User-Centered Design
Lectures, Tuesdays
& Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m., MGH 231
Labs,
Wednesdays, 11:30-1:20, MGH 430
· Faculty: Dr. Julie A. Kientz (jkientz@uw.edu)
· Teaching Assistant: Jared Bauer (jaredsb@uw.edu)
· Teaching Practicum: Abigail Evans (abievans@uw.edu)
· Syllabus (PDF)
· GoPost
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Week 1 |
Tuesday 3/29 Lecture |
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Wednesday 3/30 Lab |
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Thursday 3/31 Lecture |
· Moggridge, B. (2007) Designing interactions. In Ch. 10 of Designing Interactions. Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, pp. 647-662. · Buxton, pp. 24-39, 144-151. |
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Week 2 |
Tuesday 4/5 Lecture |
· Moggridge, B. (2007) Process. In Ch. 10 of Designing Interactions. Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, pp. 724-735. |
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Wednesday 4/6 Lab |
Sketching - Abi |
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Thursday 4/7 Lecture |
· Buxton, pp. 41-62. |
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Week 3 |
Tuesday 4/12 Lecture |
· Moggridge, B. (2007) People. In Ch. 10 of Designing Interactions. Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, pp. 664-681. · IDEO (2003) IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire Design. W. Stout Architectural Books, San Francisco. (or PPT) (Look) |
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Wednesday 4/13 Lab |
Observing & Interviewing - Abi |
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Thursday 4/14 Lecture |
· IDEO (2003) IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire Design. W. Stout Architectural Books, San Francisco. (or PPT) (Ask) |
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Week 4 |
Tuesday 4/19 Lecture |
· IDEO (2003) IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire Design. W. Stout Architectural Books, San Francisco. (or PPT) (Learn) |
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Wednesday 4/20 Lab |
Personas & Scenarios - Julie |
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Thursday 4/21 Lecture |
· IDEO (2003) IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire Design. W. Stout Architectural Books, San Francisco. (or PPT) (Try) |
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Week 5 |
Tuesday 4/26 Lecture |
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· Buxton, pp. 261-271. · Tischler, L. (2001) Seven secrets to good brainstorming. Fast Company Magazine, Feb. 2001. http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/03/kelley.html · Tischler, L. (2001) Six surefire ways to kill a brainstorm. Fast Company Magazine, Feb. 2001. http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/03/kelley2.html |
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Wednesday 4/27 Lab |
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Thursday 4/28 Lecture |
· Buxton, pp. 104-125; 138-141; 153-173; 174-199. |
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Week 6 |
Tuesday 5/3 Lecture |
· Moggridge, B. (2007) Prototypes. In Ch. 10 of Designing Interactions. Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, pp. 682-723. · Rudd, J., Stern, K. and Isensee, S. (1996) Low vs. high-fidelity prototyping debate. interactions 3 (1), pp. 76-85. |
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Wednesday 5/4 Lab |
Paper Prototypes - Jared |
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Thursday 5/5 Lecture |
· Buxton, pp. 229-259; 370-391. |
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Week 7 |
Tuesday 5/10 Lecture |
NO CLASS – Julie at CHI |
· Buxton, 276-307. |
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Wednesday 5/11 Lab |
Wireframes - Jared |
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Thursday 5/12 Lecture |
NO CLASS – Julie at CHI |
· Moggridge, B. (2007) Futures and alternative nows. Ch. 9 in Designing Interactions. Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, pp. 587-611. |
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Week 8 |
Tuesday 5/17 Lecture |
· Nielsen, J. (1993) Usability testing. Ch. 6 in Usability Engineering. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, pp. 165-206. · Nielsen, J. (2000) Why you only need to test with five users. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html |
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Wednesday 5/18 Lab |
Usability Testing - Abi |
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Thursday 5/19 Lecture |
· Nielsen, J. How to conduct a heuristic evaluation. http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_evaluation.html · Nielsen, J. Ten usability heuristics. http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html · Nielsen, J. Severity ratings for usability problems. http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/severityrating.html |
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Week 9 |
Tuesday 5/24 Lecture |
· Hacket, S. How to Write an Effective Design Document. http://blog.slickedit.com/2007/05/how-to-write-an-effective-design-document/ · Johnson, J. and Beach, R. (1988). Styles in Document Editing Systems. IEEE Computer, 32-43. |
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Wednesday 5/25 Lab |
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Thursday 5/26 Lecture |
· Buxton, pp. 62-93; 207-225; 200-205. |
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Week 10 |
Tuesday 5/31 Lecture |
P4 Project Presentations |
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P4, SR |
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Wednesday 6/1 Lab |
Advanced Prototyping - Jared |
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Thursday 6/2 Lecture |
P4 Project Presentations |
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P4 |
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Finals Week |
Wednesday 6/8 10:00-12:20 |
No final exam! P4 specifications due |
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P4 – Spec |
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