Course Outline, Class Notes Links, and Assignment Due-Date Calendar

Project assignments, with appropriate deliverables and dates for their completion are given below. These dates are firm, with at least the up-front expectation that there will be no extensions or exceptions. It is nearly impossible to slip dates and still get it all done in the semester.

Lecture #
Day
Date
Topic
Class notes
Text chapters
Project assignment/ due date
1
Mon
5/24
 Introduction, demographic survey
-
  
2
Tue
5/25
 Process: Life Cycle, Systems Analysis
1 & 4
 Project teams assigned
3
Wed
5/26
 Product concept statement, Systems Analysis, exercises
-
5
  
4
Thu
5/27
 Systems Analysis, exercises
-
-
 Homework 1 due
5
Fri
5/28
 Systems Analysis, exercises
-
-
 Project 1: Topic, Client, and Product Concept Statement
 
Mon
5/31
Memorial day: No class
6
Tue
6/1
 Scenarios & Screen Design
5
  
7
Wed
6/2
 Scenarios & Screen Design show and tell
-
-
 Project 2: Systems Analysis
8
Thu
6/3
 Scenarios & Screen Design exercises
-
-
  
9
Fri
6/4
 Benchmark Tasks, Usability Specifications, exercises
8
  
10
Mon
6/7
 Rapid Prototyping
06-RP.pdf
9
 Review 1
11
Tue
6/8
 Rapid Prototyping, exercises
-
-
 Project 3: Scenarios, Screen Design, and Early Prototype
12
Wed
6/9
 Usability evaluation (Intro), Usability evaluation (Before data collection)
07-Eval intro.pdf,
08-Eval before.pdf
10
  
13
Thu
6/10
 Usability evaluation (During data collection), critical incident exercises

09-Eval during.pdf

Critical incident training

avi files
-
 Homework 2 due (in class activity)
14
Fri
6/11
Midterm
15
Mon
6/14
 Usability evaluation (During data collection): in-class demo
-
-
 Project 4: High-Fidelity Prototype and Usability Specifications
16
Tue
6/15
 Usability evaluation (After data collection)
10-Eval after.pdf
-
  
17
Wed
6/16
 Usability evaluation (During data collection): team exercise
-
-
  
18
Thu
6/17

Usability evaluation (After data collection): team exercise

In-class prototype and evaluation show and tell
-
-
 Review 2
19
Fri
6/18
 Product: design guidelines

11-guidelines.pdf

Affordances paper
 2
  
20
Mon
6/21
 Design guidelines
-
 -
 Project 5: Formative Usability Evaluation
21
Tue
6/22
 Design guidelines: exercises
12-guide exer.pdf
 -
  
22
Wed
6/23
 Usability Inspection, Web usability
13-usab inspn.pdf,
14-Web usab.pdf
 -
  
23
Thu
6/24
 Web usability
-
 -
  
24
Fri
6/25
 Other topics
-
 -
  Homework 3 due
25
Mon
6/28
 Wrap up
15-wrap up.pdf
 -
  
26
Tue
6/29
 Team presentations
-
 -
 Project 6: Oral Presentations (Teams 1, 2, 3)
27
Wed
6/30
 Team presentations
-
 -
 Project 6: Oral Presentations (Teams 4, 5, 6)
28
Thu
7/1
 Recap for final and Faculty evaluation (attendance required)
-
 12

 Project 7: Team Member Evaluations

All extra credit forms due
Sat, 3rd July
Final Exam