| Week | Tuesday | Thurssday | Project Related | HW Posted |
| 1. 1/9 | Course Intro; Web II; 1-User-centered design |
2-Usability principles Project component assignments |
Which Framework to Use | |
| 2. 1/16 | 3-Informal evaluations | NO CLASS | Heurisitc evaluations of 344 sites | |
| 3. 1/23 | 4-Human abilities-1 | 4-Human abilities-2 | Component plan | |
| 4. 1/30 | User Experience Basics - User research | Task Analysis and Personas | User Interviews | |
| 5. 2/6 | 5-Empirical evaluation | 6-Gathering usability data | Initial version of website components IRB Approval |
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| 6. 2/13 | Usability goals and features H.E. of initial website components |
7-Data analysis | Alpha version of complete website | |
| 7. 2/20 | Project Work | Usability test scenarios | Usability Test prep | |
| 8. 2/27 | In-class Pilot Tests | NO CLASS | Full Pilot Usability Tests | |
| S P R I N G | B R E A K | |||
| 9. 3/13 | Analysis of pilot tests | Finalize usability tests | Beta version of website | |
| 10. 3/20 | MIDTERN EXAM | Usability Testing | Usability Testing | |
| 11. 3/27 | Usability Testing | Usability study findings Analysis of results |
Usability Testing | |
| 12. 4/3 | Project coding update plan | Special topics presentations | project code as needed | |
| 13. 4/10 | Special topics presentations | Special topics presentations | ||
| 14. 4/17 | Special topics presentations | Special topics presentations | ||
| 15. 4/24 | Final touches on project | Project presentation/celebration | ||
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