Calendar

Timeline
Assignments
Week Assignments Monday Wednesday Studio
Sep 25-29 A1 Needfinding (group)
due next studio (Oct 5-6)

Studio Preference Form
due Wed, Sep 27 @ 5PM

Student Conflict Form

Watch Before Studio:
Design Discovery (PPT) (Recording)
Optional: Holtzblatt & Beyer, Contextual Design. In: The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
Design Project 0
Oct 2-6 A2 POV, HMW, Experience Prototypes (group)
due next studio (Oct 12-13)
Define (PPT)
The Discipline of Teams, by Katzenbach and Smith, Harvard Business Review
Listen: Invisible Women, 99% Invisible, Episode 363 (31 minutes)
Ideate (PPT)
Watch: Working in Teams (0:56), Tina Seelig, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Optional: Early Customer Research (pp. 9-27) by Tom Eisenmann
A1 Presentation

POV Development
Oct 9-13 A3 Website (group)
Checkpoint due in studio Nov 2-3
due Wed Nov 29

Web Workshop
Learn how to create your websites

A4 Concept Video (group)
due next studio (Oct 20-21)
Concept Videos (PPT)
Watch: Ways to Create Ecosystems (5:43), Sharon Vosmek, Astia
Watch: Experience Prototypes Tutorial by Former Head TA Kristina Inouye (23 mins)
Optional Watch: Ways of Working (5:50), Sue Siegel, GE
Optional Read: "Design critiques at Figma" by Noah Levin
Exploration (PPT)
A2 Presentation

Task Definition
Oct 16-20 A5 Low-fi Prototype and Test (group)
due next studio (Oct 26-27)

Learn the basics of how to use Figma for prototyping
Early Stage Prototyping (PPT)
"Involving Customers with Iterative Design" (Ch 4) from The Design of Sites by van Duyne, Landay, and Hong
"Making a Paper Prototype" (Ch 4) from Paper Prototyping by Carolyn Snyder
Watch: The danger of a single story, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TEDGlobal 2009
Human Abilities (PPT)
"Learning From Design Critiques" by Fowler and Haskins
"Cognitive Aspects in Interaction Design", pages 66-99 from Interaction Design, 3rd Edition by Rogers, Sharp, & Preece
Listen: Wait Wait... Tell Me!, 99% Invisible, Episode 369 (36 minutes)
Watch & Critique Concept Videos

Sketching & Storyboarding
Oct 23-27 A6 Medium-fi Prototype (group)
due Monday, Nov 6

Design Systems Workshop (Recording)
Visual Information Design (PPT)
Watch Scott Klemmer’s HCIOnline lectures:
CS147 Film Festival (PPT)
A5 Presentation

Sketching Activity

Visual Design Exercise
Oct 30-Nov 3
Accessible Design Workshop (Recording)
Conceptual Models and Interface Metaphors (PPT)
"The Psychology of Everyday Things" (Ch 1) from The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman

Heuristic Evaluation (with in-class exercise) (PPT) Half-way Review with Outside Experts
Nov 6-10 A7 Heuristic Evaluation (individual)
due by studio (Nov 9-10)

A8 Hi-fi Prototype (group)
Midway due by studio week 9 (Nov 30-Dec 1)
Video demo due by Wed week 10 (Dec 6)
Complete due by studio week 10 (Dec 7-8)

Checkpoint due studio week 9 (Nov 30-Dec 1) with no-penalty extension until Sunday, Dec 3
Writeup due Sunday, Dec 10
Designing the Future: Early and Future Visions of HCI (PPT)
As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
Tools For Thought (Ch 9), Engelbart Demo
Listen and Read: Of Mice and Men, 99% Invisible, Episode 149 (21 minutes)
Usability Testing (PPT)
due Friday, Nov. 10 @ 11:59pm
Nov 13-17 Midterm Review (PPT) Midterm
Wed, 11/15
Project Group Work
Nov 20-24
Thanksgiving (No Class)
Nov 27-Dec 1 A10 Poster, Pitch, Demo Video (group)
Draft due Dec 4
Final due Dec 6
Design Patterns (PPT)
The Design of Sites by van Duyne, Hong, & Landay:
Career Panel (PPT)

Kristina Inouye
KiJung Park
Emily J. Tang
Chloe Thai
A8 Presentation

Project Group Work

A11 Report Draft Due

Dec 4-8
Guest Lecture
Tracy Chou (Stanford '09/'10), CEO at Block Party
30-Second Pitch and Demo Practice

Project Expo (PPT) from 6-9 PM
Final Due Items
Students are required to attend the project expo in the evening on Friday, December 8 (6-9 pm). Final writeups are due Sunday, December 10 @ 11:59pm.