Information Architecture and Web Usability WS 2023/2024

Provisional Schedule

This schedule is a work in progress. It is subject to change if circumstances require.

Each class will start punctually at the time given.

Date Room Details
Tue 03 Oct 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Lecture 1
Overview
1. Introduction

Ex1 Introductory Exercise

Fri 06 Oct 2023 10:15-12:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Lecture 2
2. User Experience (UX)
3. Web Usability
4. Mobile Usability
5. Web Accessibility

Form groups of 4.

Tue 10 Oct 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Lecture 3
6. Site Objectives and User Needs
7. Content Strategy
8. Information Architecture (IA)
Fri 13 Oct 2023 10:15-12:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Lecture 4
8. Information Architecture (IA) (cont.)
Tue 17 Oct 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Lecture 5
9. Information and Navigation Design
10. Visual Design
11. Implementation and Optimisation

12. Formal Experiments
13. Evidence-Based Guidelines
14. Web Design Patterns

Ex2 Assign a survey topic to each group.

Tue 24 Oct 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Survey Ideas Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their survey idea. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G1, G2, G3.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 31 Oct 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Survey Progress Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their survey progress so far as an incremental update. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 07 Nov 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Survey Progress Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their survey progress so far as an incremental update. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G1, G2, G3.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 14 Nov 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Survey Progress Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their survey progress so far as an incremental update. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 21 Nov 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Survey Practice Presentations

Every group gives a presentation (ppt, pdf, html) of their survey as a full, self-contained talk (assuming no prior knowledge). Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G1, G2, G3.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 28 Nov 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Survey Final Presentations

Every group gives a presentation (ppt, pdf, html) of their survey as a full, self-contained talk (assuming no prior knowledge). Max. 25 mins. per group.

Send me your slides by email by 18:00 the evening before your presentation (at the latest), so I can make them available to the other participants ahead of time.

  • 12:15: G1 “Online Card Sorting Tools”
  • 12:45: G2 “Site Search Engines”
  • 13:15: G3 “Modern CSS”

All members of all groups must attend all presentations.

Hand in the final version of your survey, including all the materials as described in Ex2, by Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 14:00.

Tue 05 Dec 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Survey Review and Project Topics

I will do a live review of your survey papers to spot any basic problems or issues.

We will then discuss your Ex3 Project topic assignments.

Tue 12 Dec 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Project Ideas Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their project ideas. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

  • 12:15-12:45: “Responsive Visualisation Patterns and Tools”
    Guest talk by David Egger.

Order of presentations: G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 19 Dec 2023 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Project Progress Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their project progress so far as an incremental update. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G1, G2, G3.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Christmas Holidays
Tue 09 Jan 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Project Progress Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their project progress so far as an incremental update. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 16 Jan 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Project Progress Presentations

Every group presents (ppt, pdf, html) their project progress so far as an incremental update. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G1, G2, G3.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 23 Jan 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminar Room IDEG134
Project Practice Presentations

Every group gives a presentation (ppt, pdf, html) of their project as a full, self-contained talk (assuming no prior knowledge), including a short demo. Max. 25 mins. per group. I will give feedback.

Send me your slides by email 1 hour before class (at the latest).

Order of presentations: G2, G1, G3

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 30 Jan 2024 12:15-14:15 Seminar Room IDEG134
* Project Final Presentations

Every group gives a final presentation (ppt, pdf, html) of their project as a full, self-contained talk (assuming no prior knowledge), including a short demo. Max. 25 mins. per group.

Send me your slides by email (at the latest) by 18:00 the evening before your presentation, so I can make them available to the other participants ahead of time.

  • 12:15: “Updating Rslidy: Responsive HTML5 Slide Decks” (G1)
  • 12:45: “Emerald: Online Guideline Checking Tool” (G2)
  • 13:15: “SelfMemo: Online Email Reminder Service” (G3)
  • 13:45: “Card Sorting Analysis Techniques” (Mathias Blum)

All members of all groups must attend all presentations.

Hand in the final version of your project, including all the materials as described in Ex3, by Mon 05 Feb 2024 14:00.


     = lecture,      = final presentation, * = compulsory participation, TBC = to be confirmed.

Presentations

For the progress and practice presentations, you must send me your slides by email (at least) 1 hour before class. For the final presentations, you must send me your slides by email (at least) by 18:00 the evening before the presentation, so I can make them available to the other participants ahead of time.

I will assume each group will bring their own laptop for their presentations. Before each presentation, you should agree in advance which member of your group is going to bring a laptop and who will be talking or giving demos. One of you should also be prepared to take runnung notes (on paper or laptop) of the feedback I give you.

Practice your presentations with a stopwatch or alarm clock, so that you get the timing right. The schedule is sometimes tight, and if you overrun, the faciliator will have to cut you off. This is usually not pleasant.