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User Experience Design

Department of Management Information Systems, Temple University

User Experience Design

MIS 3506.002 ■ Spring 2026 ■ Amy Lavin
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Schedule

 

WK Week Of TOPIC
1 January 12 & 14

Introduction to UX in Business

What is UX
Affordances & Signifiers
Digital Product Management

Deck:  

ICA: ICA Week 1 Norman’s Design Concepts

Readings:

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 January 19 & 21

***No Class on January 19 – MLK Holiday***

UX Principles & Human Centered Design, Design Thinking

Deck:

ICA: 

Readings: 

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 January 26 & 28

Project Research, Design Thinking & Usability Testing

Usability Analysis

Deck:

ICA:  

Readings:

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 February 2 & 4

***No In Person Class on February 2***

Understanding Users: Customer Journey Maps & Personas

Deck:  

ICA:

Readings/Content:

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/

Persona Worksheet

Customer_Journey_Mapping_Worksheet

5 February 9 & 11

Knowledge 

Information Architecture & Navigation

Gulfs of Execution and Evaluation

Deck: 

ICA:

Readings:

Norman Ch. 2 (up to p 56)

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

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

6 February 16 & 18

Wireframing & Project Studio 

Deck: 

ICA:

Readings:

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 February 23 & 25

February 23: Exam 1

February 25: Project 1 Presentations

Spring Break March 1-7

8 March 9 & 11

Project 2 Kickoff

Interaction Design & Microinteractions

Deck: 

Readings:

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

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

 

9 March 16 & 18

Prototyping & Chatbots

Deck:  

Readings:

https://medium.com/@antonioneto_17307/prototyping-c56c2e8ca418

Complete LinkedInLearning Certificate:

Figma Essential Training

10 March 23 & 25

 

Ethics in UX Design

Project 2 Studio Time 

Deck: 

Readings:

Dark Patterns

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

Ethics In User Experience Design

 

11 March 30 & April 1

 

Accessibility, ADA and Compliance: 

Deck: 

EU Accessibility Act

Web Accessibility Guidelines

12 April 6 & 8

April 6 – Exam #2

April 8 – Project Studio

13 April 13 & 15

 

Communicating UX Value to Stakeholders

In Class Studio Sessions

 

14 April 20 & 22

Final Presentations – TBD In Class

Guidelines and Rubric:

 

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