G52HCI Human Computer Interaction

Conveners: Steve Benford and Gail Hopkins

Welcome to G52HCI for the year 2011-2012

Our lecture slots are:

·         Wednesday 11:00 in the Exchange Building room C3

·         Friday 10:00 Business School South room A24

Please see the current timetable below.

 

Topic 1: Introduction (Steve)

 

 

Topic 2: Understanding Users (Steve)

The Cognitive Perspective

·         powerpoint slides

·         background reading – GOMS

 

The Social Perspective

·         powerpoint slides

·         example ethnographic study – Irish sessions

 

The Art and Design Perspective

·         powerpoint slides

·         background reading – cultural probes

·         background reading - ambiguity

 

 

Topic 3: Designing Graphical User Interfaces (Gail)

·         Designing graphical user interfaces 1

·         Designing graphical user interfaces 1

·         Designing graphical user interfaces 1

 

Topic 3: Participatory Design (Gail)

·         Participatory design lecture 1 (includes specification of first coursework)

·         Participatory design lecture 2

·         The template for coursework 1

 

Topic 4: Evaluating Interfaces (Gail/Steve)

·         Powerpoint slides

·         Savannah paper used in the lectures

·         Coursework 2 specification

 

Topic 5: Ubiquitous Interfaces (Gail)

·         Ubiquitous interfaces handouts

 

 

Groups for coursework 2 (updated on 20th March)

 

Group

FirstName

Surname

Email

1

Isfandyar

Ali

eeydia "at" nottingham.ac.uk

1

Matthew

Doltis

psydmd "at" nottingham.ac.uk

1

Ali

Jahanshahi

psyaj "at" nottingham.ac.uk

1

Suhaila

Mohd Hussin

psysm "at" nottingham.ac.uk

1

Asad

Sheikh

psyabs "at" nottingham.ac.uk

2

Paul

Dunn

psycrpd "at" nottingham.ac.uk

2

Kalistan

Kanagarajah

psykk1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

2

David

Navarro Estruch

pmydn1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

2

Daniel

Tse

psyddt1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

2

Samuel

Boot

psystb "at" nottingham.ac.uk

3

Matthew

Baines

psymb "at" nottingham.ac.uk

3

Stephen

Finch

psysf "at" nottingham.ac.uk

3

Fatma

Kayhan

psyfk "at" nottingham.ac.uk

3

Adam

Newton

psyan "at" nottingham.ac.uk

3

James

Boucher

ppybjb1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

4

David

Franks

psydf "at" nottingham.ac.uk

4

Thomas

Kuster

psytk1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

4

Anh

Nguyen

psyaqn "at" nottingham.ac.uk

4

Alice

Walton

psydaw "at" nottingham.ac.uk

4

Akira

Sato

psyas1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

5

George

Georgiades

psygg "at" nottingham.ac.uk

5

Simon

Organ

psyso "at" nottingham.ac.uk

5

Zhenyi

Wang

psyzw2 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

5

David

Horsley

psydh "at" nottingham.ac.uk

5

Edrick

Satya

psyes "at" nottingham.ac.uk

6

Stephinie

Anucha

eeydsna "at" nottingham.ac.uk

6

Anthony

Hill

psydaah "at" nottingham.ac.uk

6

Benjamin

Littlemore

psybl "at" nottingham.ac.uk

6

Elena

Papasavvas

psydep "at" nottingham.ac.uk

6

Matthew

White

psymw1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

7

Nitin

Vaja

psynv "at" nottingham.ac.uk

7

Oliver

Holdsworth

psyoh "at" nottingham.ac.uk

7

Stuart

Manton

psysjm "at" nottingham.ac.uk

7

Hayley

Pearce

psydhp "at" nottingham.ac.uk

7

Grant

Wright

psygw1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

8

Samuel

Bradbury

psysb1 "at" nottingham.ac.uk

8

Mark

Hopkin

psymh "at" nottingham.ac.uk

8

James

McCarthy

psyjm "at" nottingham.ac.uk

8

Klitos

Christodoulou

psykc "at" nottingham.ac.uk

8

Shaun

Mills

9

Sam

Barrow

9

Alex

Hutchon

9

Daniel

Dawson

9

Asif

Mohammed

9

Arun

Bhardwaj

 

 

Timetable

01-Feb

Lecture: Introduction

Steve

03-Feb

Lecture: Understanding users I - cognitive perspective

Steve

08-Feb

Lecture: Understanding users I - cognitive perspective

Steve

10-Feb

Lecture: Designing graphical user interfaces I

Gail

15-Feb

Lecture: Designing graphical user interfaces II

Gail

17-Feb

Lecture: Designing graphical user interfaces III

Gail

22-Feb

Lecture: Understanding users II – social perspective

Steve

24-Feb

Lecture:  Participatory design - low-tech (paper) prototyping

Gail

Set CW 1 – Prototyping

Gail

29-Feb-12

Lecture/hands-on session: low-tech prototyping

Gail

02-Mar

Lecture: Understanding users III – art and design

Steve

07-Mar

Lecture: Participatory design - mid-tech prototyping

Gail

09-Mar

Lecture/hands-on session: mid-tech prototyping

Gail

14-Mar

Lecture: Evaluating interfaces 1

Gail

16-Mar

Lecture: Careers in HCI

Steve

Hand in CW 1-  Prototyping [Date to be confirmed]

Gail

Set CW 2 - Evaluating

Steve

21-Mar

Lecture/hands-on session: Expert evaluation

Gail

23-Mar

Lecture: Ubiquitous interfaces

Gail

 

 

 

28-Mar

Lecture/ hands-on session: Expert evaluation

Steve

 

30-Mar

Lecture: Evaluation II

Steve

EASTER BREAK

13-Apr

Feedback on CW 1 – Prototyping [to be confirmed]

Gail

 

 

20-Apr

RETURN FROM EASTER BREAK

Hand in CW 2 [Provisional date to be confirmed]

02-May

Lecture: Future directions for the interface

Steve

 

11-May

Feedback on CW 2 – Evaluating [to be confirmed]

Steve