SWE 205 Schedule

Date	Topic	Readings & Handouts	Assignments	In class

Week 1 23-Jan, Mon	Introduction & background	Admin Responsibilities An interview with Don Norman		Introductions SCI
25-Jan, Wed	Users & usability principles	Introduction The book		Learning outcomes 7±2 What I learned
Week 2 30-Jan, Mon	Principles, psychopathology, & engineering	N-Ch 1 9 Principles Norman Ch1 Engineering Mason Holidays		User profile Visibiity Comp. thinking
1-Feb, Wed	Examples & discussion	Randomizer	Assign 1 due
Week 3 6-Feb, Mon	Mental models	N-Ch 2-3 Norman Ch2 Norman Ch3		Growth mindset State visibility World & head
8-Feb, Wed	Examples & discussion		Assign 2 due
Week 4 13-Feb, Mon	Syntactic signals Error messages	N-Ch 4-5 N-Ch 4 N-Ch 5 Pop tart usability		Syntactic signal Bad error message
15-Feb, Wed	Examples & discussion		Assign 3 due
Week 5 20-Feb, Mon	Hypertext design	K-Ch 1 W3C's validator Epic campus tour		KISS principle Top 10 mistakes
22-Feb, Wed	Knowledge acquisition	Science	Assign 4 due	Acquiring knowledge
Week 6 27-Feb, Mon	Website design Scanning & choosing	K-Ch 2-4 K-Ch 2 K-Ch 3-4		Bad website Bad website 2
1-Mar, Wed	Editing & memory	K-Ch 5A Gunning Fog Index		Gunning fog index
Week 7 6-Mar, Mon	Considerate software	K-Ch 5B midterm review 31 jokes		Considerate software
8-Mar, Wed	Midterm exam
13-Mar, Mon	Spring break - no class
15-Mar, Wed	Spring break - no class
Week 8 20-Mar, Mon	Navigation & flow	Navigation K-Ch 6		Navigation Flow
22-Mar, Wed	Accidental & essential problems Excise tasks	Excise		Excise
Week 9 27-Mar, Mon	Navigation, searching, undo Evolutionary design	N-Ch 6, K-Ch 7 Evolution Home pages Navigation Undo		Evolution Tagline Navigation Undo
29-Mar, Wed	Examples & discussion		Assign 5 due
Week 10 3-Apr, Mon	Data entry Selection	N-Ch 7 Data entry Selection		7 principles Data validation Selection
5-Apr, Wed	Usable security	Usable security	Assign 6 due	Usable security
Week 11 10-Apr, Mon	Dialog boxes & toolbars	K-Ch 8		Dialog boxes
12-Apr, Wed	Examples & discussion		Assign 7 due
Week 12 17-Apr, Mon	Professor on travel, class does not meet
19-Apr, Wed	Mobile usability & courtesy	K-Ch 10 K-Ch 11		Mobile app Courtesy
Week 13 24-Apr, Mon	Usability of games	Games		Games
26-Apr, Wed	Analytical thinking Examples & discussion	Assessments	Assign 8 due	Assessments
Week 14 1-May, Mon	Color	Color		Color
3-May, Wed	Effective habits Wrapup & review	7 Habits Final review	Assign 9 due Assign 10 due
8-May, Mon	Reading day; no class
10-May, Wed	No class

Week 15 15-May, Mon	FINAL EXAM	10:30 - 1:15