Note: This schedule will be modified throughout the semester!!
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You've probably heard the saying that to someone with a hammer in his hand, all problems look like nails. - Morville |
21Course Overviews Introductions Info Basics – DIKW Saffer: p 60-68 First Principles of Interaction Design by Bruce Tognazzini Project: analysis and ia proposal for a small museum’s web site.: Museum guidelines |
22IA Overview Info architecture overview User Interface Design Revenge of the Librarians - Peter Morville PB (Polar Bear Book)- Ch 1: Defining Information Architecture PB - Ch 2: Practicing Information Architecture Gillian Crampton Smith - video |
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25IA Overview Saffer- Chapter 3- Interaction Design Basics PB- Chapter 3 - User Needs & Behaviors First Rule of Usability? Don't Listen to Users by Jakob Nielsen Client survey from Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works by Goto & Cotler |
26Users & Usage Saffer - Chapters 1 & 2: Four approaches to design Experience IS the Product... by Peter Merholz User Centered Design Process Diagram by Tom Dell’Aringa |
27Design Research Saffer- ch4- Design Research and Brainstorming IA Classics Tools of the Trade in Comic Book Form by Dan Willis Competitive analysis- part 1 and part 2 by Dan Brown Assignment: Competitive Analysis (.doc format or PDF) examples : |
28 in-class labWebsite inventory Using Visio Rec reading (not req’d):
assignment: Website Inventory content inventory template (34K Excel file)
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29Users & Usage PB - Chapter 10 – Research 1994 Design of SunWeb - Sun Microsystems' Intranet by Jakob Nielsen and Darrel Sano Assignment: Creative Brief Assignment: Persona Creation
“Research benefits architecture most when it seeks to define the problem we must solve. Research benefits architecture least -- and can actually produce bad results -- when it seeks to define the solution itself.” Jesse James Garrett |
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2Users & Usage Don’t Make Me Think - Chapter 2: How we really use the Web by Steve Krug PB- Chapter 4- Anatomy of an IA |
3Organization Systems PB– ch 5 – Organization Systems
resource: taxonomy warehouse
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4HOLIDAY!!!
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5 Lab DayInterface Design Basics Saffer – Chapter 6 Gestalt Design Basics lab exercise
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6Labeling Systems PB– ch 6 –Labeling Systems Creating a Controlled Vocabulary by Leise, Fast and Steckel Mid-term review: Print and submit to instructor the following:
report: Krug |
9Info Structures Controlled vocabularies to ontologies - varieties of classification
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10Activity centered design
Card sorting: a definitive guide by Donna Maurer and Todd Warfe assignment: card sorting report: Norman
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11Wireframes Saffer- ch 5, esp p104-108; Task Analysis Human-Centered Design Considered Harmful by Don Norman Logic Versus Usage: The Case for Activity-Centered Design by Don Norman assignment: Transfer vocabulary to cards report: Wurman |
12 Lab DayInterface Design Basics Saffer – Chapter 6 Wireframes: templates for deliverables lab exercise - assignment: page layout
report: Wodtke |
13Cardsorting Practice Evaluating Museum Websites using Design Patterns pages 7-19. (pdf ) by Martijn van Welie assignment: Bring your prepared card sort sets. We will divide into five groups and take turns doing card sorting.
report: Tufte |
16Navigation Systems PB – ch 7 – Navigation Systems
assignment: summarize your card sorting findings report: Cooper |
17Deliverables Site Maps
report: Alexander |
18Deliverables PB – ch 12 – Design and Documentation Wodtke on site maps and Wireframes assignment: wireframes report: Johnson |
19 Lab DayInterface Design Basics Saffer – Chapter 6 work on site plan and wireframe report: Garrett |
20 Lab DayPrototypes Saffer- p 109-119 First Principles of Interaction Design by Bruce Tognazzini
report: Merholz |
23 Wrap UpConclusions or an attempt at summary
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24 Bye NowPresentations |
Due on July 24: 1 set, printed, stapled copies for the instructor (non returnable) of all assignments:
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assignment: Begin sketching (use pencil or software) a revised page layout for your site.