CS 446: Day 1 Class Agenda for User Interface Design and Development

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Agenda for Day 1

Announcements
- CS and University Announcements
- Others?
Assignments
- Draft Project Proposal due Friday, April 4
Readings
- For Today: CS 446 Syllabus
- For next class: Pragmatic Programmer - Evil Wizards
- For next class: Read through Lab 0: Lab Orientation for Using Visual Studio
- For next class: Read through Lab 1: Using Visual Studio.NET & C#
Today's learning objectives
After today's class, you should be able to
1. Explain CS 446's weekly structure and schedule
2. Explain CS 446's assignments: Prototype project & four programs
3. Explain CS 446's assessment (grading) tools: Midterm exam, programs, prototype project, and final exam
Today's Notes
- Prototype Project
  - Think in terms of Windows GUI challenges (not programming issues)
  - Be creative and unique in your proposed program
  - Identify well-defined, specific users (not general users)
  - Think domain-specific tasks
References
- Computing Curriculum 2001 [PDF, 240 pages]