I'm happy to let you know that a few friends and I (Marti Hearst from UC Berkeley, Merrie Morris of Microsoft Research, Ed Chi from Google, and Jaime Teevan, also of Microsoft Research) are teaching at half-day course at #CHI2015 during the afternoon of Monday, April 20th, 2015. Please see the web site: http://chi2015.acm.org/program/courses/#C05 WHAT THE COURSE IS ABOUT: Modern user interfaces often contain a search or find UI component so the user can search for content in the context of the application. While there are common practices, what actually works best in these situations? What kinds of search tasks are the users actually trying to accomplish when they do a search? In this course, we’ll review the search and findability issues that users confront in the course of their tasks, and ways in which information can be found. We’ll also discuss the ways in which users seek information in social settings. You will learn several key design principles for creating your own search interfaces, as well as coming to understand what is driving people to search. Hope to see you there! -- Dan, Marti, Merrie, Ed, and Jaime -- Daniel M. Russell Google Search Quality & User Happiness --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------