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Texts:

Interaction Design, by J. Preece, Y. Rogers, & H. Sharp, John Wiley & Sons, 2002 ISBN 0-471-49278-7.

Course Description:

Potential Topics:

The design problem: difficulties, tools and goals
Interface design concepts
    Graphics design
    Interaction design
    Social influences
Experimental design and analysis
Cognitive and predictive models
Project management
    Analysis, design, evaluation
Case studies
Applications

Course Objectives:

• be familiar with

1. esthetic issues in interaction design
2. ethical practices in interactive environments for humans
3. a process for designing interactive systems
4. fundamental concepts underlying interactive system design
5. the process of experimental analysis and evaluation of interactive systems

• and have experience in applying this knowledge to the creation of an interactive system

1. Communication and Quantitative Skills
2. Critical Thinking
3. Integration & Application of Knowledge
4. Intellectual Depth, Breadth and Adaptiveness
5. Diversity and Culture
6. Values and Ethics

Expectations:

No late assignments or projects will be accepted. All assignments and projects must be turned in by the beginning of the class on the due date.  There will be NO EXCEPTIONS made to this policy except for strongly justified emergencies.

Attendance at the Final Examination Period is required.  Any questions concerning this policy must be addressed to the instructor very early in the semester - preferably before registering.  Do not register for another course that has an examination period that conflicts with this one.

Follow the Standard of Conduct described below.

Grading:

Assignment scores accumulate on a point-wise basis, depending upon their complexity. The Midterm and Final Exams form 20 % and 15 %, respectively, of the total score for the course. The Assignments and Quizzes together form 30 % of the total score. The Project forms 35 % of the total score. There is also a measure of personal contribution, which is included in the Project score. It depends upon your personal contribution to the class and oral presentations on the Project.

A student who does not accomplish all of the following:  turn in reasonable responses to the Midterm and Final Exams, and accumulate at least 50 % of the course's total possible points, cannot expect a passing grade in the course.  The grade scale will not be curved statistically.

Exercises:

 
Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Projects:

Notes:

Link to Papers on Attentive Interfaces

Watch for notes here:  The list of assignments and projects is subject to change.

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Withdrawal Policy:

Incomplete Policy:

Standard of Conduct:

In this course, you are not permitted to collaborate or consult with other students when doing the assignments, exams or projects.  You may exchange general ideas with other students when working on assignments or projects, but the results that you turn in must be yours alone.

Any deviation from these rules will be considered a violation of the IU Code above.  Penalties, depending on the severity of violation, can range from a reduction in credit, no credit, or disciplinary proceedings for cheating or plagiarism as provided by the Code.

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