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Week 1 08/26 |
Syllabus Introduction to UX Project Introduction UX and Software Eng. UX Life Cycle |
Ch 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Project startup - brainstorm project ideas and problem selection, plan project logistics |
Project teams, project startup Project Description Project Status Report Template Project Grading Rubric Project Startup Template |
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Week 2 09/02 |
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: 3rd class meeting of the week.
Recruit four users for contextual inquiry and later usability testing Interactive Design Requirements Template |
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Week 3 09/09 |
Contextual Analysis (cont) UX Design and Critique Design Requirements |
Ch 9, 10 | Work roles and work flow Work Activity Notes WAAD |
#1 Contextual Inquiry and Analysis. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 4 09/16 |
Design Modeling | Ch 12 | WAAD (cont) Requirements extraction Social model HTA and usage scenario modeling |
#2 WAAD Diagram
and Requirements. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week. |
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Week 5 09/23 |
Design Thinking Conceptual Design |
Ch 13, 14, 15 | Design modeling (cont) Construct a persona Ideation, Sketches, Storyboarding |
#3 Design Models. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week.
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Week 6 09/30 |
Design Production Prototyping |
Ch 20 | Ideation,
Sketches, Storyboarding (cont) Intermediate design |
UX Design and Critique: Initial Design. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 7 10/07 |
Evaluation Introduction Cognitive Walkthrough Exam 1 10/07 |
Ch 21-25 | Cognitive Walkthrough Worksheet Project Cognitive Walkthrough |
#4 Conceptual and Intermediate Design. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week. Interactive Design Template |
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Week 8 10/14 Fall Break - Oct 14 -No Class |
Affordances |
Ch 30-33 | Affordances |
Mid-Term Team Peer Review: Find link in myCourses Cog. Walk. report. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week. Mid-Term Project Presentations (Wed/Fri) |
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Week 9 10/21 |
Design Guidelines |
Design Patterns |
Design Principles
and Guidelines |
UX Design and Critique
and Template Case Studies UX Design and Critique 'Rubric' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 10 10/28 |
Design Guidelines (cont) Heuristic Evaluation |
Ten Usability Heuristics Platform Design Guidelines |
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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Week 11 11/04 |
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 UX Design and Critique: Critique and Refinement. Due: 3rd class meeting of the week #7a Test Plan. Due: 3rd meeting of the week. |
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Week 12 11/11 |
Color Icons Text Grouping |
Information Visualization |
Color-Icon-Text-Grouping |
#7b Programmed Prototype (beta). Due: 3rd class meeting of the week. Begin user testing |
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Week 13 11/18 |
Universal Usability Exam 2 Nov 22 |
Continue user testing |
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Week 14 11/25 |
Internationalization |
See myCourses: Readings: Cultural factors, videos Non-Traditional Interfaces Principles of Universal Design W3 Web Accessibility |
Universal Usability |
#8a Raw Test Results, Consent Forms. Due: 1st class meeting of the week. |
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Week 15 12/02 12/09 |
Project Presentations Course Review and Reflection | #8b Data Analysis. Due 1st class meeting of the week. #9 Presentation, Final Prototype. Due: 1st class meeting of the week.Final Team peer review |
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Final Exam : Usually take-home |