Welcome to Intro to Design and Usability

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the Final Project is due between Monday March 21 and Wednesday March 23.

If you want to participate in the P2PU badge program for School Of Webcraft, please go sign up here http://badges.p2pu.org (log in with your P2PU login)
For more information, read the participation badges notice here https://groups.google.com/d/topic/p2pu_introdesignusability/jzYpBI_MeP0/discussion. Everyone who turns in a final project will get a "Team Player" badge. Please also try for the "Accessibilty Foundation" badge. It encompasses general Usability principles.

Week 1: Greetings and Scheduling; Why Design is Important is archived here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sk-h4-lCzx5IJZJLzBGH0hHRUHCMNS6Bc8DexBb8krM/edit?hl=en

Week 2 : Print vs Web; Fonts and colors in design. ARCHIVED
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-WAzbBFpQ-rJMm_89QT7Cnc3p6o4HJZ5obSbyBPjH6g/edit?hl=en

Week 3  User Behavior Week. ARCHIVED
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gip6FnU5OkKRWM3EX6XuP_FOWarSpDn8zHq_2dx1H5Y/edit?hl=en

Week 4: Supplementary Content Week. ARCHIVED
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NQybtOIiTEoNrIP0iy8UieDpavBWZih_U_uvEeHVn-Q/edit?hl=en
 

Week 5 Practical Application and Helpful Apps. ARCHIVED
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AcmIkFt15z8CV0ediTDUTxDCv299ijK7T8eWlSm5zxQ/edit?hl=en

Week 6 Wrap Up and Final Project

the Final Project is due between Monday March 21 and Wednesday March 23.

We will take what we have learned and apply it to a usability focused design for any site on the web (can be yours or a redesign of an existing site -corporate, news, etc). This can be presented as a semi- functional prototype, a presentation, etc. Customizing a blogging tool is also acceptable, since what we are learning here is how to make usable designs. If your personal website is chosen for this project, it should be a functional site. Explain reasoning behind the redesign. 

Open chat and office hours Week 6:
There will be office hours as usual on March 16th 11am to 3pm PDT (GMT -7) and additional hours Thursday March 17th and Friday March 18th 8:15 -10:15 am PDT (GMT-7) and 6:30 - 8:30 pm PDT (GMT-7) 

NOTICE: MARCH 18th 8:15-10:15 am chat is cancelled due to illness

Please feel free to ask any questions you have! 

The final  will need to be hosted somewhere (advanced features can still be placeholders). You are free to choose your host service.

If you want to participate in the P2PU badge program for School Of Webcraft, please go sign up here http://badges.p2pu.org (log in with your P2PU login)
For more information, read the participation badges notice here https://groups.google.com/d/topic/p2pu_introdesignusability/jzYpBI_MeP0/discussion. Everyone who turns in a final project will get a "Team Player" badge. Please also try for the "Accessibilty Foundation" badge. It also encompasses general Usability principles.