6.813/6.831  User Interface Design

More about Wednesday's Madness

The "madness" project presentations on Wednesday will happen in the usual lecture room, 34-101. We'll probably need most of the time for the presentations, so don't worry about setting up a hands-on demo for your classmates afterwards, unless you want to do it informally.

Announced on 12 May 2012  12:45  p.m. by Rob Miller

5/16 Wed: "Madness" + Demo Instructions

Hi class,
Next Wednesday (5/16) in class, we will have a final project demo for all your cool projects.
Here's how the class will be structured:

The first half will feature "madness". Each group gets 30 seconds to advertise and present the project.
- How: Either 1 powerpoint slide (animation allowed) or 1-page PDF (4:3 ratio) or a Youtube video
- What should be included: project name + group member names
- When: 11:59pm 5/15 (Tuesday) - This is a hard deadline. Groups with no submission by this time will not get a slot.
- Where: Link your material to your group name in https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/6DOT813sp12/Madness+Order+and+Materials

* If planning to do a video, you should upload a static slide as backup in case the video doesn't play in our laptop.

The second half of the class will feature demos.
You will have a chance to show your demo to fellow students and try out other groups' work.

Good luck with finishing up your work!

Announced on 10 May 2012  4:59  p.m. by Juho Kim

GR5 and GR6 due date

There was confusion between the calendar and the GR5/GR6 handouts about their due dates. The due dates are officially Friday May 11 for GR5, and Thursday May 17 for GR6.

Announced on 19 April 2012  9:04  p.m. by Rob Miller

GR5 and GR6 due date

There was confusion between the calendar and the GR5/GR6 handouts about their due dates. The due dates are officially Friday May 11 for GR5, and Thursday May 18 for GR6.

Announced on 19 April 2012  9:04  p.m. by Rob Miller

Check which prototype to evaluate for HW2

Hi class,
Based on the form submission data on group and individual testing platforms, we assigned everyone to a group as evaluators for HW2.
Please read both the Groups and Individuals sections below.
Send an email to 6831staff@csail.mit.edu if any of the following conditions is not met.

* Groups
1) Make sure your group is listed.
2) Make sure your group's GR4 format is correct.
3) Make sure your group's evaluators are NOT your group members.

* Individuals
1) Make sure your Athena name is listed.
2) Make sure you have the right device to test the assigned group's prototype.
3) Make sure you are NOT assigned your own group.

The assignment results can be found at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmqG_XlmGMXZdGNPSTJEVDNJYjh6dnlxa2hZRzJNbHc&single=true&gid=0&output=html

Once the assignment makes sense to you, please follow the HW2 assignment instruction quoted below.

"As soon as you receive your prototype assignment, try to download and run the prototype. You don't have to do your heuristic evaluation right away, but poke around a bit and make sure the prototype appears to work for you. If you have any difficulty getting a prototype to run or finding a suitable platform to run it, send email to the people who created it, and cc: 6831staff@csail.mit.edu on your email. Do this trial run by Wednesday, April 18."

Enjoy awesome prototypes designed by your classmates :)

Announced on 16 April 2012  9:14  a.m. by Juho Kim