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UGS 302 Usability and User-Centered Design

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!.

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UGS 302 Usability and User-Centered Design

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  1. UGS 302 Usability and User-Centered Design Day 1

  2. 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!

  3. Once 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

  4. Professional 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/

  5. Syllabus

  6. Whole point . . . • Let’s design systems to fit people instead of the other way around.

  7. Homework • Get books • Start reading The Invisible Gorilla. (I want you to have finished it by 1/24/2013.)

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