SOFT7002 UI Week 06 Lab B

Students worked on the assignment. I met with some students to discuss their mock ups.

SOFT6002 HCI Week 06

We looked at attention [2016-HCI-W04-L2 Human Attention.pptx], memory [2016-HCI-W05-L1 Human Memory.pptx], mental models [2016-HCI-W06-L1 Mental Models.pptx], and metaphors [2016-HCI-W06-L2 Metaphor.pptx].

My voice started to fade after two hours of non-stop talking.Since we didn't have anything particular to do in the lab I let the students do.

COMP7004 CyberEthics Mid-Semester Review

We are half-way through the module now. I have tried hard to make it interesting by facilitating groups discussions and giving students space to explore ideas with their classmates. That's not working. The apathy is the room is palpable. Students refuse to get into groups, and don't even do the courtesy of pretending to talk to each other. I see now that tying marks to attendance was a mistake because it is better is uninterested students stay away.

The format will be different from now on. There will me much more of me talking and much less group discussion.

COM7004 CyberEthic Class 06.3

Property and the zombie apoclypse

SOFT6013 Week 06


void setup()
{
size (400,400);
noStroke();
rectMode(CENTER);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i = i+1) {
  int posx = int(random(400));
  int posy = int(random(400));
  int size = int(random(100))+30;
  myFourSquares (posx, posy, size);;
}


}


void myFourSquares (int x, int y, int size)
{
  int myRed = int(random(255));
  int myGreen = int(random(255));
  int myBlue = int(random(255));
fill (myRed, myGreen, myBlue, 128);
rect (x, y, size, size);
rect (200 + (200 - x), y, size, size);
rect (x, 200 + (200-y), size, size);
rect (200 + (200 - x), 200 + (200-y), size, size);

}

I walked students through a number of Processing programs and explained in detail how they work. The main concept I wanted to get across this week was functions and how they can be used to abstract out code that can be reused. I also wanted students to get to grips with parameters.

I gave out printed copies of the code afterwards and I had uploaded a recording of the class to Blackboard.

I asked students to write some simple programs but with circles and lines.

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 06.2

I asked students to discuss in groups the Derek Even Copyright case study. Afterwards we discussed it.

COMP7002 UI Class 05.2

We looked at tree views from Chapter 8, but not in much detail.

We looked at Chapter 9 of the book: Tables

I asked students to make a Leaving Cert points calculator in the lab. There won't be any marks going to for (contrary to what I said in class).

We finsihed up quite early.

I met with one students and we discussed his prototype

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 06.1

I asked students to discuss the "Question of Delegating Responsibilities" and the "US Parts" in groups of 4 or 5. Most did. Some students just sat by themselves and played with their phones.

I spoke a little bit about the presentations. Students should choose a topic by the end of the week.

Attendance:37

COMP7002 UI Class 06.1

We looked at Chapter 8 of the book. We looked at Choice boxes, combo boxes, and list views.

We will look a tree views a little bit in the next class, but won't go into detail.

COMP7002 Timetable Change

The timetable has change back again.

I don't know what that was about.

COMP7002 Week 06 Lab A

Students worked on the assignment.

COMP7002 UI Timetable Change

The lab class for Group B has been moved. It is not on Tuesday at 1400 in IT2.3

COMP7002 UI Week 05 Lab B

Students worked mostly on the mock up. (Some studied for a maths exam).

I (think I) met each student and discussed the design.

SOFT6002 HCI Week 05

We got through three lecture hours. That's a long time to be sat listening to me. Thanks for your attention and your patience.

Slides:
2016-HCI-W02-L2-Human Factors
2016-HCI-W03-L1-Gestalt
2016-HCI-W03-L2-Ecological
2016-HCI-W04-L1-Graphical Coding

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 05.3

Whistelblowing

Details to follow

SOFT6013 Week 05

This week students worked through the exercises by themselves.

I'm not convinced that went well. I think in future class might be a bit more prescriptive.

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 05.2

I talked at length about what was expected for the blogs and outlined some of the issues I encountered when I was correcting them.

We looked at codes of ethics and how useful they might or might not be.

COMP7002 UI Class 05.2

J.P. drew the tree based on Listing 6-2 on the whiteboard.

We looked at some methods for manipulating nodes in the hierarchy.

COMP7002 UI Class 05.1

We looked at getting input from the user. We looked at text fields, check boxes, and radio buttons.

We looked at Listing 6-1 and Listing 6-2.I asked student to draw a tree of the layout hierarchy using Listing 6-2. I asked students to e-mail a picture of it to me when done. None did.

COMP7004 Class 05.1

details to follow