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LIS455 FALL 2016 SESSION BY SESSION CLASS SCHEDULE

There are 14 class sessions. The table below displays the course schedule by Session Number and Date, Topics, Readings and Assignments.

(Note that with the exception of the readings for the first class session, you are expected to read the listed readings before you come to the class)

Here is a list of important dates and no-class dates:

  • 9/13: First meeting of class; Tour of Usability Lab (3:20-3:50pm)
  • 9/20, 9/27: Presentations from site supervisors; Session takes place in Techlab Classroom (P213)
  • 11/1: Mid Point Report — all usability tests complete before class. Session takes place in Techlab Classroom (P213)
  • 12/6: Written report due to site supervisors and Rong (7pm); In class team work time (3:00-5:50)
  • 12/13: Usability Term Project Presentations: Site supervisors attend the session. Location: SOM 501-502

 

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Date Topics/Activities Reading Assignments
9/13

Session 1: Introduction and Overview of Usability Research Concepts and Methods

Tour of Usability Lab

    Distributed: Assignment 1 — Usability Training
9/20

Session 2: Developing the Usability Test Plan; Usability Problems and Scenarios

Presentations from Site Supervisors (I)
Session takes place in Techlab Classroom (P213)

Distributed: Assignment 2 — Usability Test Research Instruments (Group Assignment)

Distributed: Usability Term Project
9/27

Session 3: Usability Scenario Development: User Profiles, mental models and Persona

Presentations from Site Supervisors (II)
Session takes place in Techlab Classroom (P213)
    Due: Assignment 1 Complete
10/4

Session 4: Usability Scenario Development: Tasks and Pre- Post- Interview/Survey Questions
  • Goodman, Kuniavsky & Moed, Chapter 6 (read only the text in the “interviewing” section); Chapter 12; Chapter 17 (read remaining text of the chapter starting the section “Representing Situations: Scenarios”)
  • Hackos & Radish, Chapters 5-7
  • Rubin & Chisnell, Chapter 8
  • Usability.gov: Task Analysis.
  • Tortolano, G. Usability Test Survey Template.
10/11

Session 5: Usability Research Participant Recruitment; Moderating and Observing Usability Tests
  • Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapter 6 (read only the section “Recruiting”)
  • Rubin and Chisnell, Chapters 4, 6-7
  • Hinderer, D. (1998). Challenges in participant recruiting for usability testing. Proceedings 1998 IEEE International Communication Conference, 2, 417-426. (Fulltext accessible on Moodle course site)
    Due: Assignment 2
    Distributed: Assignment 3 — Usability Research Literature Review
10/18

Session 6: Administering and Conducting Usability Testing

Wenqing Lu (TA) teaches the session; Instructor will be away to attend the ASIS&T conference
  • Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapters 9, 11
  • Rubin & Chisnell, Chapters 9-10
  • Usabiilty.gov: Usability testing guidelines.(Fulltext available on MOODLE course site)
  • Schusteritsch, R., Wei, C. Y., & LaRosa. M. (2007). Towards the perfect infrastructure for usability testing on mobile devices. ACM CHI’07. 1839-1844. (Fulltext accessible on Moodle course site)
10/25

Session 7: Usability Data Processing and Coding; Usability Data Analysis and Report
  • Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapters 15
  • Rubin & Chisnell, Chapters 11-12
  • Tullis & Albert, Chapters 4, scan Chapters 5-8
  • Usability.gov. Reporting Usability Test Results.
    Distributed: Assignment 4 (for doctoral students) — Usability Research Method or Tool Review
11/1

Session 8: Usability Term Project Mid-Point Status Report

Session takes place in Techlab Classroom (P213)

11/8

Session 9: Heuristic Usability Evaluation, Focus Groups, and Diary Studies
11/15

Class session cancelled due to instructor’s illness
11/22

Session 10: Card Sorting, Content Inventory, Web Information Architecture, and Wire-framing

    Session takes place in Techlab P213
  • Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapters 8
  • Tullis & Albert, Chapter 9
  • Usability.gov: Information Architecture Basics.
  • Isa, W. A. R. W. M., Noor, N. L. M., & Mehad, S. (2010). Web Architectural-Inducing Model (WA-IM) for Information Architecture in Cultural Context: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Digital Information Management, 8(5), 331-338.(Article available on the Moodle site)
      • Due: Assignment 4
11/29

Session 11: More on Wire-framing and Communicating Usability Results
  • Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapters 18-19
  • Rubin & Chisnell, Chapter 13-14
  • Tullis & Albert, Chapter 11
12/6

Session 12: Usability Team Project Work Day

dueDue: Usability Term Project Written Report Due at 7pm
12/13

Usability Term Project Presentation (Location: SOM 501/502)

(Site Supervisors Attend the Session)

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