This is the web site for Professor Lawley's section of HCI 1: Human Factors (4002-425-02). I'll use this site for all course related material and news, with the exception of grades, which will be posted [your grade info here]. This first page will have recent news and announcements; for information on class topics, exercises and assignments you can use the outline menu item above, or click on a specific day in the calendar on the left.

Today's Topic: "Design It"

An in-class graded assignment. All will be revealed when you arrive.

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Today's Topic: Task Analysis & Persona Presentations

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Today's Topic: Designing for Social and Ubiquitous Uses

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Today's Topic: Categorization

In addition to the lecture slides (which will be uploaded to myCourses), we will talk about:

• Depth vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links
• Effects of scent and breadth on use of site-specific search on e-commerce Web sites (full article uploaded to myCourses)
• Web page design: implications of memory, structure and scent for information retrieval (full article uploaded to MyCourses)
• The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
• A Taxonomy Primer

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Today's Topic: User-Centered Design

Including personas.

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Today's Topic: Cultural & Individual Differences

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Today's Topic: Reasoning and Problem Solving

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Today's Topic: Task Analysis

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Today's Topic: Midterm Exam

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Today's Topic: Memory

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Today's Topic: To Err is Human

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Today's Topic: Family Tree Presentations

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Today's Topic: Attention

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Today's Topic: Language and Meaning

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Today's Topic: Visual Perception

Color theory, Gestalt principles, and visual communication.

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Today's Topic: Everyday Thing Presentations

Each student will do a 3-5 minute presentation evaluating an "everyday thing."

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Today's Topic: Cognitive Psychology

A discussion of Chapter 1 of the Parkin book, and of the role of cognitive psychology in information technology design and development.

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Today's Topic: No Lecture (Do Readings & Exercise)

There's no lecture today, but you still need to do the readings and exercise.

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Today's Topic: Everyday Things

How do you interact with the world around you? What facilitates your tasks? What hinders them?

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Today's Topic: Course Overview

Today we'll go over the syllabus in detail, talk about the content, format, and purpose of the course, and do introductions.

Some key things to keep in mind:

• It's a good idea to do the readings before each class, since the things I'll talk about will make a lot more sense if you have
• You need to acquire a small notebook or sketchbook for this class, in which you will sketch and describe "everyday things" that you encounter (three per week)
• I will only use MyCourses for grades, receiving files, and sending messages. All other material will be posted here on this website

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Welcome!

This will be where I post readings, assignments, and information about the class.

Use the menu at the top to navigate to specific sections (like the syllabus and the course outline), and the calendar on the left to find materials related to a specific class meeting date.