| Dates | Monday | Wednesday | Friday | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week of Sept 4 | classes start Wed, Sept 6 |
Examples of good and bad design; Why does design matter? Assn. 1 out: That really bugs me |
affordances, visibility, feedback, conceptual models, and mappings |
Norman: Preface, Chap. 1-2 Nielsen: Chap. 1-2 |
| Week of Sept 11 | Presentations of what bugs you Assn. 1 due Assn. 2 out: Discount usability |
Discount usability: heuristics, journaling, prototyping, storyboarding, use scenarios |
Library field trip I: finding related work |
Nielsen, Chap. 4-5 Hackos: Chap. 12-13 (on electronic reserve) |
| Week of Sept 18 | Discount usability evaluation: think-aloud and Wizard of Oz protocols |
Research writing: organizing a research paper |
Research writing: analyzing and presenting results |
Norman: Chap 3 Nielsen: Chap 6 Booth: Chap 1 and 6 |
| Week of Sept 25 | Stove presentations Assn. 2 due Assn. 3 out: Tools of the Trade |
Videotaping and coding; Between-subjects vs. Within-subjects testing |
Discussion day: your stove redesign |
Booth: Chaps 12-13 |
| Week of Oct 2 | Collaborative revising |
Creating effective presentations |
Evaluation & writeup: what to do with all that new evidence from fancy tools; charts & graphs |
Nielsen: Chap 7 |
| Week of Oct 9 | Stove presentations II Assn. 3 due Assn. 4 out: Design Project |
What is a proposal? Making good arguments, Task scenarios |
What is a proposal? Making good arguments, Task scenarios |
Norman: Chap 4 Booth: Chaps 7-11 |
| Week of Oct 16 | Library field trip II | Psych guest lecture: experiment design validity threats |
Presentations: What are you proposing? Assn. 4 proposals due |
Norman: Chap 5 Booth: Chap 14 |
| Week of Oct 23 | Brainstorming, aesthetics |
more on heuristics |
Presentations: your redesign Assn. 4: redesign due |
Norman: Chap 6 Booth: Chap 15 |
| Week of Oct 30 | Task analysis | Empirical study design More on validity threats |
Presentations: experiment design Assn. 4: experiment design due |
Booth: Chap 16 |
| Week of Nov 6 | Outside readings and discussion |
Outside readings and discussion |
Outside readings and discussion |
Readings TBA |
| Week of Nov 13 | Wrap up last day of class |
Assn. 4 final paper due by 10am |
Assn. 4 final presentations 8:30-10:30am |
none | Exam Week | Assn. 4 final presentations: Fri, Nov 17, 8:30-10:30am |