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Schedule Overview

Course Schedule

Week

Topic

Req. Readings

Lecture Materials

Tech Talk

Assignments Due

Discussion
Week 1 - August 25th Course Overview & Heuristic Evaluation
  • None
  • Firebase - Prof. Moran
    		•  None D-1: Introduce Yourself!
    Week 2 - September 1st Human Cognition
    • Norman, Chapter 1: The Psychopathology of Everyday Things
    • Norman, Chapter 2: The Psychology of Everyday Actions
  • V2S - Prof. Moran
    • (Tech Talk Signup Due)    		 Project Checkpoint 0 D-2: Software Affordances & Signifiers
    Week 3 - September 8th User Centered Design
    • Norman, Chapter 6: Design Thinking
    • None
    		 None D-3: User-Centered Observation
    Week 4 - September 15th Contextual Inquiry Project Checkpoint 1 D-4: Contextual Inquiry Challenges
    Week 5 - September 22nd Sketching and Prototyping Project Checkpoint 2 D-5: Creative Strategies
    Week 6 - September 29th Think-aloud Usability Evaluations
    • Krug, Chapter 9, Usability Testing on 10 cents a Day
    		 Project Checkpoint 3 D-6: Midterm Review
    Week 7 - October 6th
    Midterm Exam
    Week 8 - October 13th
    (Async - No class meeting)    		 Site Design
    • Krug, Chapter 6, Street Signs and Breadcrumbs
    • Krug, Chapter 7, The Big Bang Theory of Web Design
    • None
    		 None D-8: Evaluating Site Design
    Week 9 - October 20th Interaction Techniques
    • Krug, Chapter 10, Mobile: It's not just a city in Alabama anymore
    • Krug, Chapter 11, Usability as common courtesy
    • Krug, Chapter 12, Accessibility and you
    		 Project Checkpoint 4 D-9: Evaluating Universal Design
    Week 10 - October 27th Preventing Error
    • Norman, Chapter 5, Human Error? No, Bad Design
    		 Project Checkpoint 5 D-10: Unsafe Acts
    Week 11 - November 3rd
    No Class - Election Day
    Week 12 - November 10th Visual Design None
    Week 13 - November 17th Information Visualization Project Checkpoint 6 D-13: Distorted Visualizations
    Week 14 - November 24th Community Design
  • Slides
  • Video
    		•  Project Checkpoint 7 None
    Week 15 - December 1st Review & Project Presentations
    • None
  • Slides
  • Video
    		•
    • None
    		 Final Project Presentation D-15: Final Exam Review
    Week 16 - December 15th
    Final Exam

    Note that this schedule is subject to change throughout the course of the semester. Any changes will be announced on Piazza.