Spring 2002
TTh 12:30-2pm, 202 South Hall
CCN: 42715, 3 units
Instructor:
Marti Hearst
E-mail: hearst@sims.berkeley.edu
Office: 212 South Hall
Office hours: Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:00
Teaching Assistants:
Moryma Aydelott
E-mail: aydelott@sims.berkeley.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Jean Anne Fitzpatrick
E-mail: jafitz@sims.berkeley.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Reading Materials
The required books are Usability
Engineering by Jakob Nielsen and
GUI Bloopers by Jeff Johnson.
Please order these books online (or find
in a bookstore, if available). If you like,
you can order them from the
SIMIANS book order site, in which
case the student organization gets
5-15% of the price of your purchase.
There is also a required
course reader
available at
Copy Central at 2560
Bancroft (510-848-9600).
Grading
Grades will be determined by a
student's performance on a midterm
(30%), individual written assignments
(20%), and a group project (50%).
The midterm might be replaced with an
individual assignment.
The project grades
will be based on a combination of
presentations, write-ups, and the
project itself. This year the
project milestone assignments will not
be graded -- they must be turned in on
time however, or the final project
grade will be reduced. The class will not be
graded on a curve.
Individual homework should be done
independently. It is fine to discuss
the general techniques and methods
required, but you must do your own
work in solving the problems and
writing up the solutions. After you
turn in your individual homework, you
may use this information in the group,
combined with others homework, to aid
in the project redesigns.
Late Policy
There will be no allowance for
late group presentations or
assignments. We have a schedule to
keep and the rest of the class is
depending on you to get your work done
on time.
We will accept late individual
homework assignments, but the grades
will be reduced. The homework is due
at the start of class.
