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Live Blackboard Collaborate Sessions
- Course Wrap-up Aug 4th 2:30pm PDT
- Open Office Hours Aug 6th 2:30pm PDT
Important Reminders
- Online Final Exam Aug 21st 12:00pm PDT
Online Office Hours (Until Aug 19th)
Zoom Open Office Hours:
Wednesdays 12:30-1:00pm PDT
Zoom 1-on-1 Office Hours:
Wednesdays 1:00-1:30pm PDT
Looking Ahead to the Final Exam
- Online Final Exam Aug 21st 12:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
- Do a Browser check before - Firefox or Google Chrome recommended
- Take the exam at a quiet location, with a wired Internet connection or strong WiFi signal
- Write your answers in a word processing app and then paste them into Quiz answer fields
- During the exam you can post questions in the Final Exam Clarifications discussion
- Only press the Submit button once when you have completed the Quiz
Have a question about the Final Exam after classes have ended? Post your question in the Final Exam Q&A forum.
Instructor design reviews, no regularly scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions.
View all of Week 12 (Jul 25 - Jul 31)
What is the practice of systems-oriented design? / Special topics
Required Readings
Design Systems and Systems Design — what’s the difference? (5 minute read)
Applying Systems Thinking in Product Design (9 minute read)
View all of Week 11 (Jul 18 - 24)
What are the essentials of effective visual communication?
Required Readings
How to Use C.R.A.P. Design Principles For Better UX? (8 minute read)
Typography Tutorial - 10 rules to help you rule type, a Video (3 minutes)
Accessibility for Visual Design (9 minute read)
View all of Week 10 (Jul 11 - 17)
Instructor discovery research and exploratory storyboards meetings, no regularly scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions.
Zoom group meetings scheduled between 12noon and 5:00PM PDT Jul 7th - 9th.
View all of Week 9 (Jul 4 - 10)
How to bridge the gap between the problem space and design space?
Required Readings
Leveraging Mental Models in UX Design (15 minute read)
Don Norman’s Principles of Interaction Design (8 minute read)
Not Just Pretty: Building Emotion Into Your Websites (15 minute read)
View all of Week 8 (Jun 27 - Jul 3)
How to understand and communicate people's needs and behaviours?
Required Readings
A 5-Step Process For Conducting User Research (18 minutes)
How to Leverage Thematic Analysis for Better UX (12 minute read)
7 Alternative User Research Methods (5 minute read)
View all of Week 7 (Jun 20 - 26)
How to explore and communicate possible design solutions?
Required Readings
Prototyping 101: The Difference between Low-Fidelity and High-Fidelity Prototypes and When to Use Each | Adobe Blog (11 minute read)
Design Scenarios (16 minute read, incl. slides)
Chapter 2: Getting to Know Users and Their Tasks (12 minute read)
View all of Week 6 (Jun 13 - 19)
How to plan, conduct, and summarize usability tests?
Required Readings
UX design: how to conduct usability testing (18 minute read)
Write Better Qualitative Usability Tasks: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid (10 minute read)
View all of Week 5 (Jun 6 - 12)
How to conduct a user interface inspection?
Assessing usability with Cognitive Walkthrough (14 minute read)
An Overview of Expert Heuristic Evaluations (12 minute read)
Design Heuristics Lecture with Scott Klemmer, a Video Playlist (35 minutes in total)
Severity Ratings for Usability Problems (5 minute read)
View all of Week 4 (May 30 - Jun 5)
What is the practice of multi-device interaction design?
Interaction design: a guide for beginners (19 minute read)
HCI Laws (4 minute read)
The Myths of Mobile Design and Why They Matter (8 minute read)
Touch Targets on Touchscreens (11 minute read)
View all of Week 3 (May 23 - 29)
What does a holistic user experience design process look like?
Project Framework Comparisons: Agile vs. Waterfall vs. Hybrid vs. Lean (10 minute read)
What is User Experience Design, a Video (5 minutes)
The Evolution of UX Process Methodology (11 minute read)
View all of Week 2 (May 16 - 22)
Course overview / What is usability and user experience design?
Usability 101: Introduction to Usability (7 minute read)
Introduction to User Experience Design (8 minute read)
View all of Week 1 (May 12 - 15)
Course Welcome
Welcome to CMPT-363 User Interface Design, Summer 2020. To help orientate yourself to the course, explore the course syllabus. You may also want to view a brief tour of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
Is this your first fully online course? If so, you might find these articles might be of help:
- 8 Strategies for Getting the Most Out of an Online Class
- What Makes a Successful Online Learner?
- How to study at home during coronavirus – by online students and tutors
BCcampus recently launched a new website to help support students during the COVID-19 pandemic which you might also find to be a helpful resource throughout the term:
Weekly course materials will be posted here by Saturday of each week. One-minute summaries are due on Wednesday each week, and weekly review quizzes are due on Friday.
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