Introduction to HCI

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Introduction to HCI

• Thursday, January 22nd

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For today . . .

• Any leftovers?
• Are Macs as usable as we think?
• More on the in-class project
• Thinking about Show and Tell for your semester
  projects

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Any leftovers . . .

• Questions?
• Team concerns?

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Are Macs as usable as we think?

• http//members.cox.net/clyqz/macs.html

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More on the in-class project

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Last time we thought about . . .

• Audience
• Tasks people will do
• Tasks your design will support
• Special needs you will support special needs you
  will not support
• Special environmental considerations

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Today we start design!

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Were going to show these off in class today, so
make sure that theyre in some form that we can
all see.

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What to do

• Start with a blank piece of paper, or screen, or
  whatever.
• Start with the physical shape of the ATMhousing,
  screen, off-screen buttons, etc.
• Dont put elements on the screen yet
• Do NOT include any element that does not serve a
  purpose!

Well do show and tell after this phase
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Next (and last for today)

• Design the screen.
• Remember to include only elements that support
  specific tasks. (Im going to challenge you on
  them.)

Well do show and tell on this phase too.
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Getting Ready for Show and Tell for your semester
projects

• (a chance for you to see what others are doing a
  chance for me to learn more names)

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Tell us . . .

• Who you are
• What youre working on
• Why its interesting and why you chose it

Well do this next week. Monday or Thursday?
(Your choice)
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For Monday (or Thursday) . . .

• Well go over readings
• Well continue work on the in-class project
• Well start talking about whats involved in user
  and task analyses