SY DE 542 INTERFACE
DESIGN
(2005)
Dr. Renee
Chow
Updated:
Jan. 31, 2005
Email: chow@mie.utoronto.ca Tel: 416-635-2000 x 3015
Classes: Mon
1:30-4:30 E2 1303E
Text: Burns and Hadjukiewicz
(2004). Ecological Interface
Design. Taylor and
Website: www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~sd542
TA:
Munira Jessa (Email: mnjessa@engmail.uwaterloo.ca;
Tel: xtn 4904; Office: E2 1303N)
Jan 10 Introduction to Work
Domain Analysis
Chapter 1
and 2 (first half)
Jan 17* More advanced WDA,
Information Requirements
Chapter 2
(second half), Ch 4
Jan 24* The Language of
Interface Design: A/D representations
Design Phase
1: Basic design of Information Reqs
Chapter 3
(first half), Ch 4
Jan 31* The Language of Interface
Design: Context and Salience
Design Phase
2: Single Variable Constraints
Chapter 3,
Ch 4
Feb 7* Multi-variate Display:
Configural and Mass Data Displays
Design Phase
3: Multi-variate Constraints
Feb 14* Guest
Lecture: Interface Design for Petrochemical Processing (Tentative)
Feb 21 Reading Week, no class
Feb 28 Design Phase 4:
Navigation and Organization
Prototyping,
quick review of expectations
March 7 User Testing
Project
Presentations
-> Report
1 DUE
March 14 Controls
Project Presentations
March 21 Projects with Atypical
Models
Project
Presentations
March 28 Projects with Social
Constraints
Course
Wrap-Up
->
Report 2 DUE
Grading
This course is a design course concentrating on a
major interface design project. There
will be no midterm or final examination in this course. You will be graded throughout the term on
your progress on the design project and your ability to use lecture concepts
and examples in your design.
These are quick checks on your project progress. * indicates weeks on which checkpoints are
due.
Report 1:
Prototype and Description of Design (March 7) 40%
Report 2: User
Testing Results and Recommendations for Design Improvement (March 28) 20%
Presentation: Show us
what you did (as scheduled) 15% (dependent on class size)
All checkpoints (#3-5) and both reports should be
submitted electronically. Please zip
your files or convert them to pdf. Pdf
is a very compact format.
All checkpoints (#3-5) are due by 5 pm.
All reports are due by 1:30 pm.
Late checkpoints are deducted at 1 mark per day. (i.e. the checkpoint must be passed that
week)
Reports are deducted at 10% per day to a maximum of
50% of the value of the report.
Write a paragraph max 200 words describing what your
project might be. Answer the following
questions:
-
What is the problem you are trying
to solve?
-
How do people solve it now?
-
Why would EID be a good approach?
Are you
truly solving a problem? /2
Does EID
fit the problem? /2
Do you
know how the problem is solved now? /1
Late 1 day -1/day
Explanation
too long -1
Checkpoint 2: Work Domain Analysis – Due Jan 24.
Submit a 1 page version of your WDA. Discuss or write a paragraph that answers the
following questions:
Understanding
of levels and bounding /5
Late 1 day -1/day
Explanation
too long -1
Checkpoint 3: Information Availability - Due Wed.
Feb. 2.
Submit a 1 page table of Information Requirements
from your WDA. Indicate which variables
are readily available, which could be calculated or simulated, which can not be
obtained.
Checkpoint 4: Design Sketch Phase 2 - Due Wed. Feb. 9.
Submit a 1 page sketch of your design to date. The design should show major variables and
elements of context.
Checkpoint 5: Design Sketch Phase 3 – Due Wed. Feb.
16.
Submit a 1 page sketch showing 1 place in your design
where you can develop a graphic that integrates several variables.
Report 1: Prototype and Description of Design (Due
March 7) 40%
Report 2: User Testing Results and Recommendations
for Design Improvement (Due March 30) 20%
Presentation: Show us what you did (as scheduled)
15%
·
Presentations are 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for
discussion/questions.
·
Either bring your own laptop or burn a CD. Only MS
Powerpoint and Internet Explorer will be available on the provided laptop.