LIS4351 User Experience Design

LIS4351 User Experience Design Spring 2015 HOME SYLLABUS OUTLINE ASSIGNMENTS GROUPS Syllabus Contact Information Dr. Richard J. Urban, Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies Florida State University Office: 254 LSB Office Hours: By appointment The best way to reach me is by email: rurban@fsu.edu. I make every effort to respond to emails within 24 hours; if I don t respond within 48 hours, please email me again, as your message might have gotten lost or junked accidentally.

Teaching Assistant Nathaniel Ramos nr12c [at] my.fsu.edu Course Description This course provides a comprehensive overview of the user experience design process, and is intended to familiarize students with the methods, concepts, and techniques necessary to make user experience design an integral part of developing information interfaces. The course provides students with an opportunity to acquire the resources, skills, and hands-on experience they need to design, develop, and evaluate information interfaces from a user-centered design perspective. Course Objectives At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

Define the critical issues and theoretical underpinnings of User Experience (UX) design; Establish requirements for UX design concepts using techniques such as persona development, task description, and use cases; Develop alternatives for UX design concepts using techniques such as competitive analysis, scenariobased design, and story-boarding; Demonstrate the construction of UX design artifacts using techniques such as flow diagrams, wire-framing, and paper prototypes; Evaluate UX design artifacts using techniques such as representative user testing, inspection methods, and expert analysis; and Apply feedback from UX evaluations to improve information interfaces through a process of iterative, user-centered design. Course Materials There is no required text for this course; there will be required

readings each week as assigned and posted to the course website. Course Assignments Please see the detailed assignment descriptions in the main menu; the following list is provided for quick reference: Class Participation (20%) Individual Design Project, Part 1: Designing for Users (10%) Individual Design Project, Part 2: User Personas and Scenarios (10%) Individual Design Project, Part 3: Use Cases and Tasks (10%) Individual Design Project, Part 4: Conceptual Designs and Prototypes (10%) Group Design Project, Iteration 1 (10%) Group Design Project, Iteration 2 (10%) Group Design Project, Iteration 3 (20%)

Grading and Evaluation The most important criteria for grading are timeliness, completeness, and quality. Please complete all parts of each assignment, and please make every effort to clearly present your thinking at each stage in the process. The effort you put into your assignments is just as important as the final outcome. Assignments that have not been demonstrably spell-checked, grammar-checked, and proofread for absolute nonsense will not be accepted. Unacceptable assignments will receive a zero, and may be resubmitted only at the instructor s discretion. Please note that all of your work for this class must be original. If a situation arises where you will not be able to meet a deadline, please let the instructor know well in advance. Work submitted late with a reasonable excuse will be accepted only if discussed with the instructor before the due date.

Percentage weights for each assignment are listed above. Final letter grades will be allocated using the following scale: 100-93 = A, 92-90 = A-, 89-87 = B+, 86-83 = B, 82-80 = B-, 79-77 = C+, 76-73 = C, 72-70 = C-, 69-67 = D+, 66-63 = D, 62-60 = D-, 59-0 = F. Course Schedule Please see the detailed course outline in the main menu; the following list is provided for quick reference: Week 1: Introduction to Course Week 2: UX Design 101 Week 3: UX Design 102 Week 4: UX in the Design Lifecycle Week 5: Thinking about Users Week 6: Thinking about Tasks Week 7: Establishing Requirements Week 8: Designing Alternatives Week 9: Prototyping and Interface Design Week 10: Evaluation and Iterative Design

Week 11: Evaluating with Users Week 12: Group User Tests Week 13: Evaluating without Users Week 14: Group Presentations Week 15: Future of UX Design and UX Careers University Attendance Policy Attendance policy for this course is consistent with Florida State University policy as stated in the Bulletin. Your regular attendance at class meetings of this course is expected, and you are required to participate in class discussions. All students are expected to abide by this class attendance policy. Accommodations will be made for documented illness, deaths in the immediate family and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities in a way that does not penalize students who have a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.

University-wide policy requires all students to attend the first class meeting of all classes for which they are registered. Students who do not attend the first class meeting of a course for which they are registered will be dropped from the course by the academic department that offers the course. In order to enforce this policy, instructors are required to take attendance at the first class meeting and report absences to the appropriate person in their department or school/college. For further information, consult the FSU General Bulletin at:http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/grad/apdefault.htm. Class Communication Policy You are required to check your official FSU email accounts and the course blogs or discussion boards regularly. All emails to the instructor must include a subject line that begins with the number of the course. You set up your email account so that your full name accompanies each email (e.g. I should receive email from John Q. Smith, not from jqs4432). Emails that include neither your full name somewhere in the email nor the course number in the subject line will not receive a

response. Copyright Statement Some materials in this course may be copyrighted. They are provided in compliance with the provisions of the Technology, Education, And Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act:http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/archive/ Academic Honor Policy The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University s expectations for the integrity of students academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to... be honest and truthful and... [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University. (Florida State University Academic Honor Policy, found at

http://www.fsu.edu/~dof/honorpolicy.htm.) Americans with Disabilities Act Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should: 1. register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center; and 2. bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done during the first week of class. This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request. For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the Student Disability Resource Center

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Hardware and Software Requirements A list of all hardware and software requirements for students participating in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) courses can be found at the following location: http://slis.fsu.edu/academics/online/requirements/ Student Eligibility for an Incomplete Grade Incomplete ( I ) grades will not be assigned, except in the case of exceptional unforeseen circumstances that occur within the last three weeks of the semester and your work has otherwise been satisfactory (C average). Syllabus Change Policy This syllabus is a guide for the course and is subject to change with advanced notice.

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CATEGORIES Administrivia Group Design Project Grp 1: Iteration 1 Grp2: Iteration 2 Grp3: Iteration 3 Groups e-health Edumacation FemFire Fuse Local Note Super Awesome Fun People Television In-class Activities

In-class Activities CCI Site Crestron Individual Design Project Indiv 1: Designing for Users Indiv 2: User Personas and Scenarios Indiv 3: Use Cases and Tasks Indiv 4: Conceptual Designs and Prototypes Uncategorized UX Resources RECENT POSTS Local note iteration 3 Medifile: Iteration 3 Team Productivity Iteration 3

FemFire: Iteration 3 1485 RECENT COMMENTS ARCHIVES April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 Search