6.831 User Interface Design and Implementation



MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Fall Semester, 2005


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L = Lecture
GR = Group project assignment
PS = Individual programming problem set
HW = Individual homework

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sep 5 (Labor Day)


Sep 6 (Reg Day)
Sep 7
L1: Usability

GR0 (project proposal) out
HW1 (hall of fame & shame) out
Sep 8

Sep 9

PS0 (Java/Swing warmup) out
Sep 12
L2: User-Centered Design

readings due

Sep 13




Sep 14
L3: UI Software Architecture

readings due

HW1 due
Sep 15
Sep 16

PS0 due
PS1 (MVC) out
Sep 19 (Holiday)

No class

Sep 20




Sep 21
L4: Output Models

readings due

GR0 due
GR1 (task analysis) out
Sep 22
Sep 23

PS1 due
PS2 (output) out
Sep 26
L5: Human Capabilities

readings due

Sep 27




Sep 28
L6: Input Models

readings due

GR1 due
GR2 (design sketches) out
Sep 29
Sep 30

PS2 due
PS3 (input) out
Oct 3
L7: Conceptual Models and Metaphors

readings due
Oct 4




Oct 5
L8: Design Principles

readings due

GR2 due
Oct 6
Oct 7 (Add Date)

PS3 due
PS4 (affordances & feedback) out
Oct 10 (Holiday)

No class

Oct 11 (Holiday)

No class
Oct 12
L9: Prototyping

readings due

Group meetings about GR1 and GR2
GR3 (paper prototype) out
Oct 13

Group meetings about GR1 and GR2
Oct 14

Prototype building session (optional)
4 pm - 6 pm
Location: 32-144

PS4 due
PS5 (constraints & layout) out
Oct 17
L10: Declarative UI

readings due

Oct 18
Oct 19
Prototype Testing Day

Special location: 32-D463 (Star seminar room)
Oct 20

Oct 21

Oct 24
Quiz 1
(covers L1-10)
Oct 25
Oct 26
No class

GR3 due
GR4 (implementation prototype) out
Oct 27
Oct 28

PS5 due


Oct 31
L11: Graphic Design

readings due
Nov 1
Nov 2
L12: GUI Builders

readings due
Nov 3
Nov 4


Nov 7
L13: Toolkits

readings due

GR5 (implementation) out

Nov 8
Nov 9
L14: Heuristic Evaluation

readings due

GR4 due
HW2 (heuristic evaluation) out
Nov 10

Nov 11 (Holiday)




Nov 14
L15: Animation

readings due

Nov 15
Nov 16
L16: User Testing

readings due

HW2 due
HW3 (human subjects training) out
Nov 17
Nov 18

Nov 21
L17: Output Models 2

readings due
Nov 22
Nov 23 (Drop Date)
L18: Predictive Evaluation

readings due

HW3 due
Nov 24 (Thanksgiving)

Nov 25 (Thanksgiving)

Nov 28
L19: Undo

readings due

Nov 29
Nov 30
No class

Group demos of GR5

GR5 due
GR6 (user test) out
Dec 1


Dec 2





Dec 5
L20: Experiment Design

readings due


Dec 6
Dec 7
Quiz 2
(covers L12-L19)
Dec 8





Dec 9
Dec 12
L21: UI Research Survey


Dec 13
Dec 14
(Last day of classes)

Demo Day

Special location: 32-D463 (Star seminar room)

GR6 due
Dec 15
Dec 16











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