Design Principles, Session 1

Agenda

• Zoom
  • Participating in breakout sessions
  • Sharing your screen
  • How to participate in a Zoom meeting
• Course overview
  • Your site should not be an ecommerce site (we are not designing applications) and
  • Should not be so large that a preliminary redesign would take more than two weeks.
• Introductions
• Lecture/discussion

Handouts

• PPT
• Design principles introduction
• The Elements of User Experience (one-sheet)
• Don Norman on UCD
  

Websites

• Alphabet
• Apple
• King County Elections
• Microsoft
• United Airlines
• University of Washington
• Virgin America

 

Assignments

1. Complete week one skill check (Dropbox)
   • Send this to me by email (gmail account) by 6 pm Tuesday
2. Be prepared to talk in your small group about an example of a competitor website with three features that your site must match/include
3. Provide an example of a video or essay that explores user experience design or user-centered design that you think would be useful for your peers. The link for that is on the Word doc. This is also due on Tuesday at 6 pm. Google doc link.
4. Read
   • Review the diagram, elements of user experience
   • Chapter 2, Meet the elements of user experience
   • WAI: notes on user-centered design
   • Aligning UX Strategy with Business Goals

Student examples from prior classes (Dropbox)

 

Design principles sessions

1. Session 1
2. Session 2
3. Session 3