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This week’s readings are quite straightforward.
The first thing you need to understand is what is usability testing and why it’s done.
Then, imagine you had to run usability testing (you will have to for UR4). What do you do? The book explains the procedures step-by-step.
This week completes the topic of conceptual design. Organizing information (information architecture) is an important part of the design. Please head to Bb > Readings > Week 10… and read at least the first reading posted there. As you read, please try to understand the following about information architecture:
As you skim the other two research articles, try to figure out:
UX Book Chapter 11 is about Prototypes. They are the logical continuation of sketches and wireframes that you read about for last week. The most important thing to get out of the chapter, IMO, is:
Note: I am aware that there is a report due on class day, but this is NOT an excuse to not do the readings!
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While you are working on the Persona report, we are reading about the next step: Conceptual design.
As you do the readings, try to understand:
This week, you will read about some core concept of user-centered design: Personas, Scenarios, Use cases, and Task analysis. As you read, try to understand:
Please read the Cooper chapter first, for an overview of the topic, and the UXB chapter second, for detailed how-to information. Cooper will provide the context you need to better understand the UXB chapter.
As you do the readings for Oct 3, please focus on finding answers to these questions:
