6.831 • User Interface Design and Implementation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring Semester, 2008

Thursday, May 8th

HKN evaluations are now available. Please fill out the evaluation for 6.831 so we know how to improve the class for the future!

Wednesday, May 7th

GR6 has been released.

Friday, May 2nd

GR5 is due next Wednesday. Remember to sign up for a slot to demo your project to your TA mentor by going to their wiki page. Please do so sooner rather than later.

There will be no lecture next week.

Saturday, April 19th

We have finished grading Quiz 2. It will be handed back in lecture on Wednesday. The answer key is available on the handouts page. The statistics and distribution are as follows:

  • Minimum: 32
  • Maximum: 95
  • Mean: 78.5
  • Median: 81
  • Standard Deviation: 10.6

Monday, April 14th

Quiz 2 is taking place on Friday, during class. Previous years' quizzes have been posted on the handouts page.

Wednesday, April 9th

HW2 has been released.

Wednesday, April 2nd

We've added a "Current Items" section to the navigation on the left; it will contain links to the upcoming lecture's notes, readings, and activity (when applicable). It will also have links to any active assignments.

As a reminder, GR4 (Computer Prototyping) is due one week from today.

Monday, March 17th

PS5 has been released.

Tiffany is away this week and will not be holding her regular office hours on Friday.

Friday, March 14th

GR4 has been released.

Tuesday, March 11th

We have finished grading Quiz 1. It will be handed back in lecture tomorrow. The answer key is available on the handouts page. The statistics and distribution are as follows:

  • Minimum: 41
  • Maximum: 93
  • Mean: 76.4
  • Median: 77.5
  • Standard Deviation: 9.7

Monday, March 3rd

Today's in-class activity is available.

PS4 has been released. It is due in two weeks.

There will be a quiz in class, one week from today. It is a closed-book quiz. We have not planned a review session, but feel free to come to Mike's or Tiffany's office hours on Wednesday or Friday afternoon if you have questions. We have released previous years' quizzes and answer keys on the handouts page.

You should have received grades for HW1, PS1, PS2, GR1, and GR2. If you haven't received any of these, please let us know.

Friday, February 29th

GR3 has been released.

Remember to sign up for a meeting with your TA mentor by going to their wiki page. Please do so sooner rather than later.

Also note the times on the course calendar for the outside-of-lecture "prototype building" and "prototype testing" sessions. Prototype building is optional, but prototype testing is mandatory for all who don't have other commitments. At the absolute minimum, one person from your group must be present.

Monday, February 25th

Today's in-class activity is available.

PS3 has been released.

Friday, February 22nd

Today's in-class activity is available.

GR2 has been released. Remember that GR assignments are to be handed in by updating your team's wiki page before the assignment deadline.

Tuesday, February 19th

Today's in-class activity is available.

PS2 has been released.

When handing in assignments by emailing 6831handin, please do so such that the "From:" header contains your MIT address. It will make the graders' job much easier. This can be arranged to work through accounts like Gmail; if you need help doing so, email 6831staff.

Friday, February 15th

The next group project assignment, GR1: Task Analysis, has been released. It's due next Friday.

Next week, we'll have lectures on Tuesday and Friday, but not on Monday or Wednesday.

Tuesday, February 12th

Mike will be holding office hours for PS1 in the 32-G 7th floor lounge on Wednesday, February 13th, from 2-4pm. Tiffany will be holding office hours in the same location on Friday, February 15th, from 2-4pm.

Monday, February 11th

Today's in-class activity is available.

PS1 has been released.

The due time for GR0 has been changed from 5:00pm on Friday, February 15th to 12:00pm (noon) of the same day.

Sunday, February 10th

Lecture notes for L3 have been posted.

Thursday, February 7th

We now have a bigger classroom in order to accommodate our size. Starting tomorrow, we will be meeting in 26-152, the TEAL classroom.

There is now an RSS feed available for course announcements, if you'd like to subscribe.

Wednesday, February 6th

Welcome to 6.831.

The lecture notes for today are available. In the future, lecture notes and readings will be released the day before class (if not earlier), and you will be expected to have read them and submitted a reading memo before class. Your first reading memo is due this Friday, Feburary 8th, by noon. Reading memos may be submitted either by email or by using the Tutor, a Firefox extension that allows you to annotate the lecture notes web page directly.

Also released are lecture notes for L2, as well as the first homework (HW1) and the first group assignment (GR0).

Thursday, January 24th

The first lecture will be on Wednesday, February 6th. The full course calendar is currently available.