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1 | 4 January |
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2 | 11 January |
Planning & considerations for usability testing
Choose teams + Projects Workshop: Brainstorming usability concerns |
From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend topic: Heuristic evals for specific settings
Extend topic: Cognitive Walkthroughs in other Settings Aaron R. Lyon, Jessica Coifman, Heather Cook, Erin McRee, Freda F. Liu, Kristy Ludwig, Shannon Dorsey, Kelly Koerner, Sean A. Munson & Elizabeth McCauley The Cognitive Walkthrough for Implementation Strategies (CWIS): a pragmatic method for assessing implementation strategy usability. Implementation Science Communications 2 (2021). |
Read project descriptions Sign up for reading presentation |
3 | 18 January |
Planning for a usability study, cont.
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From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend topic: Accessibility |
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4 | 25 January |
Forming an initial test plan
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From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend topic: Usability, children, and aging
Extend topic: Usability and automation |
P2. Interaction map
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5 | 1 February |
Preparing a test with measurable results
Workshop: Study plans |
From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend topic: The Hamburger Icon |
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6 | 8 February |
Conducting a usability study
Workshop: Study kits |
From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend Topic: Invisible OSs, Recognition, and Recall
Extend topic: Additional Techniques |
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7 | 15 February |
Data analysis & reporting
Workshop: Data analysis |
From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend topic: Voice UI Extend topic: Large data in usability
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8 | 22 February |
Presenting your findings
Usability experiences in sociotechnical systems, can things be “too” usable? (& other dilemmas) |
From the books (required)
Required
Optional
Extend topic: Technical choices that affect usability
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9 | 1 March |
Guest lecture: (Tentative - TBD) Reporting Examples Usability in the field, and moving forward
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Required
Extend topic: Biometrics
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10 | 8 March |
Course wrap up & Presentations |
Optional
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