Computer Science

Lectures:
COMPSCI 345 & SOFTENG 350
Semester 1, City Campus

This 2015 material - 2016 on Canvas

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	Day	Topic	Lecturer	Suggested Reading

Week 1	Monday	Introduction	Jim Warren and team
	Wednesday	User Requirements, PPTX	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 4.3-4.4
	Friday	L3 Modeling and Documenting Requirements, PPTX	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 4.3-4.4, Dix et al. 15

Week 2	Monday	Usability Evaluations PPTX	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 5.4-5.5
	Wednesday	Heuristic evaluations and Early Prototype Evaluations PPTX pdf	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 8
	Friday	Usability testing 1 PPTX pdf	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 8 & Usability.gov

Week 3	Monday	Usability testing 2 PPTX pdf	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 8 & Usability.gov
	Wednesday	Conceptual design PPTX	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 5.1-5.2 & HCI Encyclopaedia
	Friday	Physical design PPTX	Beryl Plimmer	Heim 5.3 & HCI Encyclopaedia

Week 4	Monday	Design Principles 1 [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	Heim 6.1-6.5
	Wednesday	Visual Perception [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	Dix et al Chapter 1
	Wenesday	Visual Aesthetics [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	HCI Encyclopedia Chapter 19

Week 5	Monday	Grouping [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	Heim 6.6 and usability.gov
	Wednesday	Lines And Borders [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	Heim 6.7-6.11 Stephen Few, Show me the numbers: designing tables and graphs to enlighten
	Friday	Good Friday - University closed

Mid-semester Break - 2 Weeks

Week 6	Monday	Design Principles 2 [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	Few, chap 8
	Wednesday	Fun with HCI [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland
	Thursday 6-8pm	Term test	Location by surname - look for Piazza announcement
	Friday	Text [PPTX] [PDF]	Craig Sutherland	Heim 12 & HCI Encyclopedia Chapter 5.1

Week 7	Monday	No lecture - ANZAC Day holiday	--
	Wednesday	Colour and Images	Jim Warren	Heim 9
	Friday	Forms and Controls	Jim Warren	Heim 10 & 11

Week 8	Monday	HTML5 prototyping	Jim Warren
	Wednesday	HTML5 prototyping (contd).	Jim Warren
	Friday	Guest lecture, Orion Health	Carl Bolter, Ux Team Leader

Week 9	Monday	Patterns and Standards	Jim Warren	Heim 5.6 & usability.gov
	Wednesday	Human Memory	Jim Warren	Dix et al Chapter 1
	Friday	Sound	Jim Warren

Week 10	Monday	Frontiers of interaction	Jim Warren
	Wednesday	Interaction frameworks	Jim Warren	Heim 2.1-2.2
	Friday	No lecture; work on Assignment 3

Week 11	Monday	Research from Chi'15	Beryl Plimmer
	Wednesday	Guest lecturer, Blind Foundation	Clive Lansink
	Friday	Design for mobile	Jim Warren	User interface design for the mobile web

Week 12	Monday	Queen's birthday holiday - No Lecture
	Wednesday	Data visualisation	Jim Warren
	Friday	Exam review lecture	Jim Warren