Week 12 (April 10 – April 16)

Schedule Note
The Online Office Hours session originally scheduled for April 10 has been rescheduled to April 9 in order to resolve a conflict in my schedule. Thanks for your understanding.

Wednesday, April 12, @  11:55 P.M. Additional Deadline

Written Assignments Due

High Fidelity Prototyping Practice Assignment Description: Build a high-fidelity prototype of an application that you choose (e.g. shopping, travel, searching). Students can choose to use tools taught or recommended in class. In addition, create a tutorial about how to use the prototype with justification. Note that you are free to use the Travel Planning case from the textbook as your chosen application. Instructions for High Fidelity Prototyping Practice Assignment Video: This is an example tutorial video that I created for my high-fidelity prototype. This is a link to my high-fidelity prototype on Axure Share. Tutorial Video: Creating a high-fieldity prototype with Axure RP Grading Rubric for High Fidelity Prototyping Practice Assignment

Sunday, April 16, @  11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Topics	Interaction Design for People with Disabilities
Required Readings	Leuthold, S., Bargas-Avila, J. A., & Opwis, K. (2008). Beyond web content accessibility guidelines: Design of enhanced text user interfaces for blind internet users. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66(4), 257-270. Sahib, N. G., Tombros, A., & Stockman, T. (2012). A comparative analysis of the information‐seeking behavior of visually impaired and sighted searchers. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(2), 377-391. Xie, I., Babu, R., Joo, S. & Fuller, P. (2015). Using digital libraries non-visually: understanding the help seeking situations of blind users.  Information Research, 20(2), paper 673. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/20-2/paper673.html
Class Participation Assignments Due (Forum Posts)	Article Discussion Forum Post Description: During the semester, each student is expected to contribute 3 significant posts (300 -400 word) posts to the Articles Discussion Forum. Each of these posts should summarize the findings of the paper and discuss the implications of those findings for the interaction design practitioner. To qualify, posts must be made by the week closing deadline for the week in which the article has been assigned. Submit to: Article Discussion Forum