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User Experience Design

Department of Management Information Systems, Temple University

User Experience Design

MIS 3506.001 ■ Fall 2025 ■ Amy Lavin
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Schedule

WK DATES TOPIC DUE
1 August 25 & 27

Introduction to UX in Business

What is UX
Affordances & Signifiers
Digital Product Management

Deck: 

ICA:

UX – Norman
UX – Wikipedia

What is a Product Manager?

Design Thinking as a Strategy for Innovation

Design of Everyday Things (Norman) Ch. 1 & 2 (available from TUlibrary)

2 September 1 & 3

***No Class on September 1 – Labor Day***

UX Principles & Human Centered Design, Design Thinking

Deck: 

ICA: 

5 Stages in Design Thinking

LinkedIn Learning: Universal Design Principles: Affordances

LinkedInLearning: Universal Design Principles: Root Cause Analysis

https://www.creativityatwork.com/design-thinking-strategy-for-innovation/

Norman Ch 1 & 2

3 September 8 & 10

Project Research, Design Thinking & Usability Testing

Usability Analysis

Deck: 

ICA:  Usability Testing, Business Opportunity Statements

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/heuristic-evaluation-how-to-conduct-a-heuristic-evaluation

Don’t Make Me Think (Krug) Chapters 9/10/11 (available from TUlibrary)

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/5-stages-in-the-design-thinking-process

Usability Analysis – Usability Test Script

Norman Ch. 5 

4 September 15 & 17

Understanding Users

Customer Journey Maps

Personas

Deck:  

ICA:

Personas

LinkedInLearning: Creating Personas (25 mins)

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ux-design-3-creating-personas/data-driven-personas-are-more-believable?u=2206009

https://business.adobe.com/blog/basics/what-is-customer-journey-map

https://miro.com/customer-journey-map/what-is-a-customer-journey-map/

5 September 22 & 24

Information Architecture & Navigation

Gulfs of Execution and Evaluation

Deck:  

ICA:  

Norman Ch. 2 (up to p 56)

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/menu-design/

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/tree-testing/

6 September 29 & October 1

Wireframing & Chatbots

Deck:  

ICA:

https://www.figma.com/resource-library/what-is-wireframing/

https://balsamiq.com/blog/what-are-wireframes/

https://miro.com/wireframe/what-is-a-wireframe/

7 October 6 & 8

October 6: Exam 1

October 8: Project 1 Presentations

 

 

8 October 13 & 15

Interaction Design & Microinteractions

Tentative – Project 2 Interview

Deck:  

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/microinteractions/

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/micro-interactions-ux?srsltid=AfmBOorVLtUcRjIFICJeKWQdI7WrpttHEh9NPZ9UmZB_qXnKWeMoMkfK

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/micro-interactions-ux?srsltid=AfmBOorVLtUcRjIFICJeKWQdI7WrpttHEh9NPZ9UmZB_qXnKWeMoMkfK

9 October 20 & 22

 

Prototyping

Deck:  

 

Tool: Figma

Complete LinkedInLearning Certificate:

Figma Essential Training

due 10/26 @ 11:59PM

10 October 27 & 29 

 

Ethics in UX Design

Project 2 Studio Time

Deck:  

 

 

Dark Patterns

https://designlab.com/blog/ethical-considerations-in-ux-design

https://usabilitygeek.com/ethics-in-user-experience-design/

11 November 3 & 5

 

ADA and Compliance:  Guest Lecture: Matt Wolf, Owner, Wyndertryst Graphic Design Co.

Deck: 

 

 
12 November 10 & 12

November 10 – Exam #2

November 12 – Project 2 Studio

 

13 November 17 & 19

 

Communicating UX Value to Stakeholders

In Class Studio Sessions

 

 
14 December 1 & 3

Final Presentations – TBD In Class

Guidelines and Rubric:

 

Project 2 File upload by 12/8 at 11:59PM

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