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Human-Computer Interaction

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Slides
You may view or download slides corresponding to my tutorials:
- Jan 20 2006: Steve (slides)
- Jan 27 2006: Enrico (slides)
- Feb 9 2006: Steve (slides)
- Feb 10 2006: Steve (slides,slides)
- Lab Feb 13 & Feb 21 2006: Steve (Group/Project advice)
- Feb 24 2006: Steve (slides,slides)
- Mar 2 2006: Steve (slides)
- Mar 10 2006: Steve (slides)
- Lab Mar 13 & Mar 14 2006: Steve (Group/Project advice)
- Mar 17 2006 (Practical evaluation class: Via Salaria 113, Piano 2, Stanza C3, 10:30-13:00): Enrico, Loredana, Steve

Groups
You should have belonged to a team by February 17, 2006. In case of any problems or questions, please let me (kimani at dis dot uniroma1 dot it) know. You may view the current Teams.

Projects
Link to find the Projects and the General project requirements (e.g., Online HCI Literature Portal, e-Cookbook, m-Cookbook, m-MetaNews Service, e-Class Directory, UCD_Tutor, Wishlister, etc.)

SW (Software)
Implementation options:
* Web-based, desktop
* Web-based, mobile
* Stand-alone, desktop
* Stand-alone, mobile

Recommended platform(s):
* Stand-alone (desktop or mobile) - Java
* Web (desktop or mobile) - XHTML+PHP+MySQL

Other possibilities:
* Macromedia products e.g., Flash, Dreamweaver
* MS FrontPage
* HTML + client-side scripting languages 
   (e.g., JavaScript, VBScript)
* Java applets
* CGI programming (via perl, python, C, etc)
* Nokia developers kit
* J2ME Wireless Toolkit

Other

  • The HCI Course (Corso di Interazione Persona-Calcolatore) web page.

  • The main reference (Human-Computer Interaction by Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, and Russell Beale).

  • Some Online HCI Books: http://www.ejeisa.com/nectar/inuse/6.2,
    http://www.hcibib.org/tcuid.

  • Laboratory hours: Monday (10:15-12:00 hours) or Tuesday (10:15-12:00 hours) till March 28, 2006 at DIS, Via Eudossiana 18, Main building, Ground level. As a student, you will need to CHOOSE ONE of the two laboratory sessions. I will be available only for one session per week on an alternating basis i.e. I will be available for the lab as follows: 13 Feb (theme1) and 21 Feb (theme1 - a repeat), 27 Feb (theme2) and 7 Mar (theme2 - a repeat), etc. I will be available as such except otherwise informed.

  • Guiding the students: If there is anything I can do to help you via email/online, I will be glad to do that. If you have a need that would require my physical presence, please contact Prof. Catarci directly.

  • Human-Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp, David Benyon, Simon Holland, and Tom Carey.

  • Designing the User Interface by Ben Shneiderman.

 

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