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Contact Paul here in Canvas or CSSS Discord:
Mondays 12:00-12:30pm PT
Thursdays 12:00-12:30pm PT
Chat 1-on-1 Office Hours (here or CSSS Discord):
Mondays 12:00-12:30pm PT
Thursdays 12:00-12:30pm PT
Zoom 1-on-1 Office Hours:
Thursdays 12:30-1:30pm PT
Final Exam Details
- Online Final Exam Apr 22nd 3:30pm - 6:30pm PT
- Do a Browser check before - Firefox or Google Chrome recommended
- Take the exam at a quiet location, with a wired Internet connection or strong WiFi signal
- Write your answers in a word processing app and then paste them into Quiz answer fields
- During the exam you can post questions in the Final Exam Clarifications discussion
- Only press the Submit button once when you have completed the Quiz
Have a question about the Final Exam? Post your question in the Final Exam Q&A forum.
How to plan, conduct, and summarize usability tests?
Required Readings
Usability Testing Guide (14 minute read)
Write Better Qualitative Usability Tasks: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid (10 minute read)
View all of Week 13 (Apr 5 - Apr 11)
Instructor design reviews, no regularly scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions or online office hours.
Zoom group meetings between 12:00pm and 4:00pm PT on Mar 30th, 31st and April 1st.
View all of Week 12 (Mar 29- Apr 4)
Special topics — visual interface design
Required Readings
10 Principles for Color Usage in UI Design (8 minutes)
Accessibility for Visual Design (9 minute read)
View all of Week 11 (Mar 22 - 28)
What are the essentials of visual interface design?
Required Readings
10 Principles for Color Usage in UI Design (8 minutes)
Accessibility for Visual Design (9 minute read)
View all of Week 10 (Mar 15 - 21)
Instructor design scenarios and storyboard mockups meetings, no regularly scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions.
Zoom group meetings between 12:00pm and 4:00pm PT on Mar 9th, 10th and 11th.
View all of Week 9 (Mar 8 - 14)
How to bridge the gap between the problem space and design space?
Required Readings
Leveraging Mental Models in Product Design (11 minute read)
Don Norman’s Principles of Interaction Design (8 minute read)
Not Just Pretty: Building Emotion Into Your Websites (15 minute read)
View all of Week 8 (Mar 1 - 7)
How to understand and communicate people's needs and behaviours?
Required Readings
A guide to top UX Research methods (8 minute read)
Job Stories Offer a Viable Alternative to User Stories (10 minute read)
View all of Week 7 (Feb 22 - 28)
Reading week
No classes, readings, one-minute summaries or weekly review quiz.
View all of Week 6 (Feb 15 - 21)
How to explore and communicate possible design solutions?
Required Readings
The Right Tool For The Job: Picking The Best Prototyping Software For Your Project (12 minute read)
Chapter 2: Getting to Know Users and Their Tasks (22 minute read)
View all of Week 5 (Feb 8 - 14)
How to conduct a user interface inspection?
How to Use Heuristic Evaluations to Improve Product Designs (8 minute read)
Severity Ratings for Usability Problems (5 minute read)
View all of Week 3 (Jan 25 - 31)
What is the practice of multi-device interaction design?
Interaction design: a guide for beginners (19 minute read)
Five HCI Laws for User Experience Design (4 minute read)
Touch Targets on Touchscreens (11 minute read)
View all of Week 2 (Jan 18 - 24)
What is usability and user experience design?
Defining usability (7 minute read)
The UX Pyramid (13 minute read)
View all of Week 1 (Jan 11 - 17)
Welcome to CMPT-363 User Interface Design, Spring 2021 👋🏼
To help orientate yourself to the course, explore the course syllabus. You may also want to view a brief tour of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
Is this your first fully online course? If so, you might find these articles might be of help:
- 8 Strategies for Getting the Most Out of an Online Class
- What Makes a Successful Online Learner?
- How to study at home during coronavirus – by online students and tutors
BCcampus has a website to help support students during the COVID-19 pandemic which you might also find to be a helpful resource throughout the term:
Weekly course materials will be posted here by Tuesday of each week. After the first week, one-minute summaries are due on Thursday each week, and weekly review quizzes are due on Sunday. Major assignments are usually due on Mondays.
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