interaction-design

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Syllabus
Schedule
Assignments
FAQ

Deadlines

Readings: Before start of class (readings are listed in the order they will be covered through the week)
Portfolio Design Assignments: Thursday 11:59PM
Coding Assignments: Saturday 11:59PM

Topics & Readings

Week 0: Introduction

None

Slides

Week 1: Needfinding

Reading:
“Needfinding: The Why and How of Uncovering People’s Needs” by Dev Patnaik & Robert Becker
Excerpt on “Gathering Data from Customers” from Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich & Steven Eppinger
Excerpts on “Observations” and “Interviews” from Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers & Helen Sharp
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Week 2: Ideation

Reading:
Excerpt on “Identifying Customer Needs” from Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich & Steven Eppinger
“How to do affinity mapping that doesn’t suck” by Slava Shestopalov
Tom Kelley “The Perfect Brainstorm” from The Art of Innovation
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Week 3: Sketching & Prototyping

Reading:
“The Anatomy of Sketching” from Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton
Excerpts on “Prototyping” from Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers & Helen Sharp
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Week 4: Information Design

Reading:
Excerpts on Navigation Design and Information Design from “Elements of User Experience” by Jesse James Garrett
Excerpts on Organization Systems and Design for Finding from Information Architecture by Rosenfeld, Morville & Arango

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Week 5: No Class

No lectures, studios, or coding lab in Week 5
Enjoy the break after your first midterm!

Week 6: Visual Design

Reading:
Excerpts from The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams
Excerpts from The Complete Color Harmony Workbook by Kiki Eldridge

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Week 7: Interaction Design

Reading:
Excerpts on Mental Models from Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers & Helen Sharp
Excerpts from The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Excerpts on Heuristic Evaluation and the Shneiderman, Norman, Nielsen and ISO Heuristics
OPTIONAL Excerpts from The Humane Interface by Jef Raskins
OPTIONAL “How to Spot—and Avoid—Dark Patterns on the Web” from Eric Ravenscraft WIRED
OPTIONAL REFERENCE Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann & David Cronin “About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design” Part III Designing Interaction Details

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Week 8: User Testing

Reading: Excerpts from “User Research : A Practical Guide to Designing Better Products and Services” by Stephanie Marsh
“Question and Questionnaire Design” by Jon Krosnick and Stanley Presser

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Week 9: Analyzing User Data

Note: No studios / coding lab due to Thanksgiving holiday Reading:

Slides: Monday
Slides: Wednesday

Week 10: Additional Considerations for User Testing & Quarter Review

Reading: None

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