resource team

SIMS IS214 Spring 1999 In-Depth Investigation Assignment This course is in a rapidly-changing area with a wide range of resources available. The resources listed in this syllabus are a sampling from a much wider range of possibilities.

You are to pick one of the topics covered in this course and become a resource for the rest of the class. You are to (1) identify added useful resources, which you will make available through a web page and/or other appropriate means; (2) be a primary resource in the class session that addresses your topic; and (3) to a limited degree, consult with fellow students when their final projects need resources in your area.

Whether we will have one person assigned to a topic, or a team, will depend on the number of students in the class. You must clear your topic with me.

Deadlines:
    To choose a topic: Feb 1.
    To have a web page available for other students: Feb. 15.
    To be in-class resource: the date that your topic is discussed.
    A 2-page synposis of major topics, issues, and resources in your area: April 26.

Possible topics include:

Usability testing labs and lab methods
Usability inspection
Heuristic evaluation
Cognitive walk-through
Surveys, especially on the Web
Interviewing
Focus groups
Ethnography
Task analysis
Contextual inquiry
Logs and monitoring
Scenario development
Participatory design
The ethics of collecting data over the web