What's to Come

• Wrap-up some loose ends:
  • User Interface Software: Higher Order Tools
  • Usability Testing and Evaluation
    
• Advanced Topics
  • We will look at some readings
  • In-class discussions; you will each need to bring 3 discussion questions to these sessions
    
  • Your paper and presentation

Possible Advanced Topics

• Hypertext and the WW; Web Design/Usability
• Alternative Modalities:
  non-speech audio, speech, haptic, pen
• Computer Supported Co-operative Work (CSCW)
• 3D Interaction
• Virtual Reality and Telepresence
• Designing for Diversity: disabled, young, and old
• Information and Data Visualization
• New Computing Paradigms:
  Non-WIMP interfaces, wearable computers

    

If you would like a specific topic covered; let me know and I will try to cover it.

Programming Projects

Only one more moderate project (due at end of term):

• Java and JavaAWT
  
• we will talk about Java in class
• we will do parts of the on-line Java tutorial

    Probably 1 or 2 short mini-projects:

• Maybe go through a tutorial
• Create a simple interface to get an idea how the tool works
  
• Ideas:
  • SUIT
  • tcl/tk
  • SILK (if I can get it)
  • VisualAge (C++ OO framework on OS/2)

Also ....

We may have a few more ...

• videos
  
• In-class exercises and write-ups (probably 2)
  

Weekly electronic discussions on continues:

• on rpi.courses.spring97.GHMI