Week
1
01-20-2004
|
Lecture:
What is Interface Design?,
Course Introduction |
Readings:
(Due 1-27)
Bitmapping
(Chapter 1 of Interface Culture)
by Steven Johnson
The
Importance of Designing Usable Systems by Susan Dray |
Week 2
01-27-2004
|
Discussion:
The Role & Importance of
Interface Design
Lecture: Interface
Design Components & Terms, Interface Design Process
Project 1 Introduction
& Team Assignments |
Readings: (Due
2-03)
The
Elements of User Experience (PDF Chapter 2)
by Jesse James Garrett
Information
Interaction Design
by Nathan Shedroff
Growing Up: Moving from Technology-Centered
to Human-Centered Products (PDF Chapter 2 [pg 38-49] of
The Invisible Computer) by Donald
Norman
Additional Process Descriptions |
Week 3
02-03-2004
|
Discussion:
Cross Disciplinary Considerations
& Process
Lecture: User-Centric
Design
Group Work: Project
Definition
|
Readings: (Due
2-10)
Understanding
Human Activities and Relationships (PDF Chapter 5 of Leonardo's
Laptop)
by Ben Shneiderman
Understanding
Your Web Audience
by Luke Wroblewski
Assignment: (Due 2-10) Project
Definition |
Week 4
02-10-2004
|
Discussion: Audience
Considerations
Lecture: Information
Organization & Workflow Analysis
Group
Work: Organization & Workflow Diagrams
|
Readings: (Due 2-17)
Organization
Systems (Ch. 5 of Information Architecture for the World
Wide Web)
by Louis Rosenfeld
& Peter Morville
Bottoms
Up: Designing complex, adaptive systems by Peter Morville
Organizing
Information Web Style Guide by Lynch and Horton
Assignment: (Due 2-17) Organization
& Workflow Diagrams |
Week 5
02-17-2004
|
Lecture:
Visual Organization (PowerPoint)
Group Work: Project 1 Mock-ups
|
Readings: (Due
2-24)
Visible
Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization
by Luke Wroblewski
Visually
Critiquing Web Pages
by Pete Faraday
Assignment: (Due 3-2) Project
1 Mock-ups |
Week 6
02-24-2004
|
Lecture: Look,
Feel, & Personality (or PowerPoint)
Group Work: Project 1 Mock-ups
|
Readings: (Due 3-2)
Who Are You? Get a
Personality (PDF Chapter 5 of Site Seeing) by Luke Wroblewski
Pricing
Beauty: Reflects on Aesthetics & Value Virginia Postrel
Interviewed by David Womack |
Week 7
03-02-2004
|
Lecture: Usability
Testing
Group Work: Project 1 Mock-ups |
Readings: (Due
3-8)
Usability
Testing: You Get What You Pay For by Deborah J.
Mayhew
Why
You Only Need to Test With 5 Users by Jakob
Nielsen
UI
Guidelines vs. Usability Testing by Microsoft
Assignment: (Due 3-8) Project
1 Mock-ups |
Week 8
03-08-2004
|
On-Campus Session
Group Work: Interface Design Guidelines,
Project 1 Testing, Review, & Discussions
|
Assignment: (Due 3-16)
Project 1 Report |
Week 9
03-16-2004
|
Lecture: Project
2 & Project 3 Introduction |
Readings: (Due
3-30)
Critic
to Creator: Recognizing Good Design
by Steve Calde, Cooper
Are
guidelines useless?
by Christina Wodtke, Elegant
Hack
Evolution
Trumps Usability Guidelines
by Jared M. Spool, User Interface
Engineering
Assignment: (Due 3-30)
Project 3 Concept |
Week 10
03-30-2004
|
Discussion:
Project 3 Topics
Group
Work: Simplicity in Interface Design |
Readings: (Due
4-6)
The Pursuit
of Interface Design Simplicity by Luke Wroblewski
Balancing
visual and structural complexity in interaction design
-by Henrik Olsen, GUUUI
Assignment: (Due 4-6)
Simplicity in Interface Design |
Week 11
04-06-2004
|
Lecture: Project 1 Evaluations,
Captology & Web
Credibility
Group Work: Web Credibility |
Readings: (Due
4-13)
Prominence-Interpretation
Theory: Explaining How People Assess Credibility Online
by the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
Guiding
Users with Persuasive Design: An Interview with Andrew Chak
by User Interface Engineering
Assignment: (Due 4-13)
Web Credibility &
Project 3 Outline |
Week 12
04-13-2004
|
Lecture: Emotional
Design
Group Work: Interactivity & Databases |
Readings: (Due
4-20)
Attractive
Things Work Better (PDF Chapter 1 of Emotional Design)
by Donald Norman
The
Media Equation (PDF Chapter 1 of The Media Equation) by
Byron Reeves & Clifford Nass
Assignment: (Due 4-20)
Interactivity & Databases,
Project 3 Draft |
Week 13
04-20-2004
|
Lecture: The Business
of Design (Powerpoint sent via email)
Group Work: Characteristics of Professional
Design |
Assignment: (Due 4-27)
Characteristics of Professional Design
Discussions & Project 3 |
Week 14
04-27-2004
|
Lecture:
Interface Design Professions
Group Work: Library Site Redesign |
Readings: (Due
4-20)
Making the
case for Interface Design by Andrei
Herasimchuk
It's Time We Got Respect by Bruce
Tognazzini
Assignment: (Due 5-04)
Library Site Redesign
Discussions & Project 3 |
Week 15
05-04-2004 |
Lecture: Content
Management Systems, Final
Report |
Due: Project
3 |
Week 16
05-11-2004
|
Finals Week |
Due: Project
2 Final Report |
