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

Assignment 06 | response to that inspection due by 1100, Friday, 01 May 2015