Spring 2011 Schedule of Sessions

Session/Day/Date Due Evaluating the Design
22/M/04 Apr ⇓ Evaluation Overview
23/W/06 Apr Assignment 04 due & read Assignment 05a Usability inspection methods
24/M/11 Apr work on Usability Inspection Usability testing: study design
25/W/13 Apr ⇓ Usability testing: study implementation
26/M/18 Apr Assignment 05a due Theory & practice: SAS
27/W/20 Apr work on Designers' response Theory & practice: SAS
28/M/25 Apr Assignment 05b due & read Assignment 6 Usability studies: examples
29/M/27 Apr work on Usability Test Plan Course review & evaluation
Time/Day/Date Due Final Assignment
1200/M/02 May Assignment 06 due Usability Test Plan

Things we have already done

Session/Day/Date Due Introduction sessions
01/M/10 Jan intro session
02/W/12 Jan The process of design
**/M/17 Jan No class Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday
Session/Day/Date Due Users, their Tasks, and the Context of those Tasks
03/W/19 Jan Cognition: How people understand systems
04/M/24 Jan read Assignment 01 Developing the user profile(s)
05/W/26 Jan work on User Analysis draft Understanding the user's task
06/M/31 Jan ⇓ Documenting the task
07/W/02 Feb ⇓ Theory & practice
08/M/07 Feb Assignment 01 due Documenting; context; errors in performing the task
09/W/09 Feb read Assignment 02 The user experience
10/M/14 Feb work on Task Analysis draft Task genres of special interest
11/W/16 Feb ⇓ Information architecture/meaning associated
12/M/21 Feb ⇓ Theory & practice
Session/Day/Date Due Developing a Design
13/W/23 Feb Assignment 02 due Visual design principles
14/M/28 Feb read Assignment 03 From analysis to design requirements
15/W/02 Mar work on Design Decisions draft Documenting your design decisions
**/M/07 Mar no class Spring Recess
**/W/09 Mar no class Spring Recess
16/M/14 Mar Assignment 03 due Mid-course Review
17/W/16 Mar read Assignment 04 Prototyping; Documenting the design
18/M/21 Mar work on System Description Theory & practice
19/W/23 Mar ⇓ Prototype demos 01
20/M/28 Mar ⇓ Prototype demos 02
21/W/30 Mar ⇓ Prototype demos 03