171 Human-Computer Interaction
Assignments
- Online Participation Assignments - These continue through the end of the semester,
check back here for updates.
- Assignment 1 - Due Wed, Feb 1
- Assignment 2 - Due Wed, Feb 8
- Assignment 3 - Due Wed, Feb 15
- Assignment 4 - Due Fri, Feb 24.
Also be prepared to demonstrate your paper prototype in class on
Feb 28.
- Assignment 5 - Due Wed, Mar 7
- Assignment 6 - Due Fri, Mar 16.
Also be prepared to present highlights of your usability
testing results to the class.
- Assignment 7 - Due Fri, Apr 6 (extended)
- Assignment 8 - Due Fri, Apr 13
- Assignment 9 - Due Fri, Apr 20
Also be prepared to present results of your project
to the class
on Apr 24 and Apr 26.
- Assignment 10 - Due Fri, Apr 27
- Optional Assignment 11 - Due Fri, May 4
- Templates for conceptual, semantic, syntactic, lexical level user interface specifications
- How to submit your homework
- To see your grades so far, run progress comp171
on our linux machines (linux.cs.tufts.edu, not sun.cs.tufts.edu) - same username and password
- Late homework:
We will deduct 10% if it is submitted past the deadline
and another 10% for each week after that.
Teaching Assistant
- Our teaching assistant is
Megan Strait
who is a graduate student in Computer Science specializing in Human-Computer Interaction and
Human-Robot Interaction.
- You can reach
her
by email at
Megan.Strait (at) tufts.edu
- Office hours: Mondays and Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00, in Halligan 121
Prototyping Resources
- Article on low-fidelity prototyping
- Article on paper prototyping
- Article on prototyping with Powerpoint
- The lab PCs in Halligan 122
should all have
Visual Basic installed.
If you don't have a Windows account
already, ask George Preble or email staff@cs.tufts.edu.
- Free version of Visual Basic from Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
- More free versions from Microsoft, including Visual Studio 2008 Professional (free but requires signup)
- Very early demo version of Visual Basic you can download locally
- As Tufts student I believe you can get Visual Studio (including
Visual Basic) software for free
through the University Information Technology department,
as part of a Tufts bulk license
- Gary Beene VB 6 Tutorial
- CogTool