The following schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Date Topic Readings Tasks Project Milestones
Jan 20 Introduction & Course overview
Jan 25 Good and Poor Interaction Design ID Chapter 1
Jan 27 Design Life Cycle: Overview ID Chapter 2 Individual: Initial project ideas (due Saturday, Jan 30 11:59pm, BrightSpace)
Feb 1 Working Class: Project Idea Brainstorming (in class)
Feb 3 Requirement Discovery: Interviews ID 8.4 Individual: Complete ethics training (due Saturday, Feb 6 11:59pm, BrightSpace)

Team: Form a team contract (report via Milestone 0 deliverable; due Saturday, Feb 6 11:59pm, BrightSpace)		 Milestone 0: Team and Project Topic (due Saturday, Feb 6 11:59pm, BrightSpace)
Feb 8 Requirement Discovery: Observations ID 8.6
Feb 10 Requirement Discovery: Surveys ID 8.5 Team: Draft interview protocol (via team meeting; due Saturday, Feb 13 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Feb 15 Working Class: Mock Interview (in class)
Feb 17 No class (Reading Day) Team: Improve interview protocol based on mock interview feedback (via team meeting; recorded using design journal)

Individual: Interview 1 target user using the revised protocol and take notes (due Saturday Feb 20 11:59pm; recorded using design journal)
Feb 22 Qualitative Data Analysis ID 9.4
Feb 24 Personas, Scenarios and Storyboard ID 11.5, 11.6 Individual: Interview 1 target user using the revised protocol and take notes (due Saturday Feb 27 11:59pm; recorded using design journal)

 Milestone 1: Needsfinding deliverable (due Saturday, Feb 27 11:59pm, BrightSpace)

Persona template
Mar 1 Design Alternatives
Mar 3 Working Class: Design Idea Brainstorming (outside class) Team: Summarize initial design ideas using storyboards (due Saturday March 6 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Mar 8 Prototyping ID Chapter 12
Mar 10 Working Class: Low-Fidelity Prototyping (outside class) Team: Paper prototype initial version (due Saturday March 13 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Mar 15 Design Considerations: Mental Models ID 3.3, 3.4
Mar 17 Design Considerations: Feedback Cycles ID 4.3 Team: Paper prototype revised version; get familiar with Figma by creating a high-fidelity prototype for a mini application (due March 20 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Mar 22 Design Considerations: Human Ability ID 4.2
Mar 24 Evaluation: Qualitative Evaluation and Predictive Evaluation ID 15.2, 16.2 Team: Draft qualitative evaluation protocol (via team meeting; due Saturday, March 27 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Mar 29 Working Class: Mock Paper Prototype Evaluation (outside class)
Mar 31 Quantatitive Evaluation: Experimental Design ID 15.3 Individual: Interview 1 target user using the revised paper prototype and get feedback; record notes in design journal

Team: Improve paper prototype based on the feedback (due Saturday, April 3 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)		 Milestone 2: Low-fidelity prototype deliverable (due Saturday, April 3 11:59pm, BrightSpace)
Apr 5 Working Class: High-Fidelity Prototyping (outside class)
Apr 7 Quantative Evaluation: Hypothesis Testing Team: High-fidelity prototype initial version, conduct cognitive walkthroughs to evaluate the prototype (due Saturday, April 10 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Apr 12 No class (Project Day)
Apr 14 HCI and Agile Development ID 13.2 Team: Improve high-fidelity prototype, draft quantative evaluation protocol (via team meeting; due Saturday, April 17 11:59pm, recorded using design journal)
Apr 19 Working Class: Mock Evaluation (outside class)
Apr 21 Frontiers in HCI Research Team: Improve evaluation protocol based on mock evaluation feedback, and conduct quantative evaluation with 6-10 target users (due Saturday, April 24 11:59pm, recorded using design journal) Milestone 3: High-fidelity prototype deliverable (due Saturday, April 24 11:59pm, BrightSpace)
Apr 26 No class (Project Day)
Apr 28 Final project presentation Milestone 4: Prodoct video and report (due Wednesday, May 5 11:59pm, BrightSpace)