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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 |
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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 |
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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' |
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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. |
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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 |
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6 09/27 |
Design Production Prototyping |
Ch 20 | Ideation,
Sketches, Storyboarding (cont) Intermediate design |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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14 11/22 |
Project Presentations |
#9 Presentation, Final Prototype. Due: 1st class meeting of the week. Final Team peer review (11/22) |
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15 11/29 |
Course Review and Reflection | |
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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. |