Class Schedule (Check myCourses for exact due dates)

Week Topics Readings Activity* Project Deliverables*
1
08/23


Syllabus

Introduction to UX

Project Introduction

UX and Software Eng.


UX Life Cycle


Ch 1,2,3,4,5,6 Brainstorm project ideas and problem selection

Practice Web App
Project teams, project startup

Project Description: see myCourses for the Google spreadsheet link

Project Status Report Template

Project Grading Rubric
2

08/30

Contextual Inquiry

Contextual Analysis
Ch 7,8 Write a system concept statement and then conduct interviews #0 Project selection, set up team status report tool. Due: 1st class meeting of the week.
Recruit four users for contextual inquiry and later usability testing

Interactive Design Requirements Template
3

09/06
Contextual Analysis (cont)

UX Critique

Design Requirements
Ch 9, 10 Work roles and work flow

Work Activity Notes

WAAD


#1 Contextual Inquiry and Analysis. Due: 2nd class meeting of the week.

UX Critique and Template
UX Critique Selection
Review UX Critique 'Rubric'
4

09/13
Design Modeling Ch 12 WAAD (cont)

Requirements extraction

Social model 

HTA modeling
#2 WAAD Diagram and Requirements. Due: 2nd class meeting of the week.




5

09/20

Design Thinking

Conceptual Design

Ch 13, 14, 15 Design modeling (cont)

Construct a persona

Ideation, Sketches, Storyboarding 
#3 Design Models. Due: 2nd class meeting of the week.

UX Critique proposal/ selection. Due: 2nd class meeting of the week.

Practice Web App
(Last class of the week)
Practice Web App Rubric
6

09/27

Design Production

Prototyping
Ch 20 Ideation, Sketches, Storyboarding (cont)

Intermediate design



7

10/04



Exam 1 (10/04/2021 Monday)

Evaluation Introduction

Cognitive Walkthrough
Ch 21-25 Cognitive Walkthrough Worksheet

Project Cognitive Walkthrough

#4 Conceptual and Intermediate Design. Due: last class meeting of the week.

Interactive Design Template
8

10/11


Affordances
Ch 30-33

Mid-Semester Project Presentations (W/F)


Mid Term Team Peer Review (10/11): Check your team link in myCourses

UX Critique: Feature Selections. Due: Last class meeting of the week
9

10/18

Design Guidelines

Design Patterns
Design Principles and Guidelines 
Cog. Walk. report. Due: 2nd class meeting of the week.
10

10/25
Design Guidelines (cont)

Heuristic Evaluation
Ten Usability Heuristics

Web, Mobile, Responsive Design
Practice Heuristic Evaluation

#5 Detailed Design. Due: 1st class meeting of the week

Recruit four more users for usability testing

Heuristic Evaluation Worksheet

11

11/01
Usability Testing

Evaluation Analysis and Reporting
Descriptive and Inferential Methods
Quantitative Data Analysis


#6 Heuristic Evaluation Notes. Due 1st class meeting of the week.

Test Plan Template

Informed Consent Form: Download from myCourses for your section

#7a
Programmed Prototype (beta). Due: Last class meeting of the week.
12

11/08
Color

Icons

Text

Grouping



Information Visualization


Color-Icon-Text-Grouping 
Begin user testing

#7b  Test Plan. Due: 2nd class meeting of the week.

13

11/15
Exam 2  (11/15/2021; Monday)
 

Universal Usability

Internationalization

See myCourses:
Readings: Cultural factors,  videos

Non-Traditional Interfaces

Principles of Universal Design
 
W3 Web Accessibility

Continue user testing

#8 Raw Test Results, Consent Forms, Data Analysis. Due: last class meeting of the week.


UX Critique: Critique and Improvements. Due: Last class meeting of the week.
14

11/22





Project Presentations


#9 Presentation, Final Prototype. Due: 1st class meeting of the week.

Final Team peer review (11/22)
15

11/29
Course Review and Reflection


Final Exam:12/8/2021 from 1:30 to 4:00 PM. It will be on-line.

* Dropbox submissions are due at class time on the due date unless otherwise indicated by the instructor.