Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2018

INFOST 547 - 201, 202 (Online)

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Week 8 (March 12 – March 18)



Thursday, March 15   (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


Sunday, March 18, @  11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline
Topics
  • Interaction Design in Practice (Chapter 12)
Required Readings
  • ID4e: Chapter 12 (Interaction Design in Practice)
  • Yamamoto, Y., & Nakakoji, K. (2005). Interaction design of tools for fostering creativity in the early stages of information design. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 63(4), 513-535.
  • Asselin, M., & Moayeri, M. (2010). New tools for new literacies research: an exploration of usability testing software. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 33(1), 41-53.
Required Recordings
Other Resources
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
  • Final Project Proposal
    Description: Each student will plan and execute a full life cycle project including identification and analysis of users and requirements, preliminary design, low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototyping, testing, presenting the completed project to the class. Projects will be proposed by students and will represent either real or simulated workplace scenarios.