| Instructor: | Dr. Lori L. Scarlatos |
| Time: | TuTh 3:30 - 4:45 pm |
| Location: | 5102 Boylan Hall |
| Office: | 0317 Ingersoll |
| Office Hours: | TuTh 12:00 -
1:30 pm; or by appointment |
| Email: | lscarlat@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu |
| Web Page: | http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~lscarlat |
See the syllabus for a course
description, learning objectives, grading policies, and topics.
Readings and programming assignments are described below. Program examples
are also below.
Your term paper is
due on the last day of class (NOT on the day of the final). Of course, I
will be happy to accept it any time before then, too!
| Date Posted | Reading | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8/30/05 | Understanding Human Activities and Relationships | An article by Ben Shneiderman, a top researcher in the CHI field |
| 9/1/05 | Task-Centered User Interface Design | This shareware textbook provides a good introduction to principles of interface design, with an emphasis on graphical user interfaces (GUI) |
| 9/1/05 | Designing Instructional Websites | My own notes on effective graphical user interfaces, with an emphasis on visual presentation |
| 9/1/05 | Notes (and examples) on how to create multimedia applications with Macromedia Director, using Lingo to drive it. Created by Tony Scarlatos. | |
| 10/18/05 | Perceptual interfaces are aware of what the user is doing in the environment ... and respond appropriately in the same environment. | |
| 11/1/05 | Image Processing Fundamentals | Excellent online introduction to image processing. |
| 11/15/05 | These notes are needed to understand - and implement - speech interfaces. | |
| 11/17/05 | Notes on Shockwave 3D | |
| 12/13/05 |
Programming assignments may be handed in on a CD. If you prefer, you can put it on the CIS server in a folder with your name on it. In either case, please leave your assignment as a Director (not Shockwave) file, so that I can see what you have done. All assignments will be presented in class on the last day (December 15th).