The Summer 2021 version of IAT-334Interface Design
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Course overview
Important information for an overview of Interface Design.
Announcements
Class-wide announcements made over the term.
- Welcome to IAT-334 (May 12 - May 18)
- Fantastical features (May 18 - May 25)
- Now presenting your feature features (May 25 - June 1)
- Heuristic help (June 1 - June 8)
- Heuristic assessments (June 8 - June 15)
- Calendar evaluations (June 15 - June 22)
- A domain to research (June 22 - June 29)
- Heat wave extension (June 28)
- Domain debate (June 29 - July 6)
- Pitching opportunities (July 6 - July 13)
- Scoping the solution (July 13 - July 20)
- Prototyped or prototyping? (July 20 - July 27)
- Prototypical testing (July 27 - August 3)
- Final projects & grading (August 3 - August 16)
- Final grades released (August 16)
Projects and exercises
Course-work for the term.
Projects
Longer and more complex.
P1: Features
- Individual project.
- From May 18 to June 8/June 10.
- Worth 10% of final grade.
P2: Heuristics
- Individual project.
- From June 8 to June 29/July 1.
- Worth 20% of final grade.
P3: Interface Proposal
- Group project.
- From June 29 to July 13/July 15.
- Worth 15% of final grade.
P4: Interface Design
- Group project.
- From July 13 to Aug 10/12.
- Worth 25% of final grade.
Sketching exercises
Short weekly practice in process.
Sketch #1
- From May 18 to May 23.
Sketch #2
- From May 25 to May 30.
Sketch #3
- From June 1 to June 6.
Sketch #4
- From June 8 to June 13.
Sketch #5
- From June 15 to June 20.
Sketch #6
- From June 22 to June 27.
Sketch #7
- From June 29 to July 4.
Sketch #8
- From July 6 to July 11.
Sketch #9
- From July 13 to July 18.
Sketch #10
- From July 20 to July 25.
Reading reflections
Written reflections on reading content. Only five required over the term.
Reading reflection #1
- From May 18 to May 25.
Reading reflection #2
- From May 25 to June 1.
Reading reflection #3
- From June 1 to June 8.
Reading reflection #4
- From June 8 to June 15.
Reading reflection #5
- From June 15 to June 22.
Reading reflection #6
- From June 22 to June 29.
Reading reflection #7
- From June 29 to July 6.
Reading reflection #8
- From July 6 to July 13.
Reading reflection #9
- From July 13 to July 20.
Reading reflection #10
- From July 20 to July 27.
Lectures
All lectures slides for Summer 2021.
User Interface Thinking (May 18)
An introduction to the course as well as getting you started on sketching interfaces.
Aesthetic Affordances (May 25)
Considering guidelines and affordances in designing interactions.
Aesthetic Assessment (June 1)
More on affordances and heuristic assessment of interfaces.
Understanding Users (June 8)
Looking at different types of users, their goals, and how we can understand them.
Talking to Humans (June 15)
An introduction to approaches for interviewing users and the resulting consideration of research ethics.
Teeny Tiny Actions and Patterns (June 22)
Exploration of more interaction and interface patterns as well as the introduction of microinteractions.
UI for Humans (June 29)
A recap of human-specific issues in interface design including (but not limited to) accessibility and culture.
Surveying the Land (July 6)
Surveying users and deriving meaning from research results.
Protoflow (July 13)
How we go about prototyping testable interfaces and interactions.
When We Fail (July 20)
Dealing with the reality of when we fail... because we will at some point fail.
Interface the Future (July 27)
Looking into future considerations or aspects of interface design.
The End (August 3)
There will be no formal lecture this week, content is to be determined.