Room BE 3168 | 7:15 – 9:20 pm

• Week 1: Jan 2 and Jan 4

  Lecture: Syllabus, Schedule, Resources, Projects | User-centered design (ppt)
  Due:

  • Complete this class survey before you leave tonight!
  • Edit your Slack account profile; please use the name you wish to be called and upload a photo or sketch of yourself. (This is the invitation link.)

• Week 2: Jan 9 and Jan 11

  Lecture: Structural design
  Reading: Chapters 1 & 2, Krug; Princeton University Website Requirements; Guide to creating website architecture, Princeton University
  Assigned: 01: Pick your website project

• Week 3: Jan 16 and Jan 18

  Lecture: Information architecture
  Reading: Chapter 6, Krug;  Card sorting, Usability.gov; Affinity diagrams, Usability Body of Knowledge
  Due Jan 14: 01: Pick your website project
  Assigned: 02: Site goals, audience

• Week 4: Jan 23 and Jan 25

  Lecture: Navigation
  Reading: Chapter 7, Krug; Getting Around: Navigation, Signposts, and Wayfinding, Chapter 3, Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design by Jenifer Tidwell
  Due Jan 21: 02: Site goals, audience
  Assigned: 03: Information Architecture

• Week 5: Jan 30 and Feb 1

  Lecture: Layout & creating a wireframe
  Reading: Chapter 3, Krug; Web layout best practices, UXPin
  Due Jan 28: 03: Information Architecture
  Assigned: 04: Wireframes
  

• Week 6: Feb 6

  Lecture: Principles of design
  Reading: Readability and web typography, Smashing Magazine
  Assigned: 04: Wireframes (part two)

• Week 7: Feb  15

  Lecture: Color theory & using imagery
  Reading: A simple color guide for web developers, Smashing Magazine; Photo and image best practices, DePaul University
  Lab: Visual design studies
  Due Feb 11: 04: Wireframes
  Assigned: 05: Visual design studies & visual design

• Week 8: Feb 20 and 22

  Lab: Visual design critique
  Due Feb 20: 05: Visual design studies & visual design

• Week 9: Feb 27 and Mar 1

  Lecture: Building an HTML template; make your website responsive
  Reading: Best practices of responsive web design, Medium

• Week 10: Mar 6 and 8

  Lecture: Building an HTML protosite with multiple pages and a contact form
  Assigned: 06: Page templates

• Week 11: Mar 13

  Lab: You’re not done yet?!?!
  Due: 06: Page templates (if you want feedback that you can incorporate into your final project, please turn in by noon on Wednesday)

• Finals week presentation: Tuesday Mar 20

  Due: 07: Protosite
  Due: 08: Final project presentations will take place on Tuesday

* Assignments are due at 8pm on Sunday of the week that they are assigned (except for final projects which are due day of presentation). Students are also responsible for schedule adjustments made verbally in class.