Design Inquiry and Research: Fall 2015

Course materials

Readings

There is no required textbook for this course.  There are assigned readings throughout the course that are available on the Internet. Check the course schedule for the dates when each reading and case study is due. The readings that are not available online are available as hyperlinks on the course schedule.

 

Sample Assignments

Below are sample assignments to help you better understand the assignment criteria.

Interview Samples:

Tea Interview-1

MIS 5403 9-16-14 Interview

Ollie Testimonial

 

Research Samples:

Fitzpatrick Research Assignment  [This is a very good example of a series of annotated photos telling a compelling story and documenting a system in detail]

Berger Annotated research photo sample  [Very good annotated research photos and written documentation of extensive fieldwork]

Sara Baughn_Second Hand Cell Phone Market Portfolio lowres [This is a very good example of a series of annotated photos telling a compelling story using primary research conducted online and in person]

 

Video samples:

 

Interactive experience mapping example:

Bits dashboard sample

 

System mapping example:

mapping samples

Kibler_Systems Map

MIS 5403 Ebbecke Apparel System Map

 

Persona Template:  Persona-Template