10/30  Finalize your group for project and post your proposal on the course website. Create a list of materials you need. (We may be able to help.)

Post your assignment here.

Reminder about your final project:

Final Project (30%)

Final project entails two parts:

An interactive prototype to be exhibited at the final course exhibition on Dec 9th and 11th, 2008. Your prototype is to demonstrate your original idea for a Tangible User Interface that takes advantage of your hands to manipulate digital information, and

A write-up due Dec 15, 2008 in the ACM SIGCHI Extended Abstract format: http://www.chi2008.org/chi2008extendedabstracts.doc

Reflect on your midterm project. You may expand your midterm project, or take a new approach to a Tangible User Interface. You may continue to work as a group (maximum of 3 members) or as an individual. If you work in a group, be clear about each member’s role in the project.

• 10/30  Finalize your group for project and post your proposal on the course website. Create a list of materials you need. (We may be able to help.)
• 11/15 & 11/20 In-class final project progress report and critique
• 12/9 and 12/11 Final project exhibition. Present your prototype. Be prepared to discuss your design principles and design process.
• 12/15  Final write up due.

The final project will involve the ideation and implementation of a novel tangible user interface. It may be a continuation of the midterm project or based on a new idea. The focus on the project will be on the originality and quality of the idea more than on the extent of the implementation (although both are of course important). Project output will be the interface prototype itself (and an optional poster or handouts), which will be presented at an open house at the end of the semester. Additionally, students will be expected to write a short report on the project, including preliminary evaluation of their interface or an outline of what types of evaluation might be conducted in the future.