SWE 205 Draft Schedule - Spring 2024

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Week Dates Topic Tuesday Thursday Additional
1January 16
January 18		 Introduction Snow Cancellation Introduction
Schneiderman's 5 Criteria
In-class 		The Book
We Can Do Better
2January 23
January 25		 Affordances and Signifiers
Reading Reflection 1, Notes 		Assignment 0 Due
Affordances
Signifiers
In-class 		Assignment 1 Due
In-class 		Norman Doors
Don Norman Interview
3January 30
February 1 		UI History and Theory
Reading Reflection 2, Notes 		Ko Chapter 1,
Ko Chapter 2
In-class 		Assignment 2 Due
In-class 		Pop tart usability
Uncle Rob Cooking Tip
4February 6
February 8 		What Interfaces Mediate
Reading Reflection 3, Notes 		Ko Chapter 3, slides
In-class 		Assignment 3 Due
In-class 		 
5February 13
February 15 		Orchestration and Flow
Reading Reflection 4, Notes 		Cooper Chapter 11,
In-class 		Assignment 4 Due
In-class 		 
6February 20
February 22 		Excise
Reading Reflection 5, Notes 		Cooper Chapter 12,
In-class 		Assignment 5 Due
In-class
7February 27
February 29 		Usable Security
Reading Reflection 6, Notes 		Is Usable Security
an Oxymoron?
Usable Security Slides
In-class 		No formal assignment this
week; project prep instead
In-class
Project Notes 		 
 March 5
March 7 		Spring Break      
8March 12
March 14 		Don't Make Me Think!
No Reading Reflection this week. 		Krug Chapter 1
In-class 		Project Milestone 1 Due  
9March 19
March 21 		Designing for Scanning
Reading Reflection 7, Notes 		Krug Chapter 2
Krug Chapter 3
In-class 		Assignment 6 Due
In-class 		 
10March 26
March 28 		Choices; Writing for the Web
Reading Reflection 8, Notes 		Krug Chapter 4
Krug Chapter 5
In-class 		Assignment 7 Due
In-class 		 
11April 2
April 4 		Navigation
Reading Reflection 9, Notes 		Krug Chapter 6
In-class 		Assignment 8 Due
In-class 		 
12April 9
April 11 		Usability Testing
Reading Reflection 10, Notes 		Krug Chapter 9
In-class 		Assignment 9 Due  
13April 16
April 18 		Mobile, Accessibility
Reading Reflection 11, Notes 		Krug Chapter 10
In-class 		Krug Chapter 12
In-class
Usability Video Due 		Guidelines for Accessible
and Usable Web Sites
14April 23
April 25 		Dark Patterns
Reading Reflection 12, Notes 		Dark Patterns:
Past, Present, and Future
In-class 		Final Project Due
Rubric for Project 		darkpatterns.org
 May 7 Final Exam   Same Classroom (Horizon 3008)
Same Time (10:30AM)