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LIS531Y FALL 2014 SESSION BY SESSION CLASS SCHEDULE

There are 13 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:

9/9: First meeting of class; Tour of Usability Lab (3:20-3:50pm)
9/16, 9/23: Presentations from site supervisors
10/28: Mid Point Report — all usability tests complete before class. Session takes place in Collaboratory
11/6: Guest lecture: Elizabeth Quigley on online usability testing; L Hood and Kasia Sinczak on UX research in a corporate setting
12/2 : Written report due to site supervisor and Rong; In class team work time (3:50-4:50pm)
12/9 : Usability Term Project Presentations: Site supervisors attend the session

Date	Topics/Activities	Reading Assignments
9/9	Session 1: Introduction and Overview of Usability Research Concepts and Methods Tour of Usability Lab	Goodman, Kunicavsky, & Moed, Chapter 1-2 Usability Research Web Resources Nielsen, J. (2003). Usability 101: Introduction to Usability ISO Standard 9241-11 Guidance on Usability (1998 First Edition pdf accessible on the Moodle course site) Distributed: Assignment 1 — Usability Training
9/16	Session 2: Developing the Usability Test Plan; Usability Problems and Scenarios Presentations from Site Supervisors: I	Goodman, Kuniavsky & Moed, Chapters 3-4 Rubin and Chisnell, Chapters 1-2 Tullis & Ablert, Chapter 3 Hackos & Radish, Chapter 1 Usability.gov: Planning a Usability Test. Usability.gov: Scenarios. Tortolano, G. Usability test scenario template. Distributed: Assignment 2 — Usability Test Research Instruments (Group Assignment) Distributed: Usability Term Project
9/23	Session 3: Usability Scenario Development: User Profiles, mental models and Persona Presentations from Site Supervisors: II	Goodman, Kuniavsky & Moed, Chapters 5 and Chapter 17 (read text before “Representing Situations: Scenarios”) Hackos & Radish, Chapter 2 Rubin and Chisnell, Chapters 3, 5 Norman, D. A. (1983). Some observations on mental models, in Gentner & Stevens (eds). Mental Models.(pp.7-14). London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (Full text accessible on Moodle course site). Cooper, A. (2008). The origin of personas. The Cooper Journal. Hinton, A. (2008). Personas and the role of design documentation: How it’s less about deliverables, and more about design. Boxes and Arrows. Usability.gov: Personas. Tortolano, G. Usability persona template Due: Assignment 1 Complete
9/30	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.
10/7	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
10/14	Session 6: Administering and Conducting Usability Testing	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)
10/21	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 Rose, E. J. (2006). Analyzing usability study results: Is it magic behind the curtain? UPA 2006 Idea Markets. Distributed: Assignment 4 (for doctoral students) — Usability Research Method or Tool Review
10/28	Session 8: Usability Term Project Mid-Point Status Report Session takes place in Collaboratory
11/4	Session 9: Online Remote Usability Testing and UX researcher as a career Guest lecturers: Elizabeth Quigley; L Hood and Kasia Sinczak (Instructor attends ASIS&T Conference)	Bolt, N. (2010). Pros and Cons of remote usability testing. Stetter, H. (2011). Seven Things Remote Testing Can Do That Lab Testing Can’t.
11/18	Session 10: Heuristic Usability Evaluation, Focus Groups, and Diary Studies	Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed. Chapters 7, 10 Rohrer, C. (2008). When to use which user experience research methods. Due: Assignment 3
11/25	Session 11: Mobile Usability and Eye Tracking Methods	Rubin & Chisnell, Chapter 13-14 Nielson & Budiu, Chapters 1, 2, 5 Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapters 13-14 Nielson & Pernice. Chapters 1-2, 8 Meyers, P. J. (2009). Guide to low-cost usability tools. User effect. Due: Assignment 4
12/2	Session 12: Communicating Usability Results Course Evaluation Team In-Class Work Time: 2:50-3:50pm	Goodman, Kuniavsky, & Moed, Chapters 18-19 Rubin & Chisnell, Chapter 13-14 Tullis & Albert, Chapter 11 Due: Usability Term Project Written Report
12/9	Usability Term Project Presentation(Location: Kotzen Conference Room) (Site Supervisors Attend the Session)

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