Tentative Schedule

Week Topic Reading Assignment
Mar 31 Course overview, goals of HCI, UCD vs UXD Norman ch. 1 & 6, Saffer Ch. 1  
Apr 7 IxD Goals and Principles, UxD Process Saffer ch. 2 Individual Assignment
Apr 14 Discovery methods, user and task analysis Saffer ch. 4  
Apr 21 Presenting Research, Personas Saffer ch. 5 Quiz 1
Apr 28 Conceptual Design Saffer ch. 6 Team Project 1
May 5 Interaction Design Saffer ch. 3 & 7, Norman ch. 2 & 3  
May 12 Prototyping Balsamiq tutorial, Saffer ch. 8
May 19 Evaluation Saffer ch. 8 continued Team Project 2
May 26 Advanced topics Saffer ch. 9 Quiz 2
Jun 2 Project presentations, review Course notes and presentations Team Project 3
Jun 9     Summary Report