Spring 2015 Schedule
# | day | date | topic ⇒ deliverable (if any)
Introduction Sessions
01 | Thu | 08 Jan | intro
02 | Tue | 13 Jan | the process of design ⇒ in Manning 014 from now on
03 | Thu | 15 Jan | design in the real world
---- | Mon | 19 Jan | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday ⇒ do something with your community
Sessions on the Users
04 | Tue | 20 Jan | understanding the user
05 | Thu | 22 Jan | developing the user profile(s)
06 | Tue | 27 Jan | theory & practice - guest speaker
Assignment 01 | users due by 2359, Monday, 02 Feb 2015
Sessions on the Tasks
07 | Thu | 29 Jan | understanding the user's task
08 | Tue | 03 Feb | documenting the task
09 | Thu | 05 Feb | methods in context
10 | Tue | 10 Feb | from analysis to design requirements
11 | Thu | 12 Feb | theory & practice - guest speaker
---- | Tue | 17 Feb | weather cancellation
12 | Thu | 19 Feb | information architectures
13 | Tue | 24 Feb | methods to map information
---- | Thu | 26 Feb | weather cancellation
14 | Tue | 03 Mar | affordances, conventions, errors
Assignment 02 | tasks due by 2359, Wednesday, 04 Mar 2015
Sessions on Developing the Design
15 | Thu | 05 Mar | visual design principles
---- | Fri | 06 Mar | start Spring Recess ⇒ be safe
---- | Mon | 16 Mar | return from Spring Recess ⇒ continue as above
16 | Tue | 17 Mar | theory & practice - guest speaker
17 | Thu | 19 Mar | theory & practice - guest speaker
18 | Tue | 24 Mar | aesthetics
19 | Thu | 26 Mar | documenting the design
20 | Tue | 31 Mar | prototyping
Assignment 03 | design decisions due by 2359, Wednesday, 01 Apr 2015
Presenting the Design
21 | Thu | 02 Apr | prototype demos 01
22 | Tue | 07 Apr | prototype demos 02
Assignment 04 | graphical overview due by 2359, Wednesday, 08 Apr 2015
Sessions on Evaluation
23 | Thu | 09 Apr | evaluation framework
24 | Tue | 14 Apr | evaluation testing
Assignment 05 | usability inspection due by 2359, Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015
Wrap up Sessions
25 | Thu | 16 Apr | coordinating our presentation plans
26 | Tue | 21 Apr | planning a design presentation
27 | Thu | 23 Apr | more presentation preps; course review & evaluation