ugs 302 usability and user-centered design
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UGS 302 Usability and User-Centered Design. Day 1. Objectives. After this class you will be able to (it is my hope!): Explain what this class is all about State clearly what is to be expected of you in this class Probably be able to call out everyone in the class by his/her first name!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
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UGS 302 Usability and User-Centered Design
Day 1
R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
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Objectives
After this class you will be able to (it is my hope!):
• Explain what this class is all about• State clearly what is to be expected of you in this class• Probably be able to call out everyone in the class by
his/her first name!
R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
iOnce around the room
• Name
• Year in school (and major if you have one)
• Home town
• One interesting thing about yourself that you can share with us
• I’ll go first
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R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
iProfessional History•B.S. in psych from FSU•Ph.D. in cognitive psych from UT-Austin•Bell Labs for 3 years•IBM-Austin for 11 years•BMC Software for 5 years•Co-founded small usability consultancy•Previously adjunct faculty member at UT; Have taught at UT, Rutgers, Huston-Tillotson, (SW)TSU•Assoc. prof. in the UT School of Information since 2003.•Recently started The Usability Team.•http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~rbias/website/
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R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
iSyllabus
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R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
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Whole point . . .
• Let’s design systems to fit people instead of the other way around.
R. G. Bias | School of Information | UTA 5.424 | Phone: 512 471 7046 | [email protected]
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Homework
• Get books• Start reading The Invisible Gorilla. (I want you
to have finished it by 1/24/2013.)