Design Thinking
Reading Schedule
| Week 0 | ||
| Thursday, Sept. 28 | ||
| Lecture: | Syllabus, Course Introduction | |
| Readings: | Chapter 1 Goal Directed Design | |
| Chapter 2 Implementation Models and Mental Models | ||
| Week 1 | ||
| Tuesday, Oct. 4 | ||
| Lecture: | No Lecture Session (at WikiSym 2011) | |
| Readings: | No assigned readings | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Oct. 4 | ||
| Assign Lab 1. Design Constraints | ||
| Thursday, Oct. 6 | ||
| Lecture: | Getting to Know Users | |
| Readings: | Chapter 3 Beginners, Experts, and Intermediates | |
| Chapter 4 Understanding Users: Qualitative Research | ||
| Week 2 | ||
| Tuesday, Oct. 11 | ||
| Lecture: | Analyzing User Data | |
| Readings: | Chapter 5 Modeling Users: Personas and Goals | |
| Chapter 8 Building an Affinity
Diagram
from "Rapid Contextual Design", Holtzblatt, Wendell & Wood |
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| Affinity Diagram Exercise - Westsiders | ||
| Affinity Diagram Exercise - Eastsiders | ||
| Lab: Tuesday, Oct. 11 | ||
| Assign Lab 2. Web Design - Part 1 (Lab 1 is Due) | ||
| Thursday, Oct. 13 | ||
| Lecture: | No Lecture Session (at CSCW PC Meeting) | |
| Readings: | No assigned readings | |
| Week 3 | ||
| Tuesday, Oct. 18 | ||
| Lecture: | Scenario Design | |
| Readings: | Chapter 6 The Foundations of Design: Scenarios and Requirements | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Oct. 18 | ||
| Assign Lab 3. Web Design - Part 2 (Lab 2 is Due) | ||
| Thursday, Oct. 20 | ||
| QUIZ 1 | ||
| Lecture: | Prototyping: Sketching and Storyboarding | |
| Readings: | Chapter 7 From Requirements to Design: The Framework and Refinement | |
| Week 4 | ||
| Tuesday, Oct. 25 | ||
| Lecture: | Design Patterns | |
| Readings: | Chapter 8 Synthesizing Good Design: Principles and Patterns | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Oct. 25 | ||
| Assign Lab 4. Start (Lab 3 is Due) | ||
| Thursday, Oct. 28 | ||
| Lecture: | Designing for Different Platforms | |
| Readings: | Chapter 9 Platform and Posture | |
| Week 5 | ||
| Tuesday, Nov. 1 | ||
| Lecture: | Considering Excise | |
| Readings: | Chapter 10 Orchestration and Flow | |
| Chapter 11 Eliminating Excise | ||
| Lab: Tuesday, Nov. 1 | ||
| Lab 4. Continued | ||
| Thursday, Nov. 3 | ||
| QUIZ 2 | ||
| Lecture: | Metaphors, Idioms, and Affordances | |
| Readings: | Chapter 12 Designing Good Behavior | |
| Chapter 13 Metaphors, Idioms, and Affordances | ||
| Week 6 | ||
| Tuesday, Nov. 8 | ||
| Lecture: | Working with Visual Design Principles | |
| Readings: | Chapter 14 Visual Interface Design | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Nov. 8 | ||
| Assign Lab 5. Start (Lab 4 is Due) | ||
| Thursday, Nov. 10 | ||
| Lecture: | Search and Finding | |
| Readings: | Chapter 15 Searching and Finding: Improving Data Retrieval | |
| Chapter 16 Understanding Undo | ||
| Week 7 | ||
| Tuesday, Nov. 15 | ||
| Lecture: | Filing and Saving | |
| Reading: | Chapter 17 Rethinking Files and Save | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Nov. 15 | ||
| Lab 5. Continued | ||
| Thursday, Nov. 17 | ||
| QUIZ 3 | ||
| Lecture: | Interaction and Direct Manipulation | |
| Reading: | Chapter 19 Pointing, Selecting, and Direct Manipulation | |
| Week 8 | ||
| Tuesday, Nov. 22 | ||
| Lecture: | Windows | |
| Reading: | Chapter 20 Window Behaviors | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Nov. 22 | ||
| Assign Lab 6. Start - (Lab 5 Due) | ||
| Thursday, Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving) | ||
| Lecture: | No Lecture Session | |
| Reading: | no assigned readings | |
| Week 9 | ||
| Tuesday, Nov. 29 | ||
| Lecture: | Control and Menu Types | |
| Readings: | Chapter 21 Controls | |
| Chapter 22 Menus | ||
| Lab: Tuesday, Nov. 29 | ||
| Lab 6. Continued | ||
| Thursday, Dec. 1 | ||
| Lecture: | Dialogs and Toolbars | |
| Readings: | Chapter 23 Toolbars | |
| Chapter 24 Dialogs | ||
| Week 10 | ||
| Tuesday, Dec. 6 | ||
| QUIZ 4 | ||
| Lecture: | Closing Discussion | |
| Readings: | No assigned readings | |
| Lab: Tuesday, Dec. 6 | ||
| Lab 6 Due | ||
| Thursday, Dec. 8 | ||
| Lecture: | No Lecture Session (at CHI PC Meeting) | |
| Readings: | No assigned readings | |