| Description: |
This course will introduce central concepts in usability engineering, testing, and evaluation.
These include: UX lifecycle, interaction models, contextual inquiry, modeling and task analysis,
rapid evaluation and inspection techniques, UX goals and metrics, formal and informal evaluation
techniques, usability moderation, test plans, testing environments, analysis, and reporting.
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| Room/Time: |
Manning 117: Tuesdays, 2:00pm - 4:45pm
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| Instructor: |
Rob Capra, r<lastname> at unc dot edu
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| Office hours: |
Manning 210:
Wednesdays, 1:30pm-2:30pm,
Thursdays, 11:00am-12noon,
and by appointment
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| Teaching Asst: |
Anita Crescenzi
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| Textbooks: |
Hartson & Pyla,
The UX Book, Morgan Kaufmann
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Rubin & Chisnell,
Handbook of Usability Testing, Wiley
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Tullis & Albert (optional readings),
Measuring the User Experience, Morgan Kaufmann
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| Policies: |
inls690_fall2013_coursepolicies.pdf
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| Schedule: |
The following schedule is subject to change:
(below, UXB denotes a reading in Hartson & Pyla; HUT in Rubin & Chisnell; MUE in Tullis & Albert)
| Lecture |
Date |
Topic(s) |
Readings |
Assigned |
Due |
| 1 |
20-Aug |
Introduction |
HUT Ch1;
UXB Ch20,22 |
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| 2 |
27-Aug |
UX Lifecycle
Overview of CI
Overview of CA
Ex: Sakai CI |
UXB Ch2,3,4 |
P1 User & Goals |
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| 3 |
03-Sept |
Requirements
Modeling
Ex: HTA
Cognitive Walkthrough |
UXB Ch5,6 |
UX Tip |
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| 4 |
10-Sept |
Rapid Evaluation Methods |
UXB Ch13 |
P2 HTA/CW
Ex1
Ex2 |
P1 User & Goals |
| 5 |
17-Sept |
UX Goals, Metrics, Targets |
UXB Ch10, MUE |
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| 6 |
24-Sept |
UX Evaluation Introduction |
UXB Ch12;
HUT Ch3 |
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P2 HTA/CW |
| 7 |
01-Oct |
Evaluation preparation
Test Plans, Participants, Materials |
UXB Ch14;
HUT Ch5,7,8 |
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| 8 |
08-Oct |
Moderator skills |
HUT Ch6,4 |
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| 9 |
15-Oct |
Running studies
Debriefing |
UXB Ch15;
HUT Ch9,10 |
P3 Test plan |
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| 10 |
22-Oct |
Analysis |
UXB Ch16;
HUT Ch11; MUE |
Individual Heuristic Evaluation |
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| 11 |
29-Oct |
Evaluation Reporting |
UXB Ch17;
HUT Ch12 |
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| 12 |
05-Nov |
NO CLASS |
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P3 Test plan |
| 13 |
12-Nov |
Analysis, part 2 |
UXB Ch21 |
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| 14 |
19-Nov |
Analyzing participant comments |
UXB Ch22 |
P4 Final report
P5 Final presentation |
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| 15 |
26-Nov |
Prototyping |
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Individual Heuristic Evaluation |
| 16 |
03-Dec |
GROUP PRESENTATIONS |
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P5 Final presentation |
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07-Dec |
Final reports due -- 12noon |
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P4 Final report |
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