Week 2
Mon, Jan 24 — 10 am
Exploration and ideation
project 1
design
prototype
11:59pm (EOD)
Peer critique of sketches
project 1
evaluate
Wed, Jan 26 — 10 am
Wireframe
project 1
prototype
In-studio critique of wireframes
project 1
evaluate
11 am
How to Run a Design Critique
reading
How to Give and Receive Criticism
reading
Fri, Jan 28 — 11am
What do prototypes prototype? (Houde & Hill)
reading
Getting the Right Design and the Design Right (Tohidi et al.)
reading

Week 3
Mon, Jan 31 — 11 am
Principles of Contextual Inquiry (Beyer and Hotlzblatt)
reading
Essentials of Interaction Design - Chapter 4 (Cooper, Reimann, Cronin)
reading
Wed, Feb 2 — 10am
Wireframe revision
project 1
slip ok
prototype
Implementation prototype: Django
project 1
slip ok
prototype
Interactive prototype and final design report
project 1
slip ok
prototype
evaluate
Fri, Feb 4 — 11 am
Essentials of Interaction Design - Chapter 5 (Cooper, Reimann, Cronin)
reading

Week 4
Mon, Feb 7 — 11 am
Task analysis, observations, and sketches
project 2
design
5pm
Peer Critiques
project 2
evaluate
11 am
Chapter 1: The Design of Everyday Things (Norman)
reading
Wed, Feb 9 — 11 am
Parallel paper prototypes
project 2
design
prototype
In-studio critique (Heuristic Evaluation)
project 2
evaluate
11 am
How to Conduct a Heuristic Evaluation
reading
10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
reading

Week 5
Wed, Feb 16 — 11 am
Discount Usability & Revised Prototype
project 2
design
prototype
evaluate
Design Principles to Support Creative Thinking. Resnick et al.
reading
11:59pm
Implementation Prototypes (Individual)
project 2
prototype

Week 6
Wed, Feb 23 — 11 am
Implementation Prototype & Testing (🎉)
project 2
slip ok
prototype
evaluate

Week 7
Wed, March 2 — 11 am
Narrative Scenarios & Interview Plan
project 3
design
prototype
11:59pm
Peer Critique of Interview Plan
project 3
evaluate
Fri, March 4 — 11 am
Recruiting Checkpoint & Revised Interview Plan
project 3
design

Week 8
Mon, March 7 — 11 am
Persona and Storyboard
project 3
design
prototype
11:59pm
Peer Critique of Storyboard
project 3
evaluate
Fri, March 11 — 11 am
Implementation Prototype
project 3
slip ok
prototype
evaluate

Week 9

Week 10
Wed, March 23 — 11 am
Midterm (two 45 minute segments)
Midterm
evaluate
Fri, March 25 — 12 pm
Team contract & Team name (In Class)
Final
design

Week 11
Wed, March 30 — 11 am
Milestone #1 (+ Fast Pitch)
Final
design
prototype
evaluate

Week 12
Wed, April 6 — 11 am
Milestone #2
Final
design
prototype
evaluate

Week 13
Wed, April 13 — 11 am
Milestone #3
Final
design
prototype
evaluate
11 am
Implementation Prototype: Django (Individual)
Final
evaluate

Week 14
Wed, April 27 — 11 am
Milestone #4
Final
design
prototype
evaluate

Week 15
Wed, May 4 — 11 am
Milestone #5 (+ Checkpoint for Final Deliverables)
Final
design
prototype
evaluate

Week 16
Mon, May 2 — 11 am
Final Slides
Final
design
prototype
evaluate
11 am
Group Presentations
Final
design
prototype
evaluate
Wed, May 4 — 11 am
Group Presentations
Final
design
prototype
evaluate
Fri, May 6 — 11 am
Technical Demo (+ Mini Poster)
Final
design
prototype
evaluate
11 am
Final Video
Final
design
prototype
evaluate
11:59 pm
Final Medium Article
Final
design
prototype
evaluate