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SE 204, IES 506 – Human Computer Interaction

Lecture 1: IntroductionLecturer: Gazihan Alankuş

Please look at the last two slides for assignments (marked with TODO)

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Briefly

• Not a coding-heavy class• But there will be some coding, related to

creating prototypes– Free to use any technology– You may have to learn it by yourself…

• Weekly homeworks and reading assignments

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Outline

• Me• Logistics of class• Class• You• HOMEWORK 1!!!

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Outline

• Me• Logistics of class• Class• You• HOMEWORK 1!!!

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Instructor

• Dr. Gazihan Alankuş• METU, BS 2002, MS 2005• WUSTL, PhD 2011• Currently a Lecturer (no office…)• Background– Some industry experience (including Google)– I do research on games and HCI– Now I get to teach games and HCI– reasonable > idealistic

• Please use gazihan.ieu@gmail.com for class-related e-mail exchange2/10/2012

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Can you understand me?

• English language is just a tool, not a goal. – The goal is to communicate and learn.

• Stop me when you don’t understand something.

• In general, be active in class.

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Outline

• Me• Logistics of class• Class• You• HOMEWORK 1!!!

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Logistics• Basically– Attendance (except today)– Homeworks / projects– Midterm– Final

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Logistics

• SE 204– Homeworks

• Optional: join a graduate student in his/her project for bonus in homework grade

– Reading assignments from book

– Standard exams

• IES 506– Homeworks and projects

• Grade undergraduates that join your group

– Reading assignments from book and academic papers

– Standard exams with extra questions

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We have undergraduate (SE 204) and graduate students (IES 506)

Similar to quality to graduate HCI classes taught in the US

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Logistics• Website– Reach from my homepage (Google me if you

must)• Slides and extra material

• Google group– I will send announcements using Google groups– IES 506 students: join groups of both classes

please!

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Outline

• Me• Logistics of class• Class• You• HOMEWORK 1!!!

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Class

• How to design systems that interact best with users• This is a new class, there can be mistakes…• Syllabus will be updated soon:– http://

ects.ieu.edu.tr/syllabus.php?section=ce.cs.ieu.edu.tr&course_code=SE%20204&cer=0

– The book is accurate. You have to get the book for reading assignments• Access online material

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Introduction to HCI by Caitlin Kelleher

• caitlin\introduction.ppt

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Questions?

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Outline

• Me• Class– Unity– Games

• Logistics of class• You• HOMEWORK 1!!!

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Let’s get to know you (if you want)

• Introduce in detail, from where, etc.• Registered? Why?• What do you expect– from this class?– to see happen by the end of semester?

• Designed any interfaces in the past? How do you feel about it?

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TODO: Google Group

• Do either one of these:– Find the link to the Google group from class

website– Or, send an e-mail to gazihan.ieu@gmail.com and I

will invite your e-mail to the Google group. You will have to accept the invitation.

• I will use this for class announcements• You can also send questions, comments,

helpful tips, or announcements to it but I will moderate your e-mails.

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TODO: Reading Assignment 1

• Read Chapter 1 from your book:– Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Maxine

Cohen, Steven Jacobs, 2009, Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective HumanComputer Interaction (5th Edition), Addison Wesley

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