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.edu

TuTh 12:30-2:00 PM

202 South Hall
Office Hrs: TBA

ASSIGNMENTS

PROJECTS

RESOURCES

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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