Course Syllabus

Instructor: Tonya Browning

Fall Semester 2001

Wed. 6-9 PM, FAC 9

Last update: 9.5.01

 

Date

Content

Assignment

8.29

Brief lecture

Introductions

Syllabus & policy statements

join class email list (tlc311-browning@lists.cwrl.utexas.edu) -- listed differently than course number

http://babbage2.cwrl.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl

On-line Readings

Send query information to Tonya

9.5

Design Lecture

DIWE

Visio Example/In-class exercise

First UI assignment description

Humane Interface (Ch 1 & 2)

On-line readings

First UI assignment

9.12

Protyping and Storyboards Understanding Comics

Tufte

Reading quiz

Humane Interface (Ch. 3)

On-line legal info

Visual Design assignment

Begin mid-term project

9.19

So you want to IPO?

Legal issues for high tech

Guest lecturer

GUI Bloopers (Ch. 1 & 2)

Research assignment

Legal analysis

9.26

Lecture on niche technologies

Reading discussion

Watch A & E special

Security Readings (Levy Crypto exerpt)

On-line Readings

GUI Bloopers (Ch. 3 & 4)

10.3

How secure are you?

Guest lecturer

Q & A

HF and Usability Readings

HF assignment

Humane Interface (Ch. 4 )

GUI Bloopers (Ch. 5 & 6)

10.10

Human Factors/HCI

Lecture

Discussion

Marketing Readings

Work on mid-term

 

10.17

Guest lecturer

Q & A

Exercise

Mid-term project due

Humane Interface (Ch. 5)

GUI Bloopers (Ch. 7 & 8)

Usability Text

Final project assignments

10.24

Participate in a usability study, write analysis

Tour a usability lab

Humane Interface (Ch. 6)

GUI Bloopers (Ch. 9 & 10)

Reviews of Humane Interface and GUI Bloopers due

10.31

Halloween

Project Presentations

Humane Interface (Ch. 7)

 

11.7

Technical Writing

Guest lecturer

Q&A lecturer

On-line reading

Case Study

11.14

Start your own company

Founders Roundtable

Reading assignment

Work on final project

11.21

Lecture

Project Work

Thanksgiving assignment

11.28

Project Work

Work on final project

12.5

Last class

Project Presentations

 

 

 

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