Class Schedule (Check myCourses for exact due dates)

Week Topics Readings (1st Edition) Activity* Project Deliverables*
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
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
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.




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.

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
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)
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

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.

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
Week 13
11/18


Universal Usability

Exam 2 Nov 22
Continue user testing
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.
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
Final Exam : Usually take-home