Informatics 134: User Interaction Software

Winter 2011

Department of Informatics

Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

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Week 1: Brainstorming

Tuesday (Class 1) (01/04):

Learning Objective: Learn about the course

Due Today:

Introduction

Intermission:

Topics:

Thursday (Class 2) (01/06):

Learning Objective: Meet each other and think about the design process and how we are going to follow it

Due Today:

Chapter 5

Assignment #1

Intermission:

None

Topics:

Week 2: Stakeholder Analysis

Tuesday (Class 3) (01/11):

Learning Objective: To consider ethical treatment of participants and practice understanding stakeholders.

Due Today:

How do you design?

Quiz on 5

Intermission:

 

Topics:

Slides on Stakeholders (mov,pdf)

In Class Notes

Thursday (Class 4) (01/13):

Learning Objective: To think update "Hunger" broadly, to form groups for our projects, to pick a topic to paper prototype.

Topics:

Slides on Brainstorming (mov,pdf)

Outcome of Brainstorming (jpg)

In Class Notes

Week 3: Paper Prototyping

Tuesday (Class 5) (01/18):

Learning Objective: To learn about the value of interactive paper interfaces

Due Today:

Quiz on Week 2 Reading

Topics:

Slides on Sketching (mov,pdf)

in Class Notes

Thursday (Class 6) (01/20):

Learning Objective: To practice evaluating interactive paper interfaces

Topics:

In Class Exercise on Rapid Prototyping

Photos:
photo

Persona (pdf 1, pdf 2)

Scenarios (pdf)

Week 4: Paper Prototyping/Storyboarding

Tuesday (Class 7) (01/25):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Choice of what system your group is designing (guidance)

Topics:

In Class Notes

Prepare a persona for your group project

Prepare a paper storyboard for your group project.

Prepare a paper interface for your group project.

Thursday (Class 8) (01/27):

Learning Objective:

To gain experience running a paper prototyping session.

To practice critiquing designs.

To practive incorporating feedback into designs.

Due Today:

Paper Prototype

Topics:

In Class Notes

Photos

Run your paper interface on the other groups. Switch try again.

 

Week 5:Paper Prototyping/Storyboarding

Tuesday (Class 9) (02/01):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Storyboard animation presentation

Assignment #3

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

Assignment #3 presentations

Thursday (Class 10) (02/03):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

 

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

Quiz on K-Sketch and Prototyping for tiny fingers.

Revisit the rest of the class

I need the stuff from Assignment #3

Week 6: Field Work / Revisiting User Research

Tuesday (Class 11) (02/08):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Field Work

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

No class meeting

Thursday (Class 12) (02/10):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Design Notebook (6/10)

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

No class meeting

Week 7: Contextual Inquiry Analysis

Tuesday (Class 13) (02/15):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Assignment #4 (Contextual Inquiry)

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

in 5011

Analyze your data.

Task Analysis

Context Analysis

User Analysis

In Class Notes

Slides (pdf,mov)

Thursday (Class 14) (02/17):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

 

Kick-off:

Video (Stanford)

Video (IXDA)

Topics:

in 5011

Analyze your data.

Task Analysis

Context Analysis

User Analysis

 

In class assignment notes

Week 8: Expert Review

Tuesday (Class 15) (02/22):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Present at least 3 options for interventions to Lynn and Don privately. Grade

in 5082

(sign ups)

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

 

Thursday (Class 16) (02/24):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Present at least 3 options for interventions to Lynn and Don privately. Grade

in 5082

(sign ups)

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

 

Week 9: Preparing for Medium Fidelty Storyboarding

Tuesday (Class 17) (03/01):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Work on paper prototypes in class

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

 

Thursday (Class 18) (03/03):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Rundown of professional software that is out there for UX/UI design

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

 

Week 10: Final Presentations and Critique

Tuesday (Class 19) (03/08):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Final / Medium Fi Presentation Grade

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

 

Thursday (Class 20) (03/10):

Learning Objective:

Due Today:

Final / Medium Fi Presentation

Kick-off:

 

Topics:

 

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Finals Week:

Tuesday (03/15):

Finals Slot: 8am -10am

No final exam

Thursday (03/17):

Final Medium Fi Prototype is due.

Dropbox is here.

It is due on Thursday night/Friday morning at midnight.

 

I need something that is clickable to evaluate. So you can turn in a zip file of Balsalmiq views, or a powerpoint deck, or a link to something else. All I'm requiring is that you turn in the protoype, but it would help me if you could turn in a link to a short video or a short document which helps me to understand what you were thinking so that I can understand why you ended up focussing on what you did. This would be especially helpful if the *full* version of your application would end up being a very large system. Something like a quick walk through would be helpful.

 

   

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