Revised Schedule |
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week 1
1/30 |
introduction to user research, sample
usability test
lecture notes (user_research2003.ppt) |
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week 2
2/6 |
Topic: Identifying Requirements--Clients
Readings: BH ch 1-4; HR ch 2; online reading "Identifying
Requirements"
Due: cardsorting materials
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week 3
2/13 |
Topic: Identifying Requirements--Users
Readings: BH ch 5,6; HR ch 3,4; online reading "Experience
Design"
Due: cardsorting results from two users
lecture notes (contextual
interviews)
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week 4
2/20 |
snow day |
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week 5
2/27 |
Topic: Capturing Data from Site Visits
Readings: HR 9,10
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week 6
3/6 |
Topic: Review contextual interviews
Readings: Review BH 5,6; HR 3,4,9
In-class: second round of cardsorting
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week 7
3/13 |
Topic: Usability Testing as a Design Tool
Readings: Rubin ch 1-4
Due: Final cardsorting results
Field trip--attend STC usability lecture
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week 8
3/20 |
Topic: Analyzing and Communicating Research
Results
Readings: BH ch 7,9,12; HR 11,12
Due: work flow, task flow, user profile (with user goals
and description of environment, culture, artifacts) from PeopleSoft
timesheet observations
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week 9
3/27 |
Spring Break
Thursday, 2:30 Enoch Pratt Free Library, Children's Room |
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week 10
4/3 |
Topic: Conducting a Usability Test
Readings: R 1-5
Due: first draft user profile, work flow, task flow for kids
& reading observations
Usability Testing
sample screener
sample test script
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week 11
4/10 |
Topic: Testing
Readings: R 6-10
Due April 7: test script, screener, recruit four
test participants, per group |
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week 12
4/17 |
Topic: Analyzing Results
Readings: TBA
Due: usability testing
analyzing results |
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week 13
4/24 |
Topic: Reporting Results
Readings: TBA
Due: draft usability report, highlights video |
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week 14
5/1 |
Topic: Making the business case for user research
and usability
Readings: HR ch 5; handout
making the business
case |
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week 15
5/8 |
Presentations
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final exam
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Presentations |
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3/20
We are still scheduled to do contextual observations of
kids doing homework on Thursday afternoon, 3/27, at 2:30 pm.
Watch for an email cancellation if there is any problem.
Shannon, Jay, and Betsy will be performing their contextual
interview with Jon Shorr on 3/19 at 11:30
Holly, Rahul, and Amit will be performing their first contextual
interview with Nancy Kaplan and Carmen Wooden on 3/12 at 10
am.
On 3/13 we will attend the STC usability lecture at JH Applied
Physics Lab.
I will let you know by email as soon as I have scheduled the
visit to the library to talk to children. We will NOT be videotaping
these interviews, so you'll need to take good notes.
The usability testing on the UBalt college sites will hopefully
take place between April 7 and April 18. Each group will be
in charge of scheduling their own tests, but try to keep your
calendar as open as you can during that time. |
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