Week 1
1
April
Nothing Due
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
2
April
Due
reading
Planning a Usability Test
usability.gov
reading
Running a Usability Test
usability.gov
Reading
UX Competencies
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
3
April
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
4
April
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
Assigned
5
April
No Meetings
No Career Services
Week 2
8
April
Due
Reading
The Lean Survey Canvas
christhelwell.com
Feedback
Give feedback to your peers!
Practice
Sketch Basics
Reading
A shorthand for designing UI flows
No Meetings
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
9
April
Due
Reading
Five Factors for Successful Persona Projects
articles.uie.com
Practice
Sketch - Mobile Design
Workshop
No Meetings
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
No New Assignments
10
April
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits with Nevan
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
No New Assignments
12
April
Due
Reading
Designing Case Studies: Showcasing A Human-Centered Design Process
smashingmagazine.com
Practice
Sketch - Desktop Design
In Class
Lesson
CSS for Typesetting and Composition
CSS provides us a way to give the web browser hints about how we want the content of our website to render. We’ll start working with CSS by using it to style typographic compositions.
Lesson
Design Reports
Writing about your design work is a good practice in general, to document your process and results. For us, these will serve double duty as early drafts of our eventual portfolios.
Workshop
No Meetings
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
Week 3
15
April
Due
Reading
Learning to See
ia.net
Homework
CSS Diner
Homework
Flexbox Froggy
Homework
Competencies Self-assessment
Tutorial
Nested Symbols in Sketch
Design Report
Wellness App
Workshop
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
16
April
Workshop
Meetings
One-on-One
Review “Wellness” Report
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
Assigned
17
April
No Class
Workshop
Meetings
One-on-One
Review “Wellness” Report
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
No New Assignments
18
April
Nothing Due
Workshop
Meetings
One-on-One
Self-assessment
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
Assigned
19
April
Due
Practice
Motion
In Class
Lesson
CSS for Layout
Workshop
Meetings
One-on-One
Self-assessment
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
Week 4
23
April
In Class
Lesson
Human Interface Guidelines
We’ll focus on Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines for iOS (phones and tablets) for now, with an emphasis on the navigation models in iOS.
Lesson
Material Design
We’ll focus on how Google’s Material Design system works on Android devices (primarily phones) and explore the primary navigation model.
Workshop
Meetings
One-on-One
Self-assessment
No Career Services
No New Assignments
24
April
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
No Career Services
No New Assignments
26
April
Due
Video
5-Second Usability Test
nngroup.com
Reading
How to test visual design
nngroup.com
Reading
First Impressions Matter: How Designers Can Support Automatic Cognitive Processing
nngroup.com
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits with TAs
No Career Services
No New Assignments
Week 5
29
April
Nothing Due
No Class
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits with TAs
No Career Services
No New Assignments
30
April
No Class
No Meetings
Career Services
Mandatory LinkedIn & CV Talk
Assigned
Video
Contextual Inquiry: Leave Your Office to Find Design Ideas
youtube.com
Video
Contextual Inquiry: Workforce Mobility
youtube.com
Reading
Methods for research
wickedproblems.com
Reading
Contextual Inquiry
wickedproblems.com
Reading
Participatory Design
wickedproblems.com
Reading
Cultural Probes
wickedproblems.com
1
May
Due
Video
Contextual Inquiry: Leave Your Office to Find Design Ideas
youtube.com
Video
Contextual Inquiry: Workforce Mobility
youtube.com
Reading
Methods for research
wickedproblems.com
Reading
Contextual Inquiry
wickedproblems.com
Reading
Participatory Design
wickedproblems.com
Reading
Cultural Probes
wickedproblems.com
Design Report
Native Mobile app
In Class
Lesson
Competitive Analysis
We’ll cover how to conduct competitive research.
Lesson
Research topics
No Meetings
No Career Services
Assigned
Reading
Writing user stories
gov.uk
2
May
No Career Services
No New Assignments
Week 6
7
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits with Nevan
No Career Services
No New Assignments
8
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits with Nevan
No Career Services
No New Assignments
9
May
No Class
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
10
May
No Class
No Meetings
No Career Services
Week 7
13
May
Due
Reading
How to Conduct A Content Audit
uxmastery.com
Reading
Content Modelling: A Master Skill
alistapart.com
Practice
Sketch - Responsive Website
Design Report
HR Web App
In Class
Lesson
Content Strategy & IA
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
No New Assignments
15
May
In Class
Lesson
Responsive Design
Workshop
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits with Nevan
No Career Services
No New Assignments
16
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
No New Assignments
Week 8
21
May
Nothing Due
In Class
Lesson
Portfolio Workshop
Workshop
No Meetings
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
No New Assignments
23
May
Due
Reading
Progressive Disclosure
nngroup.com
Reading
The Role of Enhancement in Web Design
nngroup.com
Reading
Customization vs. Personalization in the User Experience
nngroup.com
In Class
Lesson
Adaptive Interfaces
Workshop
No Meetings
Career Services
1x1 with Gemma
No New Assignments
24
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits
Career Services
Student Card Deadline
No New Assignments
Week 9
27
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
No Career Services
No New Assignments
28
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
No Career Services
No New Assignments
29
May
Nothing Due
No Class
Workshop
Meetings
Group crit
Group crits
No Career Services
No New Assignments
30
May
No Class
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
No New Assignments
31
May
No Class
Workshop
No Meetings
No Career Services
No New Assignments