CSE 440 Winter 2021: Schedule

This schedule mirrors the schedule you see in Canvas. We do not link directly to the Zoom invitations here for security reasons but instead to the Canvas page with the Zoom invitation link. Alternatively, within Canvas you can download the course's event feed as an .ical file to import into your personal calendar, which should contain lecture and section times, Zoom links, and assignment deadlines.

Week
Date
Class Topic
Deliverable
Group Milestone
Design Process
1
Tues, Jan 5
Lecture 01 - Introduction, What is HCI?
Thurs, Jan 7
Lecture 02 - Design Process
Groups assigned
Fri, Jan 8
Section: introduction and brainstorm session
2
Tues, Jan 12
Lecture 03 - Ideation and Critique
Design Principles
Thurs, Jan 14
Lecture 04 - Design Principles
Fri, Jan 15
Section: present project proposal
Groups have narrowed down and finalized their chosen project direction
3
Tues, Jan 19
Lecture 05 - Design Principles II
User Research
Thurs, Jan 21
Lecture 06 - User Research
Fri, Jan 22
Section: present design research plan
Groups finalize user research methods, start reaching users
4
Tues, Jan 26
Lecture 07 - User Research II
Scenarios and Tasks
Thurs, Jan 28
Lecture 08 - Task Analysis
Fri, Jan 29
Section: present user research findings
Assignment 2c: Design Research Review (Extension until Mon, Feb 1)
Wrapping up user research
5
Tues, Feb 2
Lecture 09 - Sketching
Assignment 2d: Task Analysis (Extension until Wed, Feb 3)
Thurs, Feb 4
Lecture 10 - Storyboarding
Fri, Feb 5
Section: present 2e design checkin
Assignment 2e: Design Checkin (3x4) (Extension until Sat, Feb 6)
Societal Implications
6
Tues, Feb 9
Lecture 11 - Societal Implications
Prototyping and User Testing
Thurs, Feb 11
Lecture 12 - Paper Prototyping
Finalized design sketch and storyboard
Fri, Feb 12
Section: working session on paper prototyping
7
Tues, Feb 16
Lecture 13 - Interface Evaluation
Thurs, Feb 18
Lecture 14 - Heuristic Evaluation
Finalized paper prototype, begin usability testing
Fri, Feb 19
Section: working session on paper prototype iteration, usability testing plan
Tues, Feb 23
Lecture 15 - Interface Implementation
Pitching, Presenting, and Visual Design
Thurs, Feb 25
Lecture 16 - Communication and Visual Design
Finalize usability testing
Fri, Feb 26
Section: present 3d preliminary mockup
Exam
Tues, Mar 2
Exam Q&A
Thurs, Mar 4
Exam
Presentations
Fri, Mar 5
Section: work on posters and pitch
Finalized digital mockup
10
Tues, Mar 9
Pitch and poster feedback session
Thurs, Mar 11
Virtual Poster Session
Finalized pitch and poster