1. SE 204, IES 506 – Human Computer Interaction Lecture 1: Introduction Lecturer: Gazihan Alankuş Please look at the last two slides for assignments (marked with TODO) 2/10/20121

2. Briefly Not a coding-heavy class But there will be some coding, related to creating prototypes – Free to use any technology – You may have to learn it by yourself… Weekly homeworks and reading assignments 2/10/20122

3. Outline Me Logistics of class Class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/20123

4. Outline Me Logistics of class Class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/20124

5. Instructor Dr. Gazihan Alankuş METU, BS 2002, MS 2005 WUSTL, PhD 2011 Currently a Lecturer (no office…) Background – Some industry experience (including Google) – I do research on games and HCI – Now I get to teach games and HCI – reasonable > idealistic Please use gazihan.ieu@gmail.com for class- related e-mail exchangegazihan.ieu@gmail.com 2/10/20125

6. Can you understand me? English language is just a tool, not a goal. – The goal is to communicate and learn. Stop me when you don’t understand something. In general, be active in class. 2/10/20126

7. Outline Me Logistics of class Class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/20127

8. Logistics Basically – Attendance (except today) – Homeworks / projects – Midterm – Final 2/10/20128

9. Logistics SE 204 – Homeworks Optional: join a graduate student in his/her project for bonus in homework grade – Reading assignments from book – Standard exams IES 506 – Homeworks and projects Grade undergraduates that join your group – Reading assignments from book and academic papers – Standard exams with extra questions 2/10/20129 We have undergraduate (SE 204) and graduate students (IES 506) Similar to quality to graduate HCI classes taught in the US

10. Logistics Website – Reach from my homepage (Google me if you must) Slides and extra material Google group – I will send announcements using Google groups – IES 506 students: join groups of both classes please! 2/10/201210

11. Outline Me Logistics of class Class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/201211

12. Class How to design systems that interact best with users This is a new class, there can be mistakes… Syllabus will be updated soon: – http://ects.ieu.edu.tr/syllabus.php?section=ce.cs.ieu.ed u.tr&course_code=SE%20204&cer=0 http://ects.ieu.edu.tr/syllabus.php?section=ce.cs.ieu.ed u.tr&course_code=SE%20204&cer=0 – The book is accurate. You have to get the book for reading assignments Access online material 2/10/201212

13. Introduction to HCI by Caitlin Kelleher caitlin\introduction.ppt 2/10/201213

14. Questions? 2/10/201214

15. Outline Me Class – Unity – Games Logistics of class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/201215

16. Let’s get to know you (if you want) Introduce in detail, from where, etc. Registered? Why? What do you expect – from this class? – to see happen by the end of semester? Designed any interfaces in the past? How do you feel about it? 2/10/201216

17. TODO: Google Group Do either one of these: – Find the link to the Google group from class website – Or, send an e-mail to gazihan.ieu@gmail.com and I will invite your e-mail to the Google group. You will have to accept the invitation.gazihan.ieu@gmail.com I will use this for class announcements You can also send questions, comments, helpful tips, or announcements to it but I will moderate your e-mails. 2/10/201217

18. TODO: Reading Assignment 1 Read Chapter 1 from your book: – Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Maxine Cohen, Steven Jacobs, 2009, Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective HumanComputer Interaction (5th Edition), Addison Wesley 2/10/201218