Human-Computer Interaction

I would recommend reading/watching something on HCI.

The HCI book by Alan Dix is one of them.

If you are looking for a free video series, check out the HCI course on Udacity. All you need to do is create a free account.

Wait, I'll just post the link below.

https://www.udacity.com/course/human-computer-interaction--ud400

Intro to HCI Project Volunteers

Hello,

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I'm a student taking Intro to Human-Computer Interaction with Georgia Tech's online CS program. It's a really great class, and it's available for free through Udacity here: https://www.udacity.com/course/human-computer-interaction--ud400

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I'm currently working through a homework project and I need to do evaluation of a prototype interface. I created an alternate interface for locating documents online, similar to Google Drive or Sharepoint.

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If you have 20 minutes free time and are interested in being a volunteer, you can be a participant by viewing my prototype app's webpage: http://brainplex.net/hci/index.html

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Thanks!

idk what you mean by course PDFs. General course information is distributed via canvas. The video component is via udacity, edx or canvas. Many professors have their info on a website online.

I literally searched google for "omscs human computer interaction" and got this http://omscs6750.gatech.edu/

Also searched google for "udacity human computer interaction" got this: https://www.udacity.com/course/human-computer-interaction--ud400

Google is your friend and my biggest suggestion to new students is that the ability to find information on your own might be the determining factor in terms of success or failure while in this program.

Learn HTML/CSS and basic JS. You are a much stronger candidate if you can talk about code, even if you cant code yourself all that well.

The selling point here is that you know how to design something with a good understanding of how complex it would be to implement that design. Very marketable skill that will set you apart.

Courses: HTML/CSS https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-html-and-css--ud001

JS and Frameworks https://www.udacity.com/course/javascript-and-the-dom--ud117

https://www.udacity.com/course/front-end-frameworks--ud894

Secondly, learn to use Sketch and Invision. If you want to keep it free learn Adobe XD. These programs are really super simple to use. My first day on the job I’d never used these prototyping programs before. I was hired as a developer, but quickly my design skills stood out and I was moved to be the lead UI Designer.

So don’t stress about mastering these programs. They are just tools, it’s how you use the tools that matter. Thats why I emphasize learning code much more.

Then learn this https://www.udacity.com/course/human-computer-interaction--ud400

If I could sum it up by level of importance I would say:

1. HTML/CSS
2. HCI (human computer interaction)
3. Prototyping tools (Sketch, XD, or Figma, etc).
4. JavaScript
5. Frontend Franeworks

All of these are “should knows”.