Thurs24th April – G64UID lectures have now finished and the courseworks are closed. Many thanks for taking the module and participating in lectures and groupwork.

Thurs 24^th April – added topic 6 ‘ Beyond the Desktop’ slides and updated videos

G64UID User Interface Design

Conveners: Steve Benford and Andy Crabtree

Welcome to G64UID for the year 2007-2008

Keep a regular eye on this page as timetable announcements, copies of our slides, courseworks and supplementary materials such as background papers will appear here as the module progresses.

We have two timetable slots each week at: Wednesday 09:00 (sorry!) in Lecture room LT1 in the Exchange Building, and Thursday at 12:00 in Room C3 in the Exchange Building.

Handouts of lecture slides

Here are PDF handouts (3 to a page). More will appear here as the module progresses.

• Topic 1 – Introduction
• Topic 2 – The Design Process
• Topic 3 – Understanding the User

· Topic 3 – Understanding the User – work analysis

· Topic 3 – The ethnography example from the first group seminar

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user – the cognitive perspective

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user - requirements

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user – participatory design

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user – art and design perspective

• Topic 4 – Designing Graphical User Interfaces
• Topic 5 – evaluation

· Topic 5 – evaluation during participatory design

· Topic 5 – wider evaluation

• Topic 6 – Beyond the Desktop

Or if you prefer, the original powerpoint slides:

• Topic 1 – Introduction
• Topic 2 – The Design process
• Topic 3 – Understanding the User

· Topic 3 – Understanding the User – work analysis

· Topic 3 – The ethnography example from the first group seminar

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user – the cognitive perspective

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user - requirements

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user – participatory design

· Topic 3 – Understanding the user – art and design perspective

• Topic 4 – Designing Graphical User Interfaces
• Topic 5 – evaluation

· Topic 5 – evaluation during participatory design

· Topic 5 – wider evaluation

• Topic 6 – Beyond the Desktop

Coursework and groups

First please read this overview of the coursework for this module which explains the overall structure of and process for all of the work that you need to do.

This is the allocation of people to groups – please look up which group you are in

Coursework 1 – has now closed

• Please hand in the first coursework to the Computer Science School Office (the hatchway in the foyer of the Computer Science building) by 4PM on Thursday 21^st February

• This is the specification for the first coursework which is now available

• These work analysis tables are needed for the first coursework.

• Briefing slides from the first seminar (initial feedback after the first week)

• Briefing slides from the second seminar – the structure of the report (feedback after two weeks)

Coursework 2 – has now closed

• Here is the peer assessment form – please print this off, fill-in, and hand-in in a sealed envelope with your individual report

• Here is the specification of the second coursework

• Here is a briefing on the individual report due 21^st April

• Here are there three requirements reports that were selected from the first coursework to be input for this one
1. Solar system
2. Fast Food
3. Shopping list

Reading list

Here are some key background papers and articles

The ACM’s SIGCHI website – a useful resource for interface design

Background papers on ethnography:

• The Introduction (Subject, Method, Scope) to Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific
• Work, ethnography and system design (Bob Anderson)
• Moving out of the control room (Hughes et al)
• Faltering from ethnography to design
• The practicalities of ethnography

Papers on task analysis and design methods:

• GOMS article from Interactions October 1995
• Cultural probes article from Interactions - January 1999
• Participatory design website with useful papers
• Ambiguity as a resource for interface design
• Ambiguity in personal communications with mobile phones

Requirements capture:

• The VOLERE requirements template from The Atlantic Systems Guild

Papers on 3D interfaces:

• Generalised fisheye views paper – CHI 1986 conference
• The PAD++ zoomable interface
• Walking > walking-in-place > flying, in virtual environments

Evaluation

• Savannah paper

Links to videos used in lectures

• Example of Participatory design from the KidStory project
• Uncle Roy All Around You as an example of Ambiguity in Interface Design
• Savannah project overview
• Can you See Me Now
• Day of the Figurines

Current schedule

This is subject to change depending on how we go and the coursework hand-in dates are still subject to approval from the school, but it should give an idea of the (current) plan.

	Day	Month	Date	Who	Type	Title
1	Weds	Jan	23	Steve	Lecture	Introduction to the module
2	Thurs	Jan	24	Steve	Lecture	Overview of the design process
3	Weds	Jan	30	Andy	Lecture	Understanding the user - ethnography
	Thurs	Jan	31			Set first coursework
4	Thurs	Jan	31	Andy	Group work	Set first coursework & split into groups for discussion & planning
5	Weds	Feb	6	Steve	Lecture	Understanding the user - cognitive perspective
6	Thurs	Feb	7	Andy	Group work	Groups discuss the ethnographic data that they have gathered so far
7	Weds	Feb	13	Steve	Lecture	Understanding the user – more cognitive perspective
8	Thurs	Feb	14	Andy	Group work	Support session - help the groups with the coursework
9	Weds	Feb	20	Steve	Lecture	Understanding the user – participatory design
	Thurs	Feb	21			Hand in first coursework
10	Thurs	Feb	21	Steve	Lecture	Understanding the user – art and design
11	Weds	Feb	27	Andy	Lecture	User evaluation dialogue with users (Topic 5)
	Thurs	Feb	28			Set second coursework
12	Thurs	Feb	28	Andy	Group work	Set second coursework & groups discuss and plan approach
13	Weds	Mar	5	Steve	Lecture	Designing graphical user interfaces
14	Thurs	Mar	6	Andy	Group work	Group prototyping session
15	Weds	Mar	12	Andy	Group work	Group evaluation session
16	Thurs	Mar	13	Andy	Group work	Group evaluation session
	Fri	Mar	14			Break for Easter holidays
	Mon	Apr	14			Return for Summer term
17	Weds	April	16	Steve	Lecture	Designing graphical user interfaces
	Thur	April	17			Hand in coursework 2 - group report part
18	Thurs	April	17	Steve	Lecture	Evaluating interfaces
	Mon	April	21			Hand in coursework 2 - individual report & peer assessment parts
19	Weds	April	23	Steve	Lecture	Evaluating interfaces
20	Thurs		24	Steve	Lecture	Beyond the desktop