2014. Beyond ethnography: engagement and reciprocity as foundations for design research out here. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1183–1186. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557374 Carlson, B. (2013). The ‘new frontier’: Emergent Indigenous identities and social media. In M. Harris, M. Nakata & B. Carlson (Eds.), The Politics of Identity: Emerging Indigeneity (pp. 147-168). Sydney: University of Technology Sydney E-Press http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/  Lewis, J. E., Arista, N., Pechawis, A., & Kite, S. (2018). Making Kin with the Machines. Journal of Design and Science. https://doi.org/10.21428/bfafd97b Rüdiger Heimgärtner (2013) Reflections on a Model of Culturally Influenced Human–Computer Interaction to Cover Cultural Contexts in HCI Design, International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 29:4, 205-219, DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2013.765761 José Abdelnour-Nocera , Torkil Clemmensen & Masaaki Kurosu (2013) Reframing HCI Through Local and Indigenous Perspectives, International Journal of Human- Computer Interaction, 29:4, 201-204, DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2013.765759 Heike Winschiers-Theophilus & Nicola J. Bidwell (2013) Toward an Afro- Centric Indigenous HCI Paradigm, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 29:4, 243-255, DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2013.765763	Assignment 3a , b & c: Proj Pass 1 handed out
	Feb  3 (Mon)			Assignment 2c due at 23:59.
5	Feb 6 (Thurs)	User centred design approaches, cognitive walk-through and heuristic evaluation; Tut5: computer-based non-functional prototyping	L3b, L4a, PRS 8, 9, 10 Tut 5
	Feb 10 (Mon)
	Feb 13 (Thurs)	User centred design approaches, non-functional and functional prototyping Tut 6: CW and HE methods	L4a, L4b, (med-fi), 4c PRS 14, 15 Tut 6 supp: experiment analysis
6	Feb 20 (Thurs)	READING BREAK - no class
	Feb 24 (Mon)			Assignment 3a: Low fidelity prototype due at midnight. Assignment 3b: Heuristic Evaluation (other team) handed out.
7	Feb 27 (Thurs)	Evaluation 1, 2: intro, observation & interviews, questionnaires, follow-up, practice MIDTERM discussed Tut 7: Interviewing and Questionnaires	L5a, L5b Tut 7	Assignment 3b due by midnight (Heuristic evaluation to give to other team) Available: heuristic evaluation from other group. Midterm handed out after tutorial
	Mar 3 (Mon)			Midterm exam due at midnight
8	Mar 6 (Thurs)	Controlled experiments I & II.	L6a & b Newman & Lamming, Ch10 (on reserve)	Assignment 3c: Pass 1 Portfolio due at start of class. Assignment 4a-d: Pass 2 redesign handed out.
	Mar 10 (Mon)			Interface Design reviews this week
9	Mar 13 (Thurs)	Controlled experiments I & II ctd. Tut 8: functional prototyping	Tut 8	Interface Design reviews ctd.
	Mar 17 (Mon)			Assignment 3d: Pass 1 update based on HE, design review, more input from users
10	Mar 20 (Thurs)	User abilities I: Human information processing, II: colour, III motor control. Tut 9: Fitts Law study	L7a, b, c L8 a, b PRS 5, 6 Tut 9	Assignment 4a due at start of class, evaluation plan.
	Mar 24 (Mon)			Experiment review Conduct user studies.
11	Mar 27 (Thurs)	User abilities I, II, and III continued, affective design, AI/ML in HCI		Conduct user studies. Analyze & conclude study, compile results Sign up this week for experiment demos and presentation time.
12	Apr 3 (Thurs)	Future of HCI, Project presentations in class. Demo of experiments during this week Summary of course Final exam discussion Last day of class		Conduct user studies. Final Analysis & conclude study, compile results Assignment 4b: final pass 2 report ; due at start of class Assignment 4c: experiment demo during this week or following week depending upon schedule. We will set up schedule for this. Assignment 4d: Final presentations during class. Hand in must be before noon. FINAL EXAM POSTED.
	Apr 17	Final exam videos due		FINAL EXAM VIDEOS DUE AT 21:30.