COAP:COAP-2170/week4
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
COAP 2170 Week 4 program
In week four we will focus on prototyping
Monday
Introduction
- The concept of user-centered design and in particular of participatory design
A participatory design cycle
A participatory design cycle
- Short overview of Design and usability methods and techniques, i.e. where do usability testing, card sorting and prototyping fit in ?
- Discussion of the card sorting activity (hw3)
- Early prototyping with wireframes
- (videos needed here ...)
- Short overview of Web prototyping software
- Web wireframe tools
Main activity:
- Paper prototyping with post-its.
- We shall design a few webster pages and then move on to personal projects
Administration:
- Mid-term exam type / topic (Week 5).
Wednesday
- Prototyping with wire frameing software. We shall use Pencil project, installed on N:\Pencil
- People with their own PC:
- Install Pencil Project on your Personal Computer (Win/Linux only). Use the standalone version. The Firefox extension won't work with FF 4.
- Mac users can go for trial versions of JustinMind or Balsamiq or use an online tool (see web wireframe for lists of software).