Schedule

May 10-14 (Week 1)

Studio:
● Course Overview
● Team Formation and Icebreaker

To-Dos (details)
● Submit Team Information (by end of studio lab)
● P1: Ethics Training
● T1: Team Contract
● P2: Create Persona and Empathy Maps

May 17-21 (Week 2)

Studio:
● D1: Value Proposition Workshop

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for D1
● T2: Team Building Exercise #1
● P3: Draft Interview Questions

May 24-28 (Week 3)

Studio:
● D2: Mock Interviews

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for D2
● PO1: User Interviews - Informational Interviews
● P4: Prepare for Data Analysis
● CH1: Challenge Report - Notes

May 31-June 4 (Week 4)

Studio:
● D3: Affinity Diagramming & Work Models

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for D3
● PO1: User Interviews - Information Interview
● T3: Team Building Exercise #2
● P5: Brainstorm Features
● CH1: Challenge Report - Notes

June 7-11 (Week 5)

Studio:
● D4: Challenge and Concretize Features

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for D4
● PO1: User Interviews - Informational Interviews
● P6: Feature Sketching and Prepare for Design Critique
● CH1: Challenge Report - Notes
● R1: Research Proposal Draft (CS 649 only)

June 14-18 (Week 6)

Studio:
● C1: Design Critique Session #1

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for C1
● PO1: User Interviews - Informational Interviews
● T4: Team Building Exercise #3
● P7: Prepare for Paper Prototyping
● CH1: Challenge Report - Notes

June 21-25 (Week 7)

Studio:
● D5: Paper Prototyping

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for D5
● P8: Plan for Paper Prototype Evaluation
● CH1: Challenge Report - Notes

June 28-July 2 (Week 8)

Studio:
● E1: Low-Fidelity Prototype Evaluation

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for E1
● P9: Iterate Design and Start High-Fidelity Prototype
● CH1: Challenge Report
● T5: Team Building Exercise #4

July 5-9 (Week 9)

Studio:
● CH2: Challenge Report Presentation

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for CH2
● P10: Create High Fidelity Prototype and Prepare for Design Criique Session #2
● PO1: User Interviews - Prototype Evaluation
● PO2c: Final Project Presentation - Preparation I

July 12-16 (Week 10)

Studio:
● C2: Design Critique Session #2

To-Dos: (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for C2
● P11: Refine High Fidelity Prototype Based on Critique
● PO1: User Interviews - Prototype Evaluation
● T6: Team Reflections
● Extra: Prepare for Q&A Session

July 19-23 (Week 11)

Studio:
● Academia, Graduate Studies and Research in HCI - Q&A

To-Dos (details)
● P12: Prepare for Hi-Fidelity Prototype Evaluation
● PO1: User Interviews - Prototype Evaluation
● Complete Course Evaluation
● Extra: Thinking Ahead

July 26-30 (Week 12)

Studio:
● E2: Heuristic Evaluation and Cognitive Walkthrough

To-Dos (details)
● Design Notebook Entry for E2
● PO2a-d: Create Final Products
● R2: Research Proposal (CS 649 only)
● EX1: Building an Annotated Bibliography through ChatGPT

July 31-Aug 4 (Week 13)

Due:
● PO2a: Final Prototype (Due Aug 1)
● PO2b: Demo Video (Due Aug 1)
● PO2c: Final Project Presentation (Due Aug 1)
● PO2d: Design Porfolio (Due Aug 4)
● R2: Research Proposal (CS 649 only, Due Aug 4)
● EX1: Building an Annotated Bibliography through ChatGPT (Due Aug 4)