Schedule

=Schedule=

 **to be Completed Before Class** · Visual design · Read and discuss [] · Interaction design – design patterns · Discuss Assignment 1: Jump Page · Discuss Assignment 2: Thumbnail Compositions || Chapter 2 Organizing the Content ||  || Elements of user experience · Physical structure Work on Jump Page || Chapter 4 Organizing the Page || **Assignment 1. Jump Page** || Elements of user experience · Navigation (getting around, staying found) · Page layout Work on Thumbnail Comps || Chapter 9 Making It Look Good || **Assignment 2. Thumbnail Compositions** || Critique of Thumbnail Compositions Elements of user experience · Pushing the boundaries · Basics of visual design Discuss Assignment 3: Grayscale Layout Work on Grayscale Layout || Elements of user experience · Basics of information graphics Work on Grayscale Layout || · Review color theory · Color resources || · Writing a concept note · Exercise: identifying concepts and the design techniques that communicate them || Chapter 8 Builders and Editors ||  || Elements of user experience · Control choice Exercise: Identifying successful and unsuccessful design Elements of user experience · Basics of editor design Exercise: Identifying successful and unsuccessful design Discuss Final Project || Work on creative brief || Wireframe exercise: sketch integration of design patterns for site design ||
 * **Date ** ||  ** **Reading**
 * || **Assignment Due** ||
 * (wk 1) || [] ||  || · Overview of course
 * (wk 1) || Chapter 1 What Users Do
 * (wk 2) || Chapter 3 Getting Around
 * (wk 2) || Chapter 5 Doing Things
 * (wk 3) || Chapter 6 Showing Complex Data || **Assignment 3. Research Presentations** || Presentations of research projects
 * (wk 3) ||  || **Assignment 4a. Grayscale Layout** || Critique of Grayscale Layout
 * (wk 4) ||  || **Assignment 4b. Color Layout** || Critique of Color Layout ||
 * (wk 4) ||  || **Assignment 4c. Print Layout** || · Compare and contrast concept and style
 * (wk 5) || Chapter 7 Getting Input From Users
 * (wk 5) ||  ||   || Work on Assignment 5 ||
 * (wk 6) ||  || **Assignment 5: Usability Analysis** || Presentation of usability analysis
 * (wk 6) ||  || **Assignment 6a. Creative Brief** || Presentation of creative brief
 * (wk 7) ||  ||   || Work on site design (wireframes) ||
 * (wk 7) ||  || **Assignment 6b. Site (First Iteration)** || Present first iteration of site design to team ||
 * (wk 8) || **Thanksgiving Break** ||  ||   ||
 * (wk 8) || **Thanksgiving Break** ||  ||   ||
 * (wk 9) ||  || **Assignment 6c. Site (Second Iteration)** || Present second iteration of site design to team ||
 * (wk9) ||  || **Assignment 6d. Site (Final Design)** || Present final design ideas to team ||
 * (wk 10) ||  || **Assignment 6e. Present Concept Note and Sell Design** || Present final design to client ||
 * (wk 10) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * (wk 11) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * (wk 11) ||  || **Assignment 7. Initial Site Buildout** ||   ||