F26 CS 449/649 Schedule
The schedule below is subject to change. Please check this page regularly for updates.
All To-Dos are due at 12 pm the day before your next studio session, unless stated otherwise.
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Sept 7 – 11 (Week 1) • Details
Lecture:
- (no lecture - Labour Day holiday)
Studio:
- Meet instructor and TAs
- Course onboarding / orientation
- Team formation
To-Do:
- Submit team information
- P1: Ethics Training
- P2: Prepare for next studio
Sept 14 – 18 (Week 2) • Details
Lecture:
- What and why HCI
- Design process
- Value propositions
Studio:
- T1 Team contract
- D1: Value Proposition
To-Do:
- T1: Team contract
- Design notebook entry for D1
- P3: Prepare for next studio
Sept 21 – 25 (Week 3) • Details
Lecture:
- Understanding people
- Personas
- Empathy mapping
- Exploratory methods
- Interviews
Studio:
- D2: Personas
- D3: Interview Questions
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for D2
- P4: Prepare for next studio
Sept 28 – Oct 2 (Week 4)
Lecture:
- Drawing insights from data
- Affinity Diagramming
Studio:
- D3: Interview Questions (continued…)
- D4: Affinity Diagramming
To-Do:
- T2a: Team reflection
- Design notebook entry for D3
- Design notebook entry for D4
- P5: Prepare for next studio
Oct 5 – 9 (Week 5)
Lecture:
- Translating needs to functionality
- POV and HMW
- JTBD + task analysis
- Feature ideation + assessment
Studio:
- D5: Brainstorm, Challenge and Concretize Features
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for D5
- PO1a: Interviews (1-2x)
- CH1: Challenge report (draft)
- P6: Prepare for next studio
(Reading week)
Reading week - no lecture or studio
Oct 19 – 23 (Week 6)
Lecture:
- Creating design ideas
- Creative process
- Stories, scenarios, + use cases
- Storyboards
- Design argument and statements
Studio:
- D6: Sketches and Flows
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for D6
- PO1a: Interviews (2-3x)
- CH1: Challenge report (draft)
- R1: Research proposal draft (CS 649 only)
- P7: Prepare for next studio
Oct 26 – 30 (Week 7)
Lecture:
- Low-fidelity prototyping + evaluation
- Design principles + specifications
- Sketches, wireframes, and flows
- Paper prototypes
Studio:
- CH2: Challenge Report Presentations
To-Do:
- CH1: Challenge report (Final)
- PO1a: Interviews (2x)
- P8: Prepare for next studio
Nov 2 – 6 (Week 8)
Lecture:
- Guest lecture (TBA)
Studio:
- D7: Paper Prototyping
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for D7
- P9: Prepare for next studio
Nov 9 – 13 (Week 9)
Lecture:
- Guest lecture (TBA)
Studio:
- E1: Paper Prototype Evaluation
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for E1
- P10: Prepare for next studio
Nov 16 – 20 (Week 10)
Lecture:
- Visual design and high-fidelity prototyping
Studio:
- D8: High-Fidelity Prototyping and Reflection
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for D8
- T2b: Team Reflection
- PO1b: Interviews - High-Fidelity Prototype (1-2x)
- P11: Prepare for next studio
Nov 23 – 27 (Week 11)
Lecture:
- High-idelity prototyping evaluation
- Heuristic evaluation
- Cognitive walkthrough
- Usability testing
Studio:
- CR: Design critique
To-Do:
- Design notebook entry for CR
- PO1b: Interviews - High-Fidelity Prototype (1-2x)
- P12: Prepare for next studio
Nov 30 – Dec 4 (Week 12)
Lecture:
- HCI research in academia
- HCI in industry
Studio:
- E2: Heuristic Evaluation and Cognitive Walkthrough
To-Do:
- Course Perception Survey
- PO2c: Project Presentation Slides*
- Design notebook entry for E2*
* PO2c due 11:59pm Sunday December 6, E2 notebook entry due with other remaining deliverables below.
Dec 7 (final presentations)
Lecture:
- PO2c: Final Project Presentations
Studio:
- (No studio this week - classes end Dec 8)
To-Do:
- PO2a: Final prototype
- PO2b: Demo video
- PO2d: Design portfolio
- Team peer evaluation
- R2: Research paper (CS 649 only)
All remaining to-dos are due 12pm on Tuesday, Dec 15