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Lecture Notes

WEEK # TOPICS
1 L1: Usability (PDF)
2 L2: User-Centered Design (PDF)

L3: UI Software Architecture (PDF)
3 L4: Human Capabilities (PDF)

L5: Output Models (PDF)
4 L6: Conceptual Models and Metaphors (PDF)

L7: Input Models (PDF)
5 L8: Design Principles (PDF)

L9: Paper Prototyping (PDF)
6 L10: Constraints and Layout (PDF)
7 L11: Graphic Design (PDF)

L12: Computer Prototyping (PDF)
8 Quiz 1
9 L13: Toolkits (PDF)

L14: Heuristic Evaluation (PDF)
10 L15: User Testing (PDF)

L16: Experiment Design (PDF)
11 L17: Experiment Analysis (PDF)

L18: Research Topics: Predictive Evaluation
12 L19: Research Topics: Information Visualization

Quiz 2
13 L20: Research Topics: Pen-based UI

L21: Research Topics: Weird Modalities
14 L22: Research Topics: Zooming and Transparent UI

Demonstration Day