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Tutorials Program FAQ
Tutorial Program Review Process FAQ
Tutorial Notes Template

Tutorials Co-Chairs

Mark W. Altom, AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA
Marian G. Williams, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

The CHI 96 Tutorials program provides conference participants with the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills in a broad range of areas in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Tutorial topics cover a wide range, from practical guidelines and standards to academic issues and theory. Participants at tutorials include user interface designers and users, software developers, managers of human-computer interface projects, human factors practitioners, interface evaluators and testers, industrial designers, teachers of HCI, researchers in human-computer interaction, and professionals in other areas seeking to gain an understanding of how HCI relates to their specialties.

Types of Tutorials: Duration and Audience Experience Level

Please indicate the duration and audience experience level of your proposed tutorial on Cover Page Two.

Duration

Each tutorial is designed to be a half-day or a full-day in duration. Half-day tutorials are 3 hours long (not including breaks). Full-day tutorials are 6 hours long (not including breaks).

Audience experience levels

Each tutorial is designed for one of three audience experience levels:

Introductory:
Introductory level tutorials cover fundamental human-computer interaction (HCI) principles and techniques. No previous background or knowledge is assumed.

Intermediate:
Intermediate level tutorials give deeper and more thorough treatment of a selected topic areas. Some general background in one or more HCI disciplines is assumed, but background in the topic area is not required.

Advanced:
Advanced level tutorials cover emerging developments from HCI research or detailed treatment of a specific area. Background in the topic area is assumed.

Topics

Tutorials cover a wide range of topics. In the past they have covered introductions and overviews of human-computer interaction, usability assessment, use of different types of user interface development software, theories of HCI, graphical design, requirements analysis techniques, design methodologies, behavioral data analysis and modeling techniques, use of multimedia, computer supported cooperative work and groupware, participatory design, teaching HCI, cost/benefit analysis, legal issues, and standards. Tutorials on these and other topics broadly related to human-computer interaction are solicited.

Review Process

Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their estimated benefit for prospective participants and on their fit within the tutorials program as a whole. Factors to be considered include relevance, timeliness, importance, and audience appeal; suitability for presentation in a half-day or full-day tutorial format; use of presentation methods that offer participants direct experience with the material being taught; and past experience and qualifications of the instructors. Selection is also based on the overall distribution of topics, approaches (overview, theory, methodology, how-to), audience experience levels, and specialties of the intended audiences. Thus, not all tutorials of technical merit can be accommodated within the tutorials program.

Format

Submissions for CHI 96 tutorials must include the following four documents:

Proposal
Conference Companion Summary
Advance Program Description
Requirements List

Proposal.

Prepare a proposal, no longer than 10 pages, for review purposes. The proposal should be a clearly written specification of the tutorial. It should:

describe in detail the material that will be covered in the course
justify the tutorial for a CHI audience
explain how the tutorial will be conducted
give a schedule of events with time allocations
describe and provide samples of materials that will be included in the tutorial notes.

If the proposed tutorial has been given previously, the proposal should include a brief history of where the tutorial has been given and how it will be modified for CHI 96. In addition, if the tutorial has been given at a previous CHI conference, the proposal should tell how changes to the tutorial will address comments from previous attendees.

Conference Companion Summary.

Prepare a two-page summary suitable for publication in the CHI 96 Conference Companion. The summary should provide a descriptive statement of the content of the tutorial. It must be in the Conference Proceedings format, and must contain the title, authors, contact information, keywords, abstract, body, and references.

Advance Program Description.

Prepare a description of the tutorial suitable for inclusion in the CHI 96 Advance Program. It should guide potential participants in deciding whether to take the tutorial. The description should consist of four paragraphs, as follows:

The content, presentation style (lecture, small group, video, etc.), and duration (half day or full day) of the course.
The key learning objectives for the participants (what specific knowledge each participant is expected to obtain).
The intended audience of the tutorial (their specialties and experience level, plus any prior knowledge they will be assumed to have).
The background of each instructor.

Requirements List.

Prepare a list of requirements for running the tutorial. Include any supplies required for each participant, restrictions or conditions on offering the tutorial, and other information that the review committee should know in considering the proposal. Please note that your audio-visual and computing equipment requirements should be listed on Cover Page Three.

Upon Acceptance

Instructors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by October 15, 1995. Acceptance is conditional upon the instructors' compliance with deadlines and requirements.

Summaries of accepted tutorials will be published in the CHI 96 Conference Companion and on the CHI 96 CD-ROM.

The primary instructor of each accepted tutorial will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit camera-ready and electronic materials for publication. These materials are due on January 5, 1996.

Instructors of accepted tutorials will also receive detailed format requirements for preparation of camera-ready versions of their tutorial notes. The notes are also due on January 5, 1996.

Instructors should prepare course material specifically for the CHI '96 tutorial session. Presentation materials used by the instructor for other courses or projects must be reworked within the guidelines described in the Author Kit.

Tutorial Notes

Attendees at previous CHI conferences have indicated that the tutorial notes are a valuable benefit of taking a tutorial. Consequently, proposed tutorials are accepted contingent upon receipt of high-quality tutorial notes. The notes should serve as reference materials for attendees and should support the presentation of material during the tutorial. The tutorial notes should include:

an introduction to the topic
copies of all overhead transparencies and slides
an annotated bibliography
copies of relevant background material or scholarly papers (for which the instructors have obtained any necessary reprint permission)
tutorial exercises, as appropriate.

Instructors must sign a release form giving CHI '96 one-time only permission to utilize the notes for tutorial participants and to dispose of any surplus notes at the conference.

Compensation

Based on revised SIGCHI policy, an honorarium of $1,000 and a complete set of CHI 96 tutorial notes will be awarded for each half day that is taught ($2,000 and two complete sets of notes for each full day). If a tutorial has two or more instructors, the honorarium and notes will be shared among them. Instructors must pay for their own travel expenses and conference registration.

Ground Rules

Your submission must be in English.
Electronic and fax submissions are not accepted.
Submissions which arrive after the deadline will not be considered.
Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 96.
If your submission is accepted, it will not be published without copyright release forms signed by the first-listed author or a representative of the first author's institution.
We strongly suggest the use of express mail or a courier service, for speedy delivery. Customs labels should bear the words "Educational materials with no commercial value."

Checklist

Please follow the steps in this checklist to ensure completeness in your submission.

Read the Invitation To Submit.
Fill out Cover Pages One, Two, and Three
Prepare a Proposal for review, as described above.
Prepare a Conference Companion Summary (two pages) in the Conference Proceedings format for publication, as described above.
Prepare an Advance Program Description, as described above.
Prepare a Requirements List, as described above.
Collect Cover Pages One, Two and Three, the Proposal, the Conference Companion Summary, the Advance Program Description, and the Requirements List, in the order given, in a packet, and make 5 copies of the packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
Make sure each copy of the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
Send the 5 copies of your submission packet, and the reply postcard, to one of the Tutorials Co-Chairs at the Send To address shown.

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