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Novel Interaction Techniques
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Human-Computer Interface Design Novel Interaction Techniques |
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| MICT | First trimester, second module, 1 credit |
Contents of this page (last modified: Monday, 6 March 2000)
The slides and table of contents for all of the classes will remain available
electronically on this page for some time.
These slides are unusually easy to view on-line, as is explained on the
following page:
Here is a small selection of links that may be useful to at least one
participant for the design briefings.
On user-adaptive systems, I've prepared a web bibliography that may be
useful, though it's still far from complete:
As is indicated, many of the papers listed are available electronically from the on-line
proceedings of the conferences UM97 and
UM99. The latter conference also includes
a lot of papers that haven't yet been indexed in the bibliography.
As you may already have discovered, a good starting point is the MIT
page on wearable computers, which includes a
lot of links to pages of other labs.
The specific page on Nomadic Radio
(cf. Class 2) has a lot of interesting information.
Some tutorial material is offered by the firm DynamicDiagrams.
Jakob Nielsen has an interesting column on usability issues, a lot of them
concerning the Web.
For more detailed information on the structure of the course, the
grading, etc. see the slides distributed in Class 1.
Technical advances in recent years have given rise to a number
of types of computing systems and devices that enable novel forms
of interaction, including:
Each of these types of system offers some obvious potential
advantages to the user, but each type also introduces new
usability issues: How can the new techniques be employed in a way
that fits optimally with the needs and capabilities of users?
The particular techniques covered in this course will depend in
part on the interests of the participants. For each technique
examined, you will gain familiarity with the potential advantages
for users, with the usability issues that the technique raises,
and with ways of dealing with these issues (including ways that
have not yet been widely employed).
Students who have already taken the introductory course
"Human-Computer Interface Design" will gain experience in
applying the general principles and concepts learned in that
course to these techniques. Other students will gain an initial
acquaintance with these principles and concepts through specific,
fairly complex examples. (Taking the introductory course at some
later time may be advisable.)
In the practical part of the course you will gain experience
analyzing a particular interaction technique in depth, and you
will gain a detailed knowledge of the usability problems
associated with that technique.
The course will begin with an overview of a number of relevant
techniques. Each student will then select a particular technique
to examine in depth. The schedule for the rest of the course will
depend on these selections.
Some of the reading material will be taken from the book
"Human-Computer Interaction" by Dix et al., of which other parts
have been read in previous courses. In addition some articles
(and other materials) that are available via the World-Wide Web
will be read.
About 60 pages of the following textbook are be part of the required reading:
Dix, A., Finlay, J., Abowd, G., & Beale, R. (1998). Human-computer interaction
(2nd edition). New York: Prentice-Hall. (638 pages)
Most of the other chapters of this book are used in other courses on
human-computer interface design.
Several copies of the book are available in the University's library.
The best way to get a personal copy of the book is probably through
Amazon.de:
More detailed information about the book is available from a separate Web page. Even once you have the book, you may
want to consult this page for additional support:
The slides that the authors provide to instructors can also be
downloaded, but they contain little material that isn't contained in the
book.
The document template ibis.dot can be used in Word to create
the IBIS argumentation structures for the design briefings.
Don't try to get by without it, because, you will waste time with
inappropriate fonts, etc.
When asked what template to use, choose ibis.dot. (You may have
to click on one of the tabs shown to get to the folder in which you've
stored ibis.dot.)
If you've already prepared an outline with another document template,
you can insert it at the end of the file using the "Insert / File" command.
You can then use the mouse in the obvious way to move the subtree to
the right or left, or up or down.
We'll use the larger one when projecting outlines onto the screen, but
the smaller font may be more convenient for your own use
For example, writing an increasingly detailed outline is an effective way to prepare
the first draft of a normal manuscript.
No matter how you set your margins, etc., Word always enforces a
constant width of the text in outline mode; so there may be a lot of
white space to the right of the outline.
Electronic Versions of Slides
Second half of these slides: example final exam
Some Useful Links
User-Adaptive Systems
Wearable Computers
Web Issues
Brief Course Description
What You Will Learn
Structure
Organizational Aspects
Instructor's Coordinates
Department of Computer Science
University of Saarbrücken
P.O. Box 15 11 50
D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
Textbook
Template for IBIS Argumentation
Instructions for the First Use
Points to Bear in Mind
What Word Doesn't Seem to Allow