COSC 324 - Fall 2007
Usability in Game Design
  

Week 1

--- Week 14 ---
Project Presentations

--- Week 13 ---
User Testing of Games

--- Week 12 ---
Usability Testing Procedures
and Reports

--- Week 11 ---
Case Studies

--- Week 10 ---
2D Graphics in
XNA Game Studio

--- Week 9 ---
Serious Games

--- Week 8 ---
Special Populations

--- Week 7 ---
Midterm Exam

--- Week 6 ---
Usability by Design

--- Week 5 ---
Emotions as Feedback

--- Week 4 ---
Usability Metrics &
Test Design

--- Week 3 ---
Usability Testing &
Playtesting of Games

--- Week 2 ---
Standards & Heuristics

--- Week 1 ---
Concepts of Usability

--- Support Files ---

Course Syllabus

Instructor Bio

Welcome Page


Introduction to Concepts of Usability

Presentation:
Introduction to the Concepts of Usability (0.9 MB)

Readings:
Bill Fulton, "Beyond Psychological Theory: Getting Data that Improves Games" Handout

Video:
Download and view "Talk" Beyond Psychological Theory: Getting Data that Improves Games. A presentation of the same title, but containing more content than above.

Web account:
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Update 9/6/07