interaction design core studio 210 – 2018

  • Tuesday January 16

    References How To Do A UX Competitor Analysis: A Step By Step Guide https://usabilitygeek.com/how-to-do-ux-competitor-analysis/ A Product Designer’s Guide to Competitive Analysis https://www.toptal.com/designers/ux/product-designer-guide-to-competitive-analysis SWOT analysis on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis Readings UX Glossary: Task Flows, User Flows, Flowcharts and some new-ish stuff https://uxplanet.org/ux-glossary-task-flows-user-flows-flowcharts-and-some-new-ish-stuff-2321044d837d UX Foundations: Information Architecture https://www.lynda.com/Web-User-Experience-tutorials/Foundations-UX-Information-Architecture/122427-2.html Affinity Map http://gamestorming.com/affinity-map/ Example of affinity diagram used in a larger design process: http://www.nicholasdraney.com/ciderexpert.html Another example: http://www.iacquire.com/blog/include-your-clients-in-the-persona-research-process-with-affinity-mapping Homework due…

  • Friday January 12

    References 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design (the original article) https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/ Heuristic Evaluation on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_evaluation Readings Foundations of UX: Content Strategy on Lynda.com https://www.lynda.com/Content-Strategy-tutorials/Foundations-UX-Content-Strategy/473877-2.html Homework for Tuesday January 16 Friday January  19 3 personas and 3 empathy maps, one for each persona. Rewrite + refine proposal for chosen app. Heuristic Evaluation of the existing app.

  • Tuesday January 9

    References What Is Interaction Design? https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/what-is-interaction-design What Puts the Design In Interaction Design? https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2007/07/what-puts-the-design-in-interaction-design.php Readings Empathy Map: http://gamestorming.com/empathy-mapping/ Background for the updated empathy map: https://medium.com/the-xplane-collection/updated-empathy-map-canvas-46df22df3c8a Microsoft Inclusive Design Manual: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/design/inclusive Homework for Friday January 12 Prepare three one-page proposals for applications you’d want to redesign. Identify key challenges and opportunities, and describe why each of the applications is a…

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