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1 COURSE GUIDE FOR MMIS 680 HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION ONLINE FORMAT 2004 SPRING TERM, March 29, 2004 – June 18, 2004 Laurie P. Dringus, Ph.D., Professor Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Nova Southeastern University Carl DeSantis Building, 4th Floor (room 4073) 3100 College Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314 email: [email protected] Contents: ¾ Getting Started ¾ Online Access to Course Materials and Activities ¾ About Student Forums ¾ Details on Course Assignments ¾ Reading Assignments -- Addendum to Course Schedule in Syllabus2 Getting Started Welcome to the HCI course! This document provides specific instructions on what you need to do to complete the course. As you know, much of your work will be completed in a computer-based format. In this dynamic environment, you will study human-computer interaction by researching and completing assignments and by discussing issues with your professor and fellow students. Getting organized and maintaining organization is important for successful completion of this course. Please read this document carefully and login regularly to check for special announcements. Online Access to Course Materials and Activities: The professor has developed a HCI online study area to provide you with the necessary resources to begin your study in this area. (The URL is: http://scis.nova.edu/nova/hci/top.html). The HCI website was designed for the purpose of centralizing information and managing course material in addition to what is posted in WebCT. WebCT is being used to post the most essential course materials (except required articles selected by the professor) such as the course syllabus and course requirements (contained in this course guide). These and other information resources are also posted for your convenience in files or menus off of the HCI online study area. WebCT will be used for our online asynchronous discussions, course announcements, and for assignment submissions. With WebCT and the HCI website combined, consider this online study area to be the “classroom” where you go to learn and communicate about HCI. From the HCI website, you should check many links out regularly to stay current with the course. ¾ Visit the “Learning Connections” link. That will lead you to your course section, lecture notes and other things to empower your learning experience. ¾ Visit the “HCI Web Exploration” link. There are several “HCI” related links that will help you with your research. Information Requested Early! • Prepare a short "bio" about yourself. You will be able to post this information in a thread the professor establishes in the first week of the course in the WebCT asynchronous forums. (I like to call this Student Forums in the generic sense.) Do not email the bio to the professor. Wait until the thread is established in the Student Forums. In your bio, indicate your full name, your SCIS account username, what term this is for you, and anything else of interest to your fellow students.3 About Student Forums -- Class Participation We will be using WebCT’s asynchronous discussions area as an environment in which students and the professor discuss HCI issues throughout the term. I like to refer to this environment as “Student Forums". Once you have access to the course in WebCT, you will be given topical areas pertinent to HCI. The professor will be posting topics throughout the term. There will be several “threads” or mini-conference themes relating to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Specific topics will be posted throughout the term. Each student is required to participate in the discussions. Points will be given on the basis of steady effort and meaningful contribution to the discussions throughout the term. Several short responses are encouraged, but they should be responses that reflect thought and promote further interest in the topic, not just responses for the sake of meeting the participation requirement. You may be the first student to contribute to a theme! Don’t be shy. Special recognition will be given to students who really contribute to the conference activity -- those who contribute first to a theme and those who participate regularly. Please DO NOT establish your own threads or themes. If there is a particular topic you would like to discuss as a theme, send Dr. Dringus a request via email. From there, the professor will post all conference threads or themes. Essentially the professor is the gatekeeper of the forums. As gatekeeper, I reserve the right to delete any student postings that are considered inappropriate or irrelevant to the discussions. Scholarly discussions are expected for this class discussion activity. A couple of “starter” topics will be posted early in the term so that you can practice using the asynchronous discussions area in WebCT. The first formal discussion topic will be posted around the 2nd or 3rd week of the term. Note that our discussions will be strictly asynchronous: enabling students to participate AT ANY TIME in the discussions. Participation on a specific evening at a specific time is not required by this professor. However, to keep the discussions lively and active, students should plan as part of the weekly activity, to check out and perhaps contribute to the on-going themes. Steady participation throughout the term is required to earn full class participation points. The process works best when everyone participates throughout the term. This is an opportunity for students to get to know one another during the term!4 DETAILS ON COURSE ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENTS: These assignments require outside literature research and activity beyond required texts and readings: Assignment #1: Due on or before Sunday, May 2, 2004 Software or interface evaluations: You will evaluate the user interface of your choice using the principles of good design and usability attributes presented in the texts. You will prepare a 8 to 10 page paper that discusses the good and poor design aspects of the interface. Discuss your reactions to the interface based on the principles of good design and make recommendations for improving the product. Instructions for completing this assignment are presented in this course guide. Assignment #2 -- Due on or before Sunday, June 13, 2004 Usability evaluations -- Conduct and report a usability test using


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