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
5/23
Introduction, demographic survey

01-Intro.pdf

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2
Tue
5/24
Process: Life Cycle, Systems Analysis
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1 & 4
Project teams assigned
3
Wed
5/25
Product concept statement, Systems Analysis, exercises
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5
 
4
Thu
5/26
Systems Analysis, exercises
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Homework 1 due
5
Fri
5/27
Systems Analysis, exercises
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Project 1: Topic, Client, and Product Concept Statement
 
Mon
5/30
Memorial day: No class
6
Tue
5/31
Scenarios & Screen Design
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5
 
7
Wed
6/1
Scenarios & Screen Design show and tell
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Project 2: Systems Analysis
8
Thu
6/2
Scenarios & Screen Design exercises
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9
Fri
6/3
Benchmark Tasks, Usability Specifications, exercises
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8
 
10
Mon
6/6
Rapid Prototyping
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9
Review 1
11
Tue
6/7
Rapid Prototyping, exercises
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Project 3: Scenarios, Screen Design, and Early Prototype
12
Wed
6/8
Usability evaluation (Intro), Usability evaluation (Before data collection)
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10
 
13
Thu
6/9
Usability evaluation (During data collection), critical incident exercises

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14
Fri
6/10
Midterm
15
Mon
6/13
Usability evaluation (During data collection): in-class demo

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Homework 2 due (in class activity)
16
Tue
6/14
Usability evaluation (During data collection): in-class exercise
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Project 4: High-Fidelity Prototype and Usability Specifications
17
Wed
6/15

Usability evaluation (After data collection)

In-class prototype and evaluation show and tell

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18
Thu
6/16

Usability evaluation (After data collection): team exercise

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19
Fri
6/17
Product: design guidelines

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 2
 Review 2
20
Mon
6/20
Design guidelines
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21
Tue
6/21
Design guidelines
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 Project 5: Formative Usability Evaluation
22
Wed
6/22
Web usability
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23
Thu
6/23

Design guidelines: exercises

Usability Inspection

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24
Fri
6/24
Other topics
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25
Mon
6/27
Wrap up
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26
Tue
6/28
Team presentations
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 Homework 3 due

Project 6: Oral Presentations (Teams 1, 2, 3)

27
Wed
6/29
Team presentations
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Project 6: Oral Presentations (Teams 4, 5, 6)
28
Thu
6/30
Recap for final and Faculty evaluation (attendance required)
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 12

 Project 7: Team Member Evaluations

All extra credit forms due

Sat, 2rd July
Final Exam