HCI Course - Assignment 1: Technology Documentary

In the style of the 1968 Engelbart demonstration, create a 1-3 minute video to explain a task that you perform with a modern technology. Imagine you are giving a presentation to a group of novices about how your chosen technology can be used. A group of future technologists, searching for 50 year old artifacts of this technology, will add your video to the Computer History Museum.

Objective

The objective of the assignment is to get you thinking about how to explain, in a step-by-step manner and in focused detail, how a technology is used. As you know, once we learn how to use a technology, many of the steps needed to accomplish our goals become so automatic that we don’t even think about them anymore. This focused mind-set will prepare you for the next two assignments (web redesign and usability testing).

Resources

Each group will need video equipment and production software. If you don’t have a laptop with you, there are computers in Howe Hall you can use or you can use the multimedia production stations at the library.

• Equipment Checkout (Communications Building)
• Multimedia Production Stations (Library)

Deliverables

• 1-3 minute technology documentary
• Upload to class wiki under the heading below
• As a class we will watch, evaluate, and rank the videos on
  • placement in the context of 2008 and why your chosen technology so amazing for its day,
  • overall presentation,
  • clarity of the task explanation, and of course
  • creativity of the video

Team Gandalf (Magic Table) * Webcammovie2.wmv

phone team:

Robot Learning: * HCI_Video.wmv

Multi-Touch: HCIwikipedia.wmv

Team 5