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• 12/16: videos of final presentations available. They will be left here for a few months then archived: (replace "abra" with e.g. koffing, eevee, wheezing).
  http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/~cs344/current-term/videos/bulbasaur.m4v
• 12/8: final project awards (announced in 12/5 session) posted! Congratulations due all around.
• 12/2: peer eval released. Due Dec 7 (noted on updated calendar). See your email for password to survey.
• Final 344/544 exam scheduled for Dec 13, 3:30pm (2.5 hrs)
  
• optional: to receive emails about opportunities to participate as a subject in UBC HCI research, join "HCI-experiments" list, using majordomo (link corrected)

• CALENDAR
• LECTURE NOTES
• TUTORIAL PREPARATION & ASSIGNMENTS
• HCI Learning Studio (including itsschedule)

Lecture readings are to be completed BEFORE respective class.

Most 344/544 tutorials require a brief preparation, usually tested in a short initial quiz. Two tutorials are followed with a group or individual assignment. Details for both will be linked from its entry in the list below about a week in advance.

Labs require no specific preparation, but are crucial team working time which you will require ito complete your assignments and project deliverables. Several project design reviews are held during the labs. On-time attendance is mandatory at all labs.

SJWM readings are optional and recommended.

Week		Topic	Readings & Comments
Module 1: Introducing Human Computer Interaction
1		course overview [pdf]	- Norman (handout in class) - 1st day homework [pdf]
2a		anouncements [pdf] how interfaces fail; design concepts [pdf]	- SJWM Ch 1.0 - examples of design concepts - SJWM Ch 4.1.3; Ch 10 (all) - 1st day "quiz" - corrected
2b		project kickoff [pdf] --- team guidelines [pdf] designing for cognition: mental models [pdf]	- Project webpage
3a		announcements [pdf] mental models, cont.
3b		concept generation / brainstorming / affinity diagrams [pdf]	- supp: Concept Generation & Lo-Fi Prototyping; read all three linked notes
Module 2: The Process of HCI Design
4a		announcements [pdf] project management [pdf; also on project page] intro to HCI design process [pdf]	- SJWM Ch 20
4b		task examples [pdf]	- supp: task examples - HCIbib on Cognitive WT
5a		announcements [pdf] human abilities as foundation of effective design [pdf]	- Stage 1 design review expectations [pdf] - supp: preparing reports and presentations - Project Stage 2 assigned
5b		evaluation I: roadmap to using evaluation methods [pdf]	- SJWM Ch 21-22 - supp: user study methods
Module 3: User-Centric Evaluation and Interface Prototyping
6		announcements [pdf] optional resubmission [pdf] evaluation II: principles of interviews, observation, contextual inquiry, questionnaires; ethics in experimentation [pdf]	strongly recommended: - PRS Ch 12 Observation - PRS Ch 13.2 Interviews - PRS Ch 13.3 Questionnaires - supp: ethics
7a		announcements [pdf] requirements definition w/ hidden slides [pdf]	- SJWM Ch 5, Ch 6.1-6.5
7b		prototyping I: when, what & how; med fid mockups [pdf]
8a		announcements [pdf] prototyping II: high-fidelity & case studies [pdf]	- SJWM Ch 6.6-6.7
8b		IN-CLASS MIDTERM: [coverage TBA]; inc. supp mat'l	- past exams HELD IN MCLD 228
9		Project time. Instructor traveling.	---
Module 4: Human-'Computer' Interfaces in Research and Industry
10a		announcements [pdf] a brief history of HCI [pdf]	SJWM 28 (for report) SJWM 29
10b		Th: cutting-edge HCI 1- Booth (UBC) [pdf]	- research talks lineup [pdf]
11		Tu: cutting-edge HCI 2 - MacLean (UBC) [pdf] announcements [pdf] midterm takeup [pdf] Th: cutting edge HCI 3 - Terry (Waterloo)	---
12		announcements & project presentation info&advice [pdf] Th: Course in review w/ emphasis on midtem material	- exam review/study doc [word]
13		Tu: demo - CIRS multitouch decision table Th: cutting-edge HCI 5 - Tang (UBC) + Gleeson (UBC) annoouncements [pdf]	LAST LECTURE
Module 5: Course Wrapup
12/02		SPECIAL SESSION: PROJECT PRESENTATIONS (Stage 5) - industry design jury present ATTENDANCE EXPECTED / PIZZA PROVIDED	Friday 2 December, 17:00-19:45 DMP 110 NOTE: EVENING EVENT!!!!
12/05		presentation awards + final exam review by instructor [notes .doc] [slides pdf]	Monday 5 December - 13:00-14:30 DMP 301
12/07		DUE: online peer evaluation	click here to take survey Due: Dec 7, 11pm
12/09, 12/12		extra instructor office hours for exam	Friday 9 December - 14:30-16:00 Monday 12 December - 13:00-14:30 ICICS x530
12/13		final exam (344 and 544 both take)	Tuesday Dec 13, 15:30-18:00 DMP 310

Tutorials and labs are intermixed on W, F. There is a lab or tutorial on ALL W and F's that are not holidays. Attendance at both tutorials and labs is mandatory. Below is the tutorial schedule only; see the calendar for tutorial date, and recommended use of the lab time for project work.