Week One: 1/13-1/17
Week Two: 1/20-1/24
Wednesday
- In Class
- Workshop with visiting artist Robert Hagen
- Download touchDesigner
- Extra credit attending artist lecture Th 3:30 in PB 191 and art opening Th 5:00 Perspectrum Write a short summary of the exhibit and what you learned or took away from the show.
- Read: Beyond the interface Take one page of sketch notes for Monday
- Review Syllabus
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Week Three: 1/27-1/31
Monday
- In Class
- 3:00 meet at HML 3rd Floor: Open house for the Innovation Space on January 27th from 2pm - 4pm. There will be Maker-style activities and other interactive components to incite the imagination, words from the Provost, as well as sheet cake and coffee/other beverages.
- Review Syllabus
- Intro to UX Design Lecture
- Take entry Assessment
- Read: Beyond the interface Take one page of sketch notes for Wed
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Wednesday
- In Class
- Crazy 8s (banking app)
- Intro to Project One
- UX Design Methods Usibility
- Work Time: Start P1 steps 1-3, Set up report document.
- Read: Honeycomb Specs: analyze ux
- Watch: Learn UX Design Techniques playlist on Lynda (2h 35m) Take screen shot of compleation certificate
- Work on P1 steps 1-3, Set up report document.
- Persona Template
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Week Four 2/3-2/7
Monday
- Review: Usability Heuristics
- Review: When to Use Which User-Experience Research Methods and Crash Course in UX design research
- Watch: UX Foundations: Usability Testing 1h 29m before Monday
- Could start on steps 4-5
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Wednesday
- In Class
- Presentation: UX research methods and analysis
- Work on P1
- 4:15 In progress group critique
- Work on P1
- Read: Motion creates emotion/
- Finish P1
- Turn in the PDF of your UX Report in our class google drive by Monday
- Add your final P1 to the Final Presentation Slides
- In canvas turn in the link to your work in the google drive.
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Week Five 2/10-2/14
Monday
- In Class
- GOOGLE DRIVE for P1
- Presentaions of P1
- Introduce P2
- Crazy 8s
- Read: 5 Tech trends of 2020
- UI trends 2020
- Read: UI Sounds: From Zero To Hero
- Read: Creating a user interface with sound design
- Research the Technology you plan to use
- Start your project proposal
- Start visual research, Mind Map and Sketch
- Set up your Process Book
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Wednesday
- In Class
- Review Kickstarter videos and Previous student work
- Exploding Kittens Kickstarter
- kick starter videos
- How to make a Kickstarter video
- Student Project
- Student Project
- Student Project
- Work time on P2
- Desk Critique
- Read:State of UX design in 2020
- Read: 5 UX trends for 2020
- Continue to research the Technology you plan to use
- Start your project proposal
- Start visual research, Mind Map and Sketch
- Set up your Process Book
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Week Six 2/17-2/21
Wednesday
- In Class
- Present Research
- Introduce Zap AR, Adobe Areo and Adobe Dimensions
- Work Time on proposals
- Write 300 word abstract based on P2 for Central California Research Symposium Due Friday
- Desk Critiques
- Check out UX UI Inspiration
- Finish Project Proposals
- Write 300 word abstract based on P2 Apply Here for Central California Research Symposium Due Friday (see call for abstracts for more information) Briefly outline your RtD (Research through Design) Project and what research elements are contributing to your design
- Start pulling Visual Research and creating sketches to help visually explain your project Proposal
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Week Seven 2/24-2/28
Monday
- In Class
- Present Project Proposals add to google slides
- Start working on your project gathering research about who will use your design and start to create persona. Continue sketching and mind mapping out your ideas you may have multiple UI components but you are also developing a system of how multiple components work together. Start outlining your Information Architecture that shows these system connections.
- Read: Getting Started with Prototyping
- Work on P2, bring sketches, mind-maps, initial personas, initial information architecture outlines, etc. to class on wed
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Wednesday
- In Class
- Activity: Worst UI Ever
- View Project Proposal slides
- Work time on P2
- 4:30 Small group critique
- Work time on P2
- Read: VR Home
- Read: Design Lies that make us more comfortable with VR
- Keep working on P2; move into your design and development phases, refer to your proposals
- Consider attending International Womens Day Tech Conference at Bitwise on March 7th (all are welcome!)
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Week Eight 3/2-3/6
Monday
- In Class
- Prototyping Presentation: view slides
- Work Time on P2
- Desk Check ins
- Remember to Vote tomorrow, Tuesday March 3rd https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/county-clerk-registrar-of-voters
- Read: Human Centered Design Problems with Recycling System Create one page of sketch notes about Human Centered Design and the problems with recyclings current systems
- Read: Prototyping Tools for HMD Create a mind map/sketches of how you plan to prototype and test your project
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Wednesday
- In Class
- Share MindMaps and Sketches of how you plan to prototype and test your project
- Work Time on P2
- Consider attending International Womens Day Tech Conference at Bitwise on March 7th (all are welcome!)
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Week Nine 3/9-3/13
Monday
- Remote Class
- User Testing Day
- Add slide about user testing results by end of day on canvas
- Continue development after user testing
- Get ready for final critique and post your critique Slidepost your critique Slide
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Week Ten 3/16-3/20
Week Eleven 3/23-3/27
Wednesday
- Remote Class
- Review everyones design concept video on the google slides final presentation for P2 and leave a comment for each classmate
- Introduce P3Short Reserch Presentation looking at new tech its affect on remote work and potential ethical considerations
- Check out the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) happening right now Virtually! (also thur/fri)
- IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR)
- Start research forP3
- Check out:Social VR Platforms
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Week Twelve 3/30-4/3
Monday
- In Class
- Individual Zoom Meetings, Questions with P3?
- Work on P3
- Post P3 to final student Slides
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Wednesday
- In Class
- P3 Presentations
- Intro P4
- Find a UX or Design Pod-cast and create a sketch note based on one of the episodes 99 invisible is a great one. (Try and start a new routine of listening to a UX or design podcast at least twice a week.)
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Week Thierteen 4/6-4/10
Week Fourteen 4/13-4/17
Monday
- In Class
- Individual Zoom Meetings, check in on Project 4 Ideas
- Work on project 4
- Consider making yourself a cloth mask: How to Make a CDC-Approved Cloth Face Mask or Make your own face mask—no sewing machine required
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Wednesday
- Consider making yourself a cloth mask: How to Make a CDC-Approved Cloth Face Mask or Make your own face mask—no sewing machine required
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Week Fifteen 4/20-4/24
Week Sixteen 4/27-5/1
Week Seventeen 5/4-5/8
Monday
- In Class
- Individual Zoom Meetings, check in on Project 4 Ideas
- P4 Critique
- Turn in P4
- Read: In the future, touchscreens will be obsolete. This lab designs what’s next
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Wednesday
- Interesting Article: Contact tracing has a UX problem
- Interesting Article: Concerts will never be the same after COVID-19. Here’s what you could wear to bring them back
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Week Eighteen Finals 5/11-5/15
Monday
- FINAL
- View Canvas for todays meeting link
- Demo Reels due 3:30 Add to the Google Slides
- Join Zoom meeting at 3:45
- TakeExit Assessment
- Remember to take the Class evaluation in canvas before Friday.
- Short On-line Teaching and learning Feedback form
- Turn in any late work till the end of finals week for full credit. Please contact me if you have any concerns.
For Next Class
Wednesday
- No Class
- Enjoy Your Summer Break!
- Consider taking a summer design class. Check out Art109T Intro to Game design, or ID132 Intelligent Interiors