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This course will cover concepts in human-computer
interaction that focus on designing user interfaces. Topics include
understanding when to use different interfaces, modeling and representing user
interaction, principles of user experience design, eliciting requirements and
feedback from users, methods for designing and prototyping interfaces, and user
interface evaluation. Students interested in learning the process behind
building a user interface and gaining hands-on experience designing a user
interface should take this course.
Nearly all course information will be available on the
course website. The course is expected to require 10 hours / week of work
outside class for assignments, readings, labs, and other activities.
Both CSCI 1300 and CSCI 0130 will have the same lecture,
labs, and readings, but some assignments will differ. CSCI 1300 will have
assignments with computer science prerequisites (involving more statistics,
logic, programming). You may choose which one you want to take, but you won't
be able to take the other one for credit in the future. CSCI 1300 provides
1000-level CS credit, but CSCI 0130 does not, so CS concentrators may prefer
CSCI 1300. Typically, a number of RISD students also
take the course; RISD students should come to the first day of class to get
information about enrolling. Any student in CSCI 0130 may substitute their
assignment with the corresponding CSCI 1300 assignment for credit, but not vice
versa. Note that due to both courses having the same lecture, all students will
see everyone in both courses, and sometimes work with students in the other
course number.
Course Time and Location
Location: 117 MacMillan Hall
Time: 6:40-8:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Class Schedule
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Day |
Lecture |
Reading Comments
Due (Wednesdays) |
Assignment
Released (Thursdays) |
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Thu, 9/14 |
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Tue, 9/26 |
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Tue, 10/3 |
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Tue, 10/10 |
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Tue, 10/17 |
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Tue, 10/24 |
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Thu, 10/26 |
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Tue, 10/31 |
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Thu, 11/2 |
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Tue, 11/7 |
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Thu, 11/9 |
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Tue, 11/14 |
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Thu, 11/16 |
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Tue, 11/21 |
HCI
(optional) |
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Thu, 11/23 |
Fall Break (Holiday) |
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Tue, 11/28 |
Crits |
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Thu, 11/30 |
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Tue, 12/5 |
Presentations |
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Thu, 12/7 |
Presentations |
You are encouraged to do the reading before lecture, but have until the next day to submit reading
comments. Assignments are due about 2 weeks after they are released. This means
that the deadline for reading comments and assignments are
generally on Wednesdays (hand in any time on the due date), except for the last
assignment and last reading, due to Thanksgiving break. The date of the
deadline is also listed in the reading comment prompt or assignment handout.
UX Visitors
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Date |
Visitor |
Title |
Company |
Roundtable |
Office Hours |
Talk Title |
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Sept 28 |
Clara Kliman-Silver |
UX Researcher |
Bonsai |
9/28, 5-6pm, CIT 4th
Floor |
Your Brain on UX |
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Oct 12 |
Marc Sasinski |
Head of UX |
Riot Games |
10/12,
5-6:30, CIT 3rd Floor |
Designing
Engaging User Experiences in Gaming |
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Nov 2 |
Irene Rae |
UX Researcher |
Google |
11/2, 3-4pm CIT 368 |
11/3, 9-10:40am, Sign-up
Link |
I'm Not Lost, I'm in
Transit: From Design to Robots to Big Data |
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Nov 9 |
Larry
Goldberg |
Senior
Director, Accessible Media |
Oath |
11/9,
5:30-6:30pm, CIT 4th floor atrium |
Digital Video
and Information Accessibility |
Instructor
Jeff
Huang, 407 CIT, jeff@cs.brown.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays 2:30-4:30pm
Teaching Assistants
Lily George (Head TA) lily_george@brown.edu
Neilly Tan (Head TA) neilly_tan@brown.edu
Jina Yoon (Head TA) jina@brown.edu
Aarthi Anbalagan (TA) aarthi@brown.edu
Dominique Moore (TA) dominique_moore@brown.edu
Edward Jiao (TA) edward_jiao@brown.edu
Hannah Tipperman (TA) hannah_tipperman@brown.edu
Isaac Semaya (Senior TA) isaac_semaya@brown.edu
Kelly Wang (TA) kelly_wang@brown.edu
Marcus Yeo (TA) marcus_yeo@brown.edu
Lucas Rosenblatt (TA) lucas_rosenblatt@brown.edu
Martha Edwards (TA) martha_edwards@brown.edu
Oliver Hu (TA) oliver_hu@brown.edu
Tiffany Chen (TA) tiffany_chen@brown.edu
Rachel Teller (TA) rachel_teller@brown.edu
William Lee (TA) william_m_lee@brown.edu
Yuta Arai (Senior TA) yuta_arai@brown.edu
Shaun Wallace (Graduate TA) shaun_wallace@brown.edu
Emails
Email cs1300tas@lists.brown.edu to reach all the TAs
(general questions).
Email cs1300headtas@lists.brown.edu to reach the Head TAs, Graduate TA, and
Jeff (special exceptions).
Email jeff for sensitive issues (e.g. feedback about
course, disagreement with a TA).
Please do not email any individual TA or Head TA with
general questions. They have been advised to ignore emails not sent to the TA
list, unless it pertains to something they graded themselves (in which case,
please CC the Head TA list). This is to ensure we apply a consistent policy for
questions, and so you can get a faster response to your emails. Also note that
you do not need to notify anyone when using a late pass; it's taken care of
automatically.
Regular Weekly TA Hours
Weekly TA hours are held Monday and Wednesdays from
6-7 pm, and Saturdays 3-5 pm in CIT 267. The first week after an
assignment release, hours will be held as Group TA Hours (similar
to Clinic) where you can discuss and ask questions in a group. The
second week after an assignment release, hours will be held as individual TA
hours where you sign up for 1-on-1 help.
Additional TA hours may be announced via email on a weekly
basis.
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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6-7 pm |
6-7 pm |
3-5 pm |
Extra Assignment-Specific Help Sessions
Help sessions are in addition to usual TA hours. They
will cover specific material; please keep in mind that the TAs leading these
sessions have prepared specifically for the topic at hand. Please refer to the
schedule below.
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Help session topic |
Date, time,
location |
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HTML/Heroku Set-up
(1300/0130) |
Friday, 10/6, 7-8pm,
CIT 316 |
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HTML/Heroku Set-up (1300/0130) |
Monday, 10/9,
7-8pm, CIT 368 |
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HTML/Heroku Set-up
(1300/0130) |
Tuesday, 10/10,
5-6:30pm, CIT 477 |
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Calculating Metrics (1300/0130) Slides |
Wednesday,
10/11, 4-5pm, CIT 316 |
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Statistical
Analysis (1300/0130) |
Friday, 10/13, 4-5pm,
CIT 316 |
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Statistical Analysis (1300/0130) |
Saturday,
10/14, 4-5pm, CIT 316 |
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Eye Tracking Data
Visualization/Analysis (1300) |
Monday, 10/16, 4-5pm,
CIT 546 |
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HTML/CSS Help Session (1300/0130) |
Saturday,
10/28, 4-5 PM, CIT 368 |
Grading
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Type |
Points |
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Assignments |
66 (11 pts each) |
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Participation |
5 |
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Labs |
8 (2 pts each) |
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Readings |
14 |
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Presentation /
Portfolio |
7 |
Reading comment points are summed up and capped at 14.
Participation points are 0.5 each and summed up with a cap of 5. The
assignments are worth 11 points each, but scored out
of 22 on Canvas for ease of breaking into a rubric; they can be divided by two to
get course points. Late penalties for late assignments after using the 2 late
passes are applied at the end of the semester. The thresholds for A/B/C cutoffs
are 88.5/78.5/68.5, but these may decrease at the end of the semester based on
the instructor's sense of difficulty for the year.
Each assignment has 2 points dedicated to style and
presentation. You can find the full style guide as
a pdf here. Note that following these guidelines does not necessarily
guarantee full style points.
Assignments are graded by undergraduate TAs and reviewed by
Head TAs, using a rubric developed with the instructor. If you feel an
assignment was graded unfairly, first reach out to the TA who graded you. If
you still disagree, please email the Graduate TA and
explain why you think your assignment should have received a better grade. The
Graduate TA will make a determination about whether
your score will be changed within a week.
Portfolio-Ready Handins
Below, we've compiled some portfolio-ready handins that we've received for various CS1300/130
assignments. We've also compiled a list of example reading commments,
which you can find here.
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Assignment |
Example Student Handin |
Example Student Handin |
Example Student Handin |
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Critique Journal |
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Personas |
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Responsive Redesign
(130) |
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Responsive Redesign (1300) |
UI Camp
UI Camp is an optional bootcamp run by the TAs to have small
groups work with 5 different design tools on various small design tasks. It
will be a 5 hour workshop that happens on September 9,
11-4pm and September 10, 11am-4pm at the CIT. Please meet at the third floor atrium at 11am. Both days are the same so
students should only attend one. Students receive credit for 2 labs for
attending one full day of camp. UI Camp is generously sponsored by Balsamiq and
Adobe.
Labs
TAs will lead multiple labs during the semester outside of
the course lecture hours where students can gain experience with a specific
interaction design tool or UI development for a specific platform. They will be
in a tutorial + exercise format, and take place every
Monday and Wednesday* (except on Fall Weekend and Thanksgiving) from 5-7pm in
List 315. Students should take 4 labs in total (UI Camp counts as 2).
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Dates |
Lab |
Signup Sheet |
Handout |
Slides |
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Sept. 11, 13 |
proto.io + Quant-UX |
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Sept. 18, 20 |
InVision + Balsamiq + Adobe XD |
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Sept. 25, 27 |
Sketch + Framer |
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Oct. 2, 4 |
Figma |
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Oct. 11, 13* |
React |
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Oct. 17, 8-10pm |
Sketch +
Framer (Make-up Lab) |
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Oct. 16, 18 |
UXPin |
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Oct. 23, 25 |
React |
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Oct. 30, Nov. 1 |
Axure |
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Nov. 6, 8 |
proto.io +
Quant-UX |
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Nov. 13, 15 |
Figma |
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Nov. 18, 3-5pm |
Figma
(Make-up Lab) |
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Nov. 27, 29 |
UXPin |
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Dec. 4, 9 (Saturday 10am-12pm) |
Axure |
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Dec. 8 (Friday)
2-4pm |
proto.io+Quant-UX and Figma |
If you sign up for a lab and can't attend, please let us
know at least 12 hours ahead of time -- otherwise, you'll lose priority for lab
signups, and will have to sign up after everyone else. See the late policy for
more details.
Late Policy
You may use two late passes toward assignments (not
readings) throughout the semester that will allow you to turn in an assignment
up to 1 week late with no penalty. You cannot stack late passes, and they are
applied automatically. If you use up both late passes, assignments may still be
turned in late but with 5 points deducted per week. Being late to labs may
yield in no credit, and you must notify the TAs at least 12 hours prior if you
cannot attend a lab. Late reading comments are not accepted. See
the full policy here for more details.
Collaboration Policy
The Collaboration Policy explains the policies around
working with other students or using outside-class resources for your
assignment. It can be viewed
in Canvas and is marked as an assignment worth 0 points. Your work
will not be graded until you have agreed to the collaboration policy by
submitting that assignment.
Group Assignment Issues
This course may involve assignments where you must work in
groups of more than one. You may designate groups on your own, but you also
have the option to get assigned to groups by filling out a form. Should you
ever encounter issues with particular group members,
please do not hesitate to email the HTA list. An example of an issue might be
one or more member(s) who have not responded to any form of communication for
over 3 days. If in doubt, email us anyway - we are here to help!
Software Licenses
Thanks to the generous help of various companies, we have
obtained free licenses for a number of design software
programs. You
can find the full guide on how to get access to our design software licenses
here. Do not share this document with students outside of class, or
you will be in violation of the collaboration policy.
Additional Resources & Help
You can find a comprehensive list of resources for
emergencies, student and employee accessibility services (SEAS), counseling and
psychological services (CAPS), mental health and wellness, academic support,
and more here
on the CS Diversity and Inclusion site. If you need additional support,
please email the HTAs or Jeff.
Anonymous Feedback Form
If you have any comments, questions, or concerns that you
would like to anonymously note about the class (assignments, TAs, HTAs, Jeff,
labs, lectures, anything!), feel free to drop us a message in this anonymous
feedback form. We monitor it regularly and will try to address any issues
within a week.
Frequently Asked Questions
I am a RISD student interested in taking the course. How
do I enroll?
If you are sent an override code, there's a RISD form you will need Jeff to
sign to register (bring it to the second day of class). Please refer to
the RISD
instructions.
Can I take the course as a capstone?
Yes, you must extend an assignment into something that has substantial
development and design components. This can be done as a group, but the amount
of work should be proportional to the group size.
When is the last day of class?
December 7, 2017. There is no final exam.
Will there be a textbook for the course?
No, all readings will be made available on Canvas.
Can I take this course as a non-CS concentrator?
Yes! CSCI 0130 has no prerequistes. However, CSCI
1300 recommends one of the intro CS sequences (CS15/16, CS17/18, or CS19), but
you can still enroll in CSCI 1300 if you satisfy those even as a non-CS
concentrator.
How do I apply a late pass to a late assignment?
They are automatically accounted for. No penalties are applied until the end of
the semester. Check the late policy for more details.