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HDCC 106 - Spring 2016
Introduction to Digital and Creativity II
Users, Technology, and Design

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Course Syllabus
Midterm Date: March 24th (example questions)
Final Exam: May 16th at 10:30am (example questions)
Grades Server
TED Schedule

Class and Pre-Class Slides
What is HCI? Psychopathology
(Human Error or Design Error examples)
Design Psychology
User/Task-Centered Design Prototyping I Prototyping II
The "Ten Plagues" Visual Design
(mostly an at-home reading)
Qualitative Evaluation
Heuristic Evaluation Evaluation Overview

Class Assignments
Homework #1 Homework #2 Please read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of design of everyday things and add reflections about them to the journal you are sharing with me on Google Docs. The book is a number of years old, but I think the heart of things remain true.
Homework #3 Team Project Please read Prototyping with Tiny Fingers add reflections about them to the journal you are sharing with me on Google Docs.
Please watch My talk about the TED talk Astronomical Medicine to get an idea of what your group's presentation might look/sound like. One more reading on the topic of users and their tasks. As with the others, please make an entry in your journal regarding this reading. In this case, your entry might reflect on whether this reading made you think more about something from class or other readings. The Capstone Mini-Fair assignment.
Technology and Ethics project
The "Ten Plagues" Page



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