Course Description

Capstone · I694 -- Fall 2008/Spring 2009

School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington

Instructor

Professor Erik Stolterman (estolter@indiana.edu)
Office hours: I check email all the time. Just email me to set up a meeting.

OBS: A full syllabus will be available later. If you have any questions about the course, please send me an email!

This course is only for students in the MS HCI/d program at the Department of Informatics.

Course Objectives

The Capstone project experience is described very completely in a separate document. Your goals for the capstone project will vary with what you expect to do when you graduate. For all participants, we expect that this project should serve as the key element of a portfolio that showcases your talents and brings recognition to you and the School. All capstone projects must demonstrate:

* Skilled observation work
* Competent background research
* Deep insights
* Divergent concept generation
* Convergent prototyping
* Computer imagination
* Compelling presentation
* Excellent production values
* Timely execution

Depending on your area of specialization, your capstone project will emphasize at least one of the following:

* Strategic design planning
* Testable software prototyping
* Software implementation planning, including convincing discussion of scale
* Detailed usability analysis
* Hardware prototyping
* Appearance prototyping
* Entrepreneurial planning

Time and Place

The class will meet on Tuesdays at 7.00 - 8.30 pm in room I107 in the Informatics Building.