Spring 2013 Schedule

Introduction sessions

# date day topic deliverable (if any)
01 09 Jan Wed intro
02 14 Jan Mon The process of design

Sessions on Users, their Tasks, and the Context of those Tasks

# date day topic deliverable (if any)
03 16 Jan Wed cognition: how people understand systems
*** 21 Jan Mon Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday do something useful for your community
04 23 Jan Wed developing the user profile(s) read assignment 01
05 28 Jan Mon understanding the user's task work on user analysis draft
06 30 Jan Wed documenting the task
07 04 Feb Mon theory & practice
08 06 Feb Wed context & errors in performing the task assignment 01 due
09 11 Feb Mon the user experience read assignment 02
10 13 Feb Wed plan to discuss your users,
their tasks,
and their task environments with the class
work on task analysis draft
11 18 Feb Mon information architecture we'll start with
the rest of the projects
we missed last time

Sessions on Developing a Design

# date day topic deliverable (if any)
12 20 Feb Wed visual design principles
13 25 Feb Mon theory & practice assignment 02 due
14 27 Feb Wed from analysis to design requirements read assignment 03
15 04 Mar Mon documenting design decisions work on design decisions draft
16 06 Mar Wed mid-course review assignment 03 due
*** 09 Mar Sat start Spring Recess be safe
*** 17 Mar Sun return from Spring Recess continue as above
17 18 Mar Mon prototyping; documenting the design read assignment 04
18 20 Mar Wed theory & practice work on system description
19 25 Mar Mon prototype demos 01
20 27 Mar Wed prototype demos 02
21 01 Apr Mon prototype demos 03
22 03 Apr Wed final prototypes & card sorting exercise

Sessions on Evaluating a Design

# date day topic deliverable (if any)
23 08 Apr Mon usability overview & inspection methods assignment 04 due & read assignment 05a
24 10 Apr Wed usability testing: study design work on usability inspection
25 15 Apr Mon usability testing: study implementation
26 17 Apr Wed theory & practice: sas assignment 05a due & work on 05b
27 22 Apr Mon theory & practice: sas assignment 05b due & read assignment 6
28 24 Apr Wed course review & evaluation work on usability test plan

Final Exam/Assignment

due 06 May Mon 0800-1100 assignment 06 due