Digital Design and Innovation

WEEK	DATES	TOPIC	DUE
1	8/28 8/30 9/1	Intro – What is UX Affordances and Signifiers Week 1 Discussion Slides	UX – Wikipedia Norman Ch. 1
2	9/4 (no-class) 9/6 9/8	Project Research and Digital Product Design, Defining Users Process Thinking – Agora World Metaverse Week 2 Discussion Slides	What is a product manager? A complex, cross-functional role in IT 5 Stages in Design Thinking
3	9/11 9/13 9/15	In-Class Activity (1/30) Human Error, Slips and Mistakes Guest Speaker – Ethan Berg and Studio Time (2/3) Week 3 Discussion Slides	Norman Ch. 5 Conducting a Heuristic Evaluation Project 1 – Part 1 (due 2/5 by 11:59 PM) Additional Reading (optional) Human Error or Design Error? Preventing User Errors: Avoiding Unconscious Slips
4	9/18 9/20 9/22	Project 1 – Part 1 Presentations (2/6) Usability Analysis & Heuristic Evaluations, Design Thinking Design Thinking: Gulfs, Seven Stages Week 4 Discussion Slides (part 1) Week 4 Discussion Slides (part 2)	Norman Ch. 6
5	9/25 9/27 9/29	3-Levels of Processing + Group activity – exploring the gulfs In-Class Activity: Gulfs (2/15) In-Class Activity: Empathy (2/17) Week 5 Discussion Slides	Norman Ch. 2 (up to p 56) Usability Testing
6	10/2 10/4 10/6	Exam 1 (Weeks 1-5) [2/20 – in-person exam] Studio Sessions – “Crit & Collab” Project 1 – Part 2 Presentations (2/24, teams 1-6) Week 6 Discussion Slides	Norman Ch. 2 (p. 56-73) Project 1 – Part 2 (Due 2/26 by 11:59 PM)
7	10/9 10/11 (10/13 Fall Wellness Day – no class)	Project 1 – Part 2 Presentations (2/24, teams 7-12) MID-Semester Feedback – Center for the Advancement of Teaching ICA – Problem solving exercise: Using Systems Thinking	Norman Ch. 3
8	10/16 10/18 10/20	Project #2 Intro – EY Guest Speakers – (3/13) Olu Obafemi and Crystal Van EY Discussion Slides Design and Blame Discussion Design Concepts: Knowledge and Mapping Week 8 Discussion Slides – Part 1 Week 8 Discussion Slides – Part 2	Norman Ch. 4 Certificate Learning Course (Due 3/19)
9	10/23 10/25 10/27	Design Principles: Constraints Figma Workshop Part I Figma Workshop Part II Week 9 Discussion Slides Week 9 Figma Workshop Slides
10	10/30 11/1 11/3	Design Today & Agile Processes Conventions, Guidelines & Accessibility In-Class Activity: “Crit & Collab” (3/31) Week 10 Discussion Slides – Part 1 Week 10 Discussion Slides – Part 2 Week 10 Discussion Slides – Part 2a	Project 2 – Alpha (Due 4/2 – by 11:59 PM)
11	11/6 11/8 11/10	Project 2 – Alpha Presentations (4/3) EY Guest Speaker – and Studio time (4/5) Luke Bartlett and Mo Labban (Mo’s LinkedIn) Guest Speaker – Ethan Berg and Studio Time (4/7)
12	11/13 11/15 11/17	Exam 2 (Weeks 6-11) [4/10 – in-person exam] Agora Workshop – Ethan Berg (4/12) – this is a rescheduled building event Case Study + Virtual Easel Pad Workspace (4/14)	Case Study (Read prior to 4/12)
13	11/20-11/24 (Thanksgiving Break – no class) 11/27 11/29 12/1	EY Guest Speakers – and Studio time (4/17) Tony Daddario and Deep Patel In-Class Activity: Heuristic Review (4/19) In-Class Activity: Problem solving exercise – Storyboarding(4/21)
14	12/4 12/6 12/8 12/11	Studio Sessions – “Crit & Collab”(4/24) Final Presentations (4/26, 4/28 and 5/1) EY Guest Speakers will be in attendance	Project 2 Final (Files uploaded 5/1 by 11:59 PM)