Schedule of sessions

The current session | Course review & evaluation

Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Topic ⇒ Introduction sessions
Monday
11 Jan 2010		 INLS718.01 intro session
Wednesday
13 Jan 2010		 INLS718.02 The process of design
Monday
18 Jan 2010		 No class Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday
Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Topic ⇒ Learning about Users, their Tasks, and the Context of those Tasks Sessions
Wednesday
20 Jan 2010		 INLS718.03 Cognition: How people understand systems
Monday
25 Jan 2010		 Assignment 01: User Analysis INLS718.04 Developing the user profile(s)
Wednesday
27 Jan 2010		 User Analysis draft INLS718.05 Understanding the user's task
Monday
01 Feb 2010		 User Analysis draft INLS718.06 Documenting the task
Wednesday
03 Feb 2010		 User Analysis draft INLS718.07 Case study: Theory & practice in the re-design of the SILS website
Monday
08 Feb 2010		 Assignment 01 due; start
Assignment 02: Task Analysis		 INLS718.08 Documenting the task;context of the task; errors in performing the task
Wednesday
10 Feb 2010		 Assignment 02: Task Analysis INLS718.09 The user experience
Monday
15 Feb 2010		 Task Analysis draft INLS718.10 Task genres of special interest
Wednesday
17 Feb 2010		 Task Analysis draft INLS718.11 The content/meaning associated with the task: information architecture
Monday
22 Feb 2010		 Task Analysis draft INLS718.12 Case study: The role of information architecture in the re-design of the UNC website
Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Topic ⇒ Developing a Design Sessions
Wednesday
24 Feb 2010		 Assignment 02 due; start
Assignment 03: Design Decisions		 INLS718.13 Visual design principles
Monday
01 Mar 2010		 Assignment 03: Design Decisions INLS718.14 From analysis to design requirements
Wednesday
03 Mar 2010		 Design Decisions draft INLS718.15 Documenting your design decisions
Date ⇓ Spring Recess
Monday
08 Mar 2010		 be safe no class Spring Recess
Wednesday
10 Mar 2010		 be safe no class Spring Recess
Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Topic ⇒ Mid-course review
Monday
15 Mar 2010		 Assignment 03 due; start
Assignment 04: System Description		 INLS718.16 Mid-course Review
Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Topic ⇒ Specifying the Design in a Prototype Sessions
Wednesday
17 Mar 2010		 Assignment 04: System Description INLS718.17 Prototyping; Documenting the design
Monday
22 Mar 2010		 System Description INLS718.18 Case study: Theory & practice in designing Duke's Digital Collections
Wednesday
24 Mar 2010		 System Description INLS718.19 Prototype demos 01
Monday
29 Mar 2010		 System Description INLS718.20 Prototype demos 02
Wednesday
31 Mar 2010		 System Description INLS718.21 Prototype demos 03
Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Topic ⇒ Evaluating the Design Sessions
Monday
05 Apr 2010		 Assignment 04 due; start
Assignment 05a: Usability Inspection		 INLS718.22 Evaluation Overview
Wednesday
07 Apr 2010		 Assignment 05a: Usability Inspection INLS718.23 Usability inspection methods
Monday
12 Apr 2010		 Usability Inspection INLS718.24 Usability testing: study design
Wednesday
14 Apr 2010		 Assignment 05a: Usability Inspection due; start
Assignment 05b: Designer's Response		 INLS718.25 Usability testing: study implementation
Monday
19 Apr 2010		 Assignment 05b: Designer's Response INLS718.26 Case study: Usability engineering in the real world
Wednesday
21 Apr 2010		 Designer's Response INLS718.27 Usability studies: examples
Monday
26 Apr 2010		 Assignment 05b: Designer's Response due; start
Assignment 06: Usability Test Plan		 INLS718.28 Communicating the results of a usability test
Wednesday
28 Apr 2010		 Usability Test Plan INLS718.29 Course review & evaluation
Date ⇓ Assignment ⇓ Final Assignment
Monday
03 May 2010		 Assignment 06 due Usability Test Plan

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