This course consists of assignments and lectures. The lectures are at All Course Lectures and each set of lectures culminates in a quiz or exam. At the same time you will be performing practical assignments throughout the class. You MUST work with other students to complete these assignments. There is one assignment per week for summer term and per week and a half for regular Fall and Spring terms.
Week |
Assignment |
Description |
Topics |
1 |
Assignment 1 - Importance of the UX |
User Interface and User Experience are 2 of the most important concepts in business, in this paper you will explore these concepts and write a paper that shows there importance. |
All Course Lectures |
2 |
Assignment 2 - Modeling User Behavior |
You must be able to model the behavior of humans doing the things that humans do - especially when dealing with computers. Here is a common model. |
Topic - Task Analysis |
3 |
Assignment 3 - Creating a User Interface |
You will start building a user interface for your own application or for a web site. This design will follow you through the entire semester. |
Topic - Prototyping |
4 | Assignment 4 - Heuristic Evaluation | (solo) This will be your first evaluation - we will do a heuristic evaluation of a web site. Very straightforward and simple. | Topic - Usability Evaluation |
5 | Assignment 5 - Task Analysis |
(team or solo) Before designing anything, a true understanding of the task must be obtained. Here we will work on the task of registering for classes. |
Topic - Task Analysis |
6 | Assignment 6 - Cognitive Walk-through | (solo) Another evaluation - as you can see the ability to evaluate is important. This time we will use the cognitive walk-through methodology. | |
7 | Assignment 7 - User Profiles and Surveys |
(team or solo) For this assignment you will create a survey and as part of the survey you will also generate a user profile |
Topic - Understanding Users I and II |
8 | Assignment 8 - User Based Testing | (team or solo) Now we will work with users, the last step in creating the best design for your application (also forming teams to complete the design) | Topic - User Testing |
9 | Assignment 9 - Creating a User Interface II | (team or solo) You will return to your user interface a second time. This time you will implement changes based on usability analysis and submit your final design |
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10 | Assignment 10 - Retrospective |
(solo) This is your opportunity to look at how you fit into the entire UI/UX scene and give feedback to improve this class for future students. |