Spring 2016 Schedule

# | day | date | topic ⇒ deliverable (if any)

Introduction Sessions

  01 | Tue | 12 Jan | intro

  02 | Thu | 14 Jan | the process of design

  03 | Tue | 19 Jan | design in the real world

 

Sessions on the Users

  04 | Thu | 21 Jan | understanding the user

  05 | Tue | 26 Jan | developing the user profile(s)

  06 | Thu | 28 Jan | theory & practice - the reality of users

  07 | Tue | 02 Feb | review of our user analyses

Assignment 01 | users due by 2359 on Monday, 01 Feb 2016


Sessions on the Tasks

  08 | Thu | 04 Feb | understanding the user's task

  09 | Tue | 09 Feb | documenting the task

  10 | Thu | 11 Feb | methods in context

  11 | Tue | 16 Feb | understanding the task environment

  12 | Thu | 18 Feb | information architectures

  13 | Tue | 23 Feb | methods to map information

  14 | Thu | 25 Feb | from analysis to design requirements

Assignment 02 | tasks due by 2359 on Monday, 29 Feb 2016


Sessions on Developing the Design

  15 | Tue | 01 Mar | design tools

  16 | Thu | 03 Mar | theory & practice - designing in a particular context

  17 | Tue | 08 Mar | visual design principles

  18 | Thu | 10 Mar | design thinking

  ---- | Tue | 15 Mar | Spring Break ⇒ be safe

  ---- | Thu | 17 Mar | Spring Break ⇒ be safe

  19 | Tue | 22 Mar | affordances, conventions, errors

  20 | Thu | 24 Mar | aesthetics

  21 | Tue | 29 Mar | theory & practice - design thinking

  22 | Thu | 31 Mar | documenting the design

Assignment 03 | design decisions due by 2359 on Monday, 04 Apr 2016


Presenting the Design

  23 | Tue | 05 Apr | prototyping

  24 | Thu | 07 Apr | prototype demos

Assignment 04 | graphical overview due by 2359 on Monday, 11 Apr 2016


Sessions on Evaluation

  25 | Tue | 12 Apr | evaluation framework

  28 | Thu | 14 Apr | theory and practice - enterprise design

  26 | Tue | 19 Apr | evaluation testing

  27 | Thu | 21 Apr | evaluation analytics

Assignment 05 | usability inspection due by 2359 on Wed, 20 Apr 2016


Wrap up Sessions

  29 | Tue | 26 Apr | course review & evaluation

Assignment 06 | inspection response due by 1100, Tuesday, 03 May 2016