Creating synergy between usability courses and open source software projects

Authors:
Daryl H. Hepting;Lijuan Peng;Timothy J. Maciag;David Gerhard;Brien Maguire
Affiliations:
University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada;University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada;University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada;University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada;University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2008

Citing 7
Cited 2

Principles of software engineering management

Principles of software engineering management
Usability engineering: scenario-based development of human-computer interaction

Usability engineering: scenario-based development of human-computer interaction
Code Complete, Second Edition

Code Complete, Second Edition
A case library for teaching usability engineering: Design rationale, development, and classroom experience

Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC)
Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project

Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
Exploratory inspection: a learning model for improving open source software usability

CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Ethics and usability testing in computer science education

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin

An approach for evaluating FOSS projects for student participation

Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Selecting open source software projects to teach software engineering

Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss our experience in offering a usability course with projects taken from an active open source software development project. We describe what was done in the class inside the larger context of the usability of open source software. We conclude with an invitation for others to adopt this model and use it for their own purposes.