Tutorials

The Tutorials program at CHI 99 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.

Tutorial topics range from practical guidelines and standards to academic issues and theory.

Tutorial participants 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.

Tutorial Submission Samples are available as examples of each tutorial submission component.

Duration

Each tutorial is designed to be a half-day or full-day in duration. Half-day tutorials are 3 hours long (not including breaks). Full day tutorials are 6 hours long (not including breaks). Please indicate the duration of your proposed tutorial on Cover Page One.

Attendee Background

The background of attendees assumed by the tutorial should be described explicitly and in detail in the proposal. Include any pre-requisites such as knowledge of HCI content, processes, and procedures. State any skills that are needed to understand tutorial content or to complete the exercises.

In addition, state whether the tutorial is intended to introduce participants to an area, or whether it is intended to further develop the expertise of participants who already have some knowledge or experience in a particular area.

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

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 99. 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.

Additional materials may be submitted, but will not necessarily be included in the review process.

Description

The description for the CHI 99 Advance Program should contain the following sections:

• Title of the tutorial
• Names and affiliations of the instructors
• Benefits: The benefit statement should contain a summary of what skills and knowledge the attendees will gain as a result of attending this tutorial.
• Origins: The origins should state the history of this tutorial (e.g., whether it was given at past CHI conferences or related venues).
• Features: The features consist of a bulleted list. The items in this list should include the educa- tional goals and/or major elements of the tutorial content.
• Audience: The audience should be described in terms that include any background required to understand the tutorial. State the disciplines and/or organizational roles of attendees who would be interested in your tutorial (see first paragraph of call for a list of roles).
• Presentation: List the various presentation forms used in the tutorial, e.g., lecture, demo, exercise, video, group discussion, and/or case studies.
• Instructor background: List the background for each instructor, including current employment and activities, previous professional activities, and relevant publications.

The overall length of the description should be about 270 words. Longer descriptions may be cut.

The Advance Program material should be submitted in both paper and electronic forms. The electronic version should be on an IBM or Mac disk. The document may be in ASCII or RTF format. (If you are producing RTF format using a non-English word processor, please save your file as "English RTF" or ensure that no special characters remain in the file.)

For examples of descriptions, go to the Tutorial Index in CHI 98 Conference Program, or look at the CHI 99 Tutorial Submission Samples.

Extended Abstract

Prepare a two-page extended abstract for inclusion in the CHI 99 Extended Abstracts. It should provide a succinct overview of the tutorial. The bulk of the text should review the tutorial objectives and describe the content of the tutorial. The extended abstract must follow the CHI Conference Publications Format and include the title, instructor information, abstract, keywords, summary of the tutorial, and references.

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 you should list your audio-visual and computing equipment requirements on Cover Page Three.

Upon Acceptance

Instructors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by mid-October 1998. Acceptance is conditional upon the instructors' compliance with deadlines and requirements.

Extended abstracts of accepted tutorials will be published in the CHI 99 Extended Abstracts. Only those extended abstracts that meet the CHI Conference Publications Format will be published in the CHI 99 Extended Abstracts.

The primary instructor of each accepted tutorial will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit camera-ready materials for publication. These materials are due by 8 January 1999.

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 by 8 January 1999.

Instructors should prepare course material specifically for the CHI 99 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 99 one-time-only permission to utilize the notes for tutorial participants and to sell notes at the conference.

Compensation

An honorarium of $1,000 will be awarded for each half-day tutorial that is taught, $2,000 for each full-day. If a tutorial has two or more instructors, the honorarium will be shared among them. Instructors must pay for their own travel expenses and conference registration.

Submissions

1. Your submission must be in English.
2. Electronic and fax submissions are not accepted.
3. Submissions which arrive after the deadline will not be considered.
4. Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
5. Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 99.
6. 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."
7. For an example of an appropriate submission, see the Tutorial Submission Samples

Checklist

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

• Read the conference overview.
• If you wish to request a mentor, please see the description of the mentoring program, and contact the Mentoring Liaisons no later than 4 June 1998.
• Fill out cover pages One, Two and Three.
• Prepare a proposal for review, as described above.
• Prepare an Advance Program description, as described above and include it in hard copy and electronic forms as described above.
• Prepare an extended abstract (two pages) in the Conference Publications Format, as described above.
• Prepare a requirements list, as described above.
• Collect Cover Page One, Cover Page Two, Cover Page Three, the proposal, the Advance Program description, the extended abstract, and the requirements list, in the order given, in a packet. Make 9 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.
• Send the 9 copies of your submission packet and the disk with the Advance Program description to the Send To address shown.
• You may include a stamped, self-addressed reply postcard which we will mail to acknowledge receipt of your submission.