Schedule

Week 1 (Jan 11 - 17)

Course overview/What is usability and user experience design?
Course Overview Tue Jan 12th 2:30pm PT
Weekly Review Quiz Tutorial Fri Jan 15th 2:30pm PT
Defining usability (7 minute read)
The UX Pyramid (13 minute read)
One-minute Summaries for Week 1 Thu Jan 14th 11:59pm PT
Week 1 Review Quiz (Practice) Sun Jan 17th 11:59pm PT

Week 2 (Jan 18 - 24)

What is the practice of multi-device interaction design?
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Jan 19th 2:30pm PT
Review and Discussion Fri Jan 22nd 2:30pm PT
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)
One-minute Summaries for Week 2 Thu Jan 21st 11:59pm PT
Week 2 Review Quiz (Practice) Sun Jan 24th 11:59pm PT

Week 3 (Jan 25 - 31)

How to conduct a user interface inspection?
Individual Heuristic Inspection Assignment Mon Feb 8th 11:59pm PT
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Jan 26th 2:30pm PT
Review and Discussion Fri Jan 29th 2:30pm PT
How to Use Heuristic Evaluations to Improve Product Designs (8 minute read)
Severity Ratings for Usability Problems (5 minute read)
One-minute Summaries for Week 3 Thu Jan 28th 11:59pm PT
Week 3 Review Quiz Sun Jan 31st 11:59pm PT

Week 4 (Feb 1 - 7)

Special topic - heuristic evaluations
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Feb 2nd 2:30pm PT
Review and Discussion Fri Feb 5th 2:30pm PT
Design Heuristics Lecture with Scott Klemmer, a Video Playlist (35 minutes in total)
One-minute Summaries for Week 4 Thu Feb 4th 11:59pm PT
No weekly review quiz

Week 5 (Feb 8 - 14)

How to explore and describe possible design solutions?
Individual Heuristic Inspection Assignment Mon Feb 8th 11:59pm PT
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Feb 9th 2:30pm PT
Review and Discussion Fri Feb 12th 2:30pm PT
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)
One-minute Summaries for Week 5 Thu Feb 11th 11:59pm PT
Week 5 Review Quiz Sun Feb 14th 11:59pm PT

Week 7 (Feb 22 - 28)

How to understand and communicate people's needs and behaviors?
Group Design Scenarios and Storyboard Mockups Mon Mar 15th 11:59pm PT
Team Member Evaluation Tue Mar 16th 11:59pm PT
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Feb 23rd 2:30pm PT
Review and Discussion Fri Feb 26th 2:30pm PT
A guide to top UX Research methods (8 minute read)
Job Stories Offer a Viable Alternative to User Stories (10 minute read)
One-minute Summaries for Week 7 Thu Feb 25th 11:59pm PT
Week 7 Review Quiz Sun Feb 28th 11:59pm PT

Week 8 (Mar 1 - 7)

How to bridge the gap between the problem space and design space?
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Mar 2nd 2:30pm PT
Review and Discussion Fri Mar 5th 2:30pm PT
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)
One-minute Summaries for Week 8 Thu Mar 4th 11:59pm PT
Week 8 Review Quiz Sun Mar 7th 11:59pm PT

Instructor design scenarios and storyboard mockups meetings
Online instructor meetings (15 mins.), no regularly scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions
How to Give and Receive Criticism (suggested reading, not required)
No weekly review quiz

Week 10 (Mar 15 - 21)

What are the essentials of visual interface design?
Group Design Scenarios and Storyboard Mockups Mon Mar 15th 11:59pm PT
Group Interactive Prototype Tue Apr 6th 11:59pm PT
Team Member Evaluation Wed Apr 7th 11:59pm PT
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Mar 16th 2:30pm PT
Zoom 1-on-1 Office Hours Fri Mar 19th 2:30pm PT
The Principles of Design and Their Importance (9 minute read)
Guide for designing better mobile apps typography (6 minute read)
One-minute Summaries for Week 10 Thu Mar 18th 11:59pm PT
Week 10 Review Quiz Sun Mar 21st 11:59pm PT

Week 11 (Mar 22 - 28)

Special topic - visual interface design
Mini-lectures and Activities Tue Mar 23rd 2:30pm PT
10 Principles for Color Usage in UI Design (8 minutes)
Accessibility for Visual Design (9 minute read)
One-minute Summaries for Week 11 Thu Mar 25th 11:59pm PT
Week 11 Review Quiz Sun Mar 28th 11:59pm PT

Week 12 (Mar 29- Apr 4)

Instructor interactive prototype meetings and course wrap-up
Online instructor meetings (15 mins.), no regularly scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions
No weekly review quiz