1. Tesina/Project Interactive Talk
HCI
Tesina/Project Interactive Talk
Presenter
Kimani, Stephen
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza"
DIS
Via Salaria 113
Piano 2, Stanza 233
00198 Roma
Italy
Phone:
Web:
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2. Tesina/Project Interactive Talk
HCI
Tesina/Project Interactive Talk
Roadmap
Background (what you know)
Teams
Proposals
Organization
Recommendations
Organization of Tesina
Laboratory
Software Support
Website Info
AOA
PS: Interactive (Questions, etc are welcome)
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3. HCI Tesina Background Developing web pages ( ) Drawing packages ( )
PowerPoint ( )
Java ( )
Courses done e.g., Databases ( ), Programming approach [OOP?, etc] (some),
Programming languages ( ), Software Engineering ( ), etc
Have done projects ( ), projects in what courses ( ), name of projects ( ), etc
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4. HCI Tesina Teams Write your name and email
Form teams of 4 or 5 (in the next three weeks – by February 13, 2006)
[Update me as a group about the formation…]
Check my Teaching webpage for updates on teams
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5. HCI Tesina Proposals As a team, you will choose your project proposal
[Update me as a group about the choice…]
Check my Teaching webpage for updates on proposals
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6. HCI Tesina Project Organization
Requirements Specification: Study the current situation and what is needed.
Get the information and organize it. Produce a requirements specification, which specifies what (not how) the system is expected to provide.
Design: Architectural design-High-level decomposition of the system into components (note that it allows for independent development of the individual components).
Detailed design-More detailed description of the components to enable their implementation using some programming language.
Coding and Unit Testing: Detailed component coding and testing (unit testing) – on the Detailed design.
Note-Iterative design, Iteration and Prototyping
Integration and Testing: on the Detailed design.
Maintenance: After release until the system phases out entirely.
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7. HCI Tesina Recommendations Month 1: Gathering requirements* Month 2:
Analysis & Initial design*
Month 3:
Initial prototype*
Initial usability evaluation results^ (based on
Initial design, Initial prototype)
(… possible iterations to improve the prototype design based on
usability results)
Working prototype/final product (on diskette/CD)
Usability evaluation results^
Final and full Tesina report (also on the same diskette/CD)
* Continual and regular feedback expected from student and team in the process of carrying out the project (e.g., progressive reporting e.g., by deliverables, results, demonstrations, etc). However, the student must submit both the final product and Tesina report before sitting for the final HCI examination.
^ Teams will carry out evaluation studies among themselves.
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8. Possible Organization of Tesina
HCI Tesina
Possible Organization of Tesina
introduction,
background knowledge,
your work and results –
[gathering requirements, analysis, design, prototyping & iteration, final product] – with
usability evaluations carried all through,
future work,
conclusions,
references.
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9. HCI Tesina Laboratory Eudossiana
"Paolo Ercoli" - Main building, ground level) - Marco Di Bonifacio
When all or most of the students are available: ask students, update Marco Di Bonifacio
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10. HCI Tesina Software Support Applications/Implementations could be:
Standalone, PC/desktop
Standalone, mobile
Web-based, PC/desktop
Web-based, mobile
Standalone (PC/desktop or mobile)
Java (our recommendation)
Web (PC/desktop or mobile)
XHTML + PHP + MySQL (our recommendation)
Free still to adopt others
Macromedia products e.g., Flash, Dreamweaver
MS FrontPage
HTML + client-side scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, VBScript)
Dynamic Websites: Java applets, CGI programming (e.g., using perl, python, C, etc), DHTML, etc
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11. HCI Tesina Software Support
GUI Builders (esp for mobile devices) e.g.,
Nokia developers kit, J2ME, Simulators from the web,
Common tools: MS PowerPoint, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator
usual role
could also be good during the initial phases of your project (e.g., for prototyping)
Really need more? Let us know.
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12. HCI Tesina Website Information Tutorial Resources
Tutorial slides/notes
Teams/Groups
Projects/Tesine
Students’ visiting hours [Thursday 16:00-18:00, Via Salaria 113, DIS, Piano 2, Stanza 233]
Links to Prof Catarci’s website
Links to the main reference [Alan Dix’s HCI book]
Links to some online HCI books
etc
Keep checking the website for updates
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13. HCI Tesina
AOA ?
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