Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2018

INFOST 547 - 201, 202 (Online)

Week 10 (March 26 – April 1)

Thursday, March 29 (6:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M., GoToMeeting) Optional Session
Online Office Hours / Lab Session	Every Thursday evening, I will be holding an Office Hours/Lab Session using the GoToMeeting Platform. Please join us to review solutions to recent assignments, to ask a question, to get help with your assignments, to discuss your plans for the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset when joining this session. You may join the GoToMeeting session using this link.
Other Resources	Recording of Online Office Hours/Lab Session

Sunday, April 1, @ 11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Topics	Introducing Evaluation (Chapter 13)
Required Readings	ID4e: Chapter 13 (Introducing Evaluation) Petrie, H., & Bevan, N. (2009). The evaluation of accessibility, usability and user experience. The universal access handbook, 10-20. Hertzum, M., Molich, R., & Jacobsen, N. E. (2014). What you get is what you see: revisiting the evaluator effect in usability tests. Behaviour & Information Technology, 33(2), 144-162.
Required Recordings	Lecture Video: ID4e Chapter 13
Other Resources	ID4e Chapter 13 Slides
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
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