IS214. Needs and Usability Assessment
School of Information Management & Systems, University of California Berkeley
Updated 1/25/03
Prof. NANCY VAN HOUSE vanhouse@sims.berkeley.eduTuTh 12:30-2:00 PM
202 South Hall Office Hrs: TBA
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WEEK BY WEEK
Requirements: Collecting Data from and About Users Week 2 Ethnographic Methods Week 3 User and Task Analysis Week 4 Measurement and Evaluation Week 4b Interviews and Focus Groups (I) Week 5a Interviews and Focus Groups (II) Week 5b Qualitative Data Analysis and Presentations Week 6 Surveys Week 7 Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation
Prototype Evaluation Week 8 Design Guidelines, Heuristics, and Inspection Methods Week 9 Usability Testing Spring Break Week 10a Writing Usability Reports Week 10b NO CLASS
Post-release Evaluation Week 11 Monitoring, User Satisfaction Surveys, User Feedback Week 12 Universal Usability Week 13a Ethics Week 13b Credibility, Offshore Usability Week 14 Project Presentations
Class Projects
Google News Team: Mary Hodder, Zhanna Shamis, Diana Stepner
Internet Use in University Admissions Applications Team: Mukesh Darke , Michelle Kim , Joyojeet Pal
CampusConnect Team: Catherine Lai, Yin Lau
iCoach: A Virtual Career Counsellor Team: Lin Jiang , Phoebe Liu
Smart Lighting Usability Assessment Researcher: Rebekah Yosell-Epstein