Schedule
| Week and project work topic | Monday 9-12 | * | Friday 9-12 | Friday 13-15 |
| #1 (28 Oct): Sketching |
Course basics Group creation Introduction to the project Sketching, part 1 Doing background research in this course Lecture slides |
T | "Silver bullets" of design: Gestalt laws Affordances Mental models Standards and conventions Design heuristics Multiple resources theory Lecture slides |
Project crit: Sketches |
| #2 (4 Nov): UCD methods for detailed sketching |
Use cases and user stories Interaction paths Navigation charts / sitemaps Design patterns Lecture slides |
T | Different forms of evaluation Introspective evaluation through design Evaluation without users against guidelines Evaluation with users Lecture slides |
Project crit: Detailed sketches |
| #3 (11 Nov): Evaluation of IxD |
Detailed IX design Lecture slides | T | Evaluation with users, part 2: Description of what Week 4 will be about Deliverables Basic structure of your next week’s test process How to start a usability test What to measure during interactive parts What to ask in an interview What users to recruit Lecture slides |
Project crit: Use scenario and a UI demo |
| #4 (18 Nov): IxD tools |
Evaluation with users, part 3: Triangulation Tips on how to interact with users |
T | Exporting the project from the tool to HTML Getting started with IX programming for web |
IX programming with JavaScript and JQuery UI |
| #5 (25 Nov): Ix prototyping |
NEW TIME: Project crit: interactive demos | T | More about IX programming | Guest lecture? |
| #6 (2 Dec): Project demos |
Demo session Recap on course's learning goals |
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