SWE 632 Schedule

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Syllabus

Schedule

GMU policies

update: November 2022

SWE 632: User Interface Design and Development
Schedule — Fall 2022

Note: S-Ch x means chapter x in Shneiderman, C-Ch x means chapter x in Cooper, and O-Ch x means chapter X in Offutt’s draft chapters.

Meet	Topic	Readings & handouts	Project	Assignments	In class
Week 1 23-Aug	Introduction and background	Readings on Piazza Class admin Responsibilities S-Ch. 1 O-Ch. 1.1			Introductions Syllabus 7±2 example
Week 2 30-Aug	Theory, psychology thedailywtf.com	Readings on Piazza C-Ch. 1 Week 1 summary O-Ch. 1.2..1.7 S-Ch. 2	Project assigned		Summary essay Mental models Piazza user profile
Week 3 6-Sep	Learning theory & usability concepts	C-Ch. 2 Learning O-Ch. 2.1 O-Ch. 2.2..2.5 Thinking	Milestone 1: Project proposal		User profile Concept example Assessment
Week 4 13-Sep	Etiquette, posture, & intermediate users Polite shopping	C-Ch. 8-10 C-Ch. 8 pptx C-Ch. 9 pptx C-Ch. 10 pptx	Milestone 2: User profile	Assign 1a due (evals moved one week)	Eval 1A Considerate Posture Elevators
Week 5 20-Sep	Flow, excise, & navigation	C-Ch. 11-12 C-Ch. 11 pptx C-Ch. 12A pptx C-Ch. 12B pptx	Milestone 3: Interface goals	Assign 1b due 1a notes	Eval 1B Flow Excise Navigation
Week 6 27-Sep	Data entry & error handling	C-Ch. 14-15 C-Ch. 14 pptx C-Ch. 15 pptx	What v. How	Assign 2a due 1b notes	Eval 2A Data entry Errors
Week 7 4-Oct	Accessibility, visual design, desktop design drag-n-drop	C-Ch. 16-18 C-Ch. 16 pptx C-Ch. 17 pptx C-Ch. 18 pptx	Milestone 4: Technology demo	Assign 2b due 2a notes	Eval 2B World & head MDI & SDI Menu Selection
11-Oct	Fall break, no class
Week 8 18-Oct	Project day: I will hold brief, 1-on-team meetings with each team so that you can update me on your progress Extra credit what v. how due			Assign 3a due
Week 9 25-Oct	Designing for mobile & other devices	C-Ch. 19 C-Ch. 19 pptx		Assign 3b due 3a notes	Compare Apps integration Mobile apps
Week 10 1-Nov	Designing for the Web Game usability don't do this	C-Ch. 20 C-Ch. 20 pptx Games pptx	Milestone 5: Paper screen designs	Assign 4a due 3b notes	Faceted search Filtering Inner scrolling Bad games
Week 11 8-Nov	Design details: controls & dialogs	C-Ch. 21 C-Ch. 21 pptx	Milestone 5 notes	Assign 4b due 4a notes	Pull-downs Controls & dialogs Dialogs
Week 12 15-Nov	Usable security Google analytics	Draft paper on Piazza pptx	Grading criteria Teammate evaluation	Assign 5 due 4a notes	Eval 5 Usable security
Week 13 22-Nov	Project demo scheduling Usability case studies Course evaluations	Case study demos No silver bullet	Milestone 6a: Final in-person evaluations	5 notes	5 minute essay What I learned
Week 14 29-Nov	Student project demos Wrapup & review	Final review	Milestone 6b: Final other projects
6-Dec	Reading day, no classes, finals begin Wednesday, 7 December Per GMU policy, late projects CANNOT be submitted after the last day of classes.
13-Dec 430-715pm	FINAL EXAM	Mason’s final exam schedule

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