Most lectures have required reading. You are required to read the each lecture’s reading and submit a summary and a question about the reading before noon the day of class. Submit your summary and question on the reading submission page. Please note that some dates have multiple lectures.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016- Introduction (slides)
- No Reading
- Interviewing (slides)
- Reading: Qualitative Research Methods, Chapter 7.
This is an e-book available through the library. You will need to log in with your wustl key to access it.
- Reading: Qualitative Research Methods, Chapter 7.
- Introduction (slides)
Thursday, June 16, 2016- Project Pitches
- Submit your pitch and presentation slides (PDF) before noon. I will assemble them and everyone will present off my laptop.
- Gathering Requirements (slides)
- Reading: Usability Net’s Overview of Requirements
Please read the overview and the sections on surveys, interviews, contextual inquiry, observation of users, and focus groups. - Reading: Using Contextual Inquiry to Learn About Your Audiences
Note: this will work while you are on campus. If you are off campus, you will need to access this paper through the library proxy system. First, login to the library proxy system. Then, follow this link.
- Reading: Usability Net’s Overview of Requirements
- Organizing Information (slides)
- Bring to Class: scissors, paper, pen
- Reading: Usability Net’s Overview of Requirements
Please read the sections on card sorting and affinity diagramming.
- Project Pitches
Tuesday, June 21, 2016- Task Centered Design (slides)
- Reading: Task Centered User Interface Design, Chapter 2
- Reading: Usability Net’s Overview of Requirements
Read the section on scenarios of use.
- In-Class Project Time
- Task Centered Design (slides)
Thursday, June 23, 2016- Initial Design (slides)
- Reading: Task Centered User Interface Design, Chapter 3
- Reading: Design for Hackers, Chapter 2 – Reverse Engineering the Twitter User Experience
This is another e-book available through the library. You’ll need your wustl key. - Reading: Usability Net’s Parallel Design
- Critical Feedback (slides)
- Milestone I Instructor Discussions
- Initial Design (slides)
Tuesday, June 28, 2016- Paper Prototyping (slides)
- Bring to Class: paper, scissors, markers, pencils, pens, etc.
- Reading: Prototyping for Tiny Fingers
Note: this will work while you are on campus. If you are off campus, you will need to access this paper through the library proxy system. First, login to the library proxy system. Then, follow this link.
- User Testing (slides)
- Paper Prototyping (slides)
Thursday, June 30, 2016- Milestone 2 Project Time
- Mental Models (slides)
- User Testing
- Reading: Some Tips for Observing Users
Tuesday, July 5, 2016- Milestone II Demonstrations
- Visual Design (slides)
- Reading: Design for Hackers, Chapters 5-7
This is another e-book available through the library. You’ll need your wustl key.
- Reading: Design for Hackers, Chapters 5-7
Thursday, July 7, 2016- Action Cycle (slides)
- Reading: Design of Everyday Things, Chapter 2
- Action Cycle (slides)
Tuesday, July 12, 2016- Cognitive Walkthrough (slides)
- Reading: What’s My Persona? Developing a Deep and Dimensioned Character
- Reading: Task Centered User Interface Design, Chapter 4, section 1
You only need to read through section 4.1.
- GOMS Evaluation (slides)
- Reading: GOMS Overview. If this doesn’t load, here is a local mirror.
- Reading: GOMS-KLM
Note: this will work while you are on campus. If you are off campus, you will need to access this paper through the library proxy system. First, login to the library proxy system. Then, follow this link.
- Cognitive Walkthrough (slides)
Thursday, July 14, 2016- Heuristic Evaluation (slides)
- Reading: Useit.com’s Overview of Heuristic Evaluation
read the following:- how to conduct a heuristic evaluation
- 10 usability heuristics
- characteristics of usability problems found by heuristic evaluation
- preventing user errors: avoiding conscious mistakes
- memory recognition and recall in user interfaces
- Reading: Useit.com’s Overview of Heuristic Evaluation
- Comparing Techniques Discussion
- No Reading
- Heuristic Evaluation (slides)
Tuesday, July 19, 2016- Milestone III Demonstrations
- Milestone IV Overview and Practice (worksheet) (ODT)
Thursday, July 21, 2016- User-Centered Design (slides)
- Exam Review
Tuesday, July 26, 2016- Exam
Thursday, July 28, 2016- Conducting Evaluations (slides)
- Remote Evaluation (A/B Testing)
Tuesday, August 2, 2016- Social Response To Technology (The Media Equation)
- Video: Cliff Nass’s The Man Who Lied to His Laptop
- Human Robot Interaction
- Video: Leila Takayama’s Mixing Human & Robotic Agents
- Social Response To Technology (The Media Equation)
- Thursday, August 4, 2016
- Milestone IV Presentations
- Information Scent (slides)
- Novel Design