Lectures

toc The PDF versions of my lectures are publicly viewable. The PPTX versions are behind a password protected class website. The PPTX versions are, in a word, better and allow you to view the embedded videos and animations.

If you would like access to the original PPTX versions and you are not enrolled in this course, please email me: jonf@cs.umd.edu.


 * Other professors/teachers:** you are completely welcome to use my slides in your course; however, I would appreciate proper attribution and an email letting me know that you found them useful. :)

If you do view the PPTX versions, know that you need the proper fonts for the slides to render correctly. I tend to use Helvetica Neue Ultra Light, Segoe UI Light, Segoe UI Semibold, and Segoe Print.

=Week 01=

Lecture 01: Intro to Class & HCI
Tuesday, 09/03/2013 [|PDF] (13.8MB) | [|PPTX](186MB)

Lecture 02: About You and About Design
Thursday, 09/05/2013 [|PDF](5.7MB) | [|PPTX](26.6MB)

=Week 02=

Lecture 03: Idea Generation, Design Process, Understanding Users I
Tuesday, 09/10/2013 [|PDF] (6.8MB) | [|PPTX] (110MB)

Lecture 04: In-Class Activity with Dr. Bederson, In-Class Discussion about IDEO Video, and Team Forming
Thursday, 09/12/2013 [|PDF] (2.2MB) | [|PPTX] (52.9MB)

=Week 03=

Lecture 05: In-Class Project Planning
Thursday, 09/17/2013 In-class activity, no slides.

Lecture 06: Understanding Users II
Thursday, 09/19/2013 [|PDF](23.5MB) | [|PPTX](148.0MB)

=Week 04=

Lecture 07: Humans I
Tuesday, 09/24/2013 [|PDF] (10.0MB) | [|PPTX] (57.2MB)

Lecture 08: Humans II
Thursday, 09/27/2013 [|PDF] (6.6MB) | [|PPTX] (42.7MB)

=Week 05=

Lecture 09: The Computer: Inputs I
Tuesday, 10/01/2013 [|PDF] (10.0MB) | [|PPTX] (57.2MB)

Lecture 10: Project Proposal Presentations I
Thursday, 09/27/2013 No slides; in-class presentations.

=Week 06=

Lecture 11: Project Proposal Presentations II and The Computer: Inputs II
Tuesday, 10/08/2013 ~Half of lecture was in-class presentations then we finished off Lecture09.

**Lecture 12: Design Principles** Thursday, 10/10/2013 [|PDF] (24.8MB) | [|PPTX] (58.1MB)

=Week 07=

Lecture 13: Sketching
Tuesday, 10/15/2013 [|PDF] (49.5MB) | [|PPTX] (28.0MB)

Lecture 14: Design Critiques
Thursday, 10/17/2013 [|PDF] (4.6MB) | [|PPTX] (38.7MB)

=Week 08=

**Lecture 15: No Class**
Tuesday, 10/22/2013 Prepare for midterm!

**Lecture 16: Midterm**
Thursday, 10/24/2013 In-class midterm, no slides.

=Week 09=

**Lecture 17: Prototyping**
Tuesday, 10/29/2013 [|PDF] (4.5MB) | [|PPTX] (468MB)

Thursday, 10/31/2013 [|PDF] (8.4MB) | [|PPTX] (167MB)
 * Lecture 18: Design as Remix and In-Class TA05 Work **

=Week 10=

Lecture 19: Aesthetics, Emotion, and Applying Design Principles
Tuesday, 11/05/2013 [|PDF] (6.4MB) | [|PPTX] (485MB)

Lecture 20: Gestalt, Grids, and In-Class Exercise
Thursday, 11/07/2013 [|PDF] (9.5MB) | [|PPTX](72.7MB)

=Week 11=

Lecture 21: Visual Design: Color
Tuesday, 11/12/2013 [|PDF] (8.9MB) | [|PPTX] (79.4MB)

Lecture 22: In-Class Design Critiques of TA06
Thursday, 11/14/2013 In-class critiques of TA06

=Week 12=

Lecture 23: Visual Design: Typography & Legibility
Tuesday, 11/19/2013 [|PDF] (6.8MB) | [|PPTX] (38.7MB)

Lecture 24: In-Class Quiz and Intro to Evaluation
Thursday, 11/21/2013 [|PDF] (3.81MB) | [|PPTX] (11.1MB)

=Week 13=

Lecture 25: Evaluation II: Inspection-Based Methods & Formal Methods
Tuesday, 11/26/2013 [|PDF] (8.98MB) | [|PPTX] (24.4MB)

No Class: Thanksgiving
Thursday, 11/28/2013 Have a good break!

=Week 14=

Lecture 26: Evaluation III: Automated Data Collection & Testing
Tuesday, 12/03/2013 [|PDF] (6.8MB) | [|PPTX] (38.7MB) In this class, we tried out a collaborative learning and lecture activity. You can view the Google Doc [|here].

Lecture 27: Evaluation IV: Experiments
Thursday, 12/05/2013