Category: 417_SP19

May 9 – Final Critique

Class Topics

  • Critique at 11:30
  • Short Daily UI reflection (Submmit as a Google Doc on drive). What did you learn by doing this assignment all semester? What was your best UI? Why? Was there something different about the process or the content for that particular challenge? Be as specific as possible.

Deadlines

  • Final project due on May 16 at the final (8am). Be prepared to present your work formally at the final. Presentations should be 7-8min.
  • Daily UI blog should be complete and up to date by Monday, May 13 at 8am
  • Any missing back work is also due by Monday, May 13 at 8am

April 25: Testing

Class Topics

  • Designing useful user tests
    • Don’t lead the witness.
    • You are testing the product not the tester.
    • Use open-ended questions.
    • Ask the user to share their thought process out loud.
  • Designing useful proofs of concept
    • Consider the essence of the product or service.
    • Consider key user flows.
    • Build less by being strategic.
    • Consider accessibility from the beginning.
  • Website Case Study: Adobe Creative Types Quiz, background information on the quiz available in “We all have a creative type” by Carolyn Gregoire in Adobe Create Magazine.

April 16 – Prototyping

Class Topics

  • UI Challenge
  • Finish feedback/site evaluations. Print and have Rebecca review. Revise as necessary. These need to be handed back to 317 students today.
  • Work on thumbnails and prototypes

Homework

  • Work on building paper prototypes that you can test in class.

March 7: Work Day

Class Topics

  • UI Exercise
  • Work on poster layouts

Homework

  • Finalize Project 1 including portfolio documentation, process book and website. Be prepared to present your work on Tuesday!

March 5: Documenting Work

Class Topics

  • Thinking in sketches: Making and using effective and useful thumbnails and wireframes
  • Critique on Project 1
  • Discussion of presenting work (both as a presentation and as a poster) and documenting work for your portfolio.
  • UI exercise (do at the end of class today)

February 28: Work Day

Class Topics

  • Focus on revising web version of the Print to Screen project based on feedback from critique. Ideally this should be finished or very close to finished by Tuesday. On Tuesday we are going to shift focus to Phase 5 including how to display, document and present your work.

February 7 – Print to Screen

Class Topics

Homework

  • Complete Units 3&4 in WordPress Essential Training course on Lynda.com
  • Update UI Challenge website

January 31: Snow Day

Class Topics

Snow day: classes are canceled.

Homework

  • Please plan to finish your exercise for Monday. Please make your exercise live on the web for critique.
  • Please subscribe to the DailyUI mailing list.
  • Set up a free account on WordPress.com
  • Watch Introduction, 1. Up and Running with WordPress, 2. Content Management in WordPress 5 Essential Training on Lynda.com
  • Make sure you’ve created your folder for the class on Google Drive as per the instructions in the syllabus.