Information Architecture and Web Usability WS 2025/2026

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 07 Oct 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* Lecture 1
Overview
1. Introduction

Ex1 Introductory Exercise

Fri 10 Oct 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* Lecture 2
2. User Experience (UX)
3. Web Usability
4. Mobile Usability
5. Web Accessibility
Tue 14 Oct 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* Lecture 3
5. Web Accessibility (cont.)
6. Site Objectives and User Needs
7. Content Strategy
8. Information Architecture (IA)

Form groups of 4.

Fri 17 Oct 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* Lecture 4
8. Information Architecture (IA) (cont.)
Tue 21 Oct 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* 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 28 Oct 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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, G4.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 04 Nov 2025 11:15-13:45
No Class
Tue 11 Nov 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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: G4, G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 18 Nov 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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, G4.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 25 Nov 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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: G4, G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 02 Dec 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* 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.

  • 11:15: “” (G1)
  • 11:45: “” (G2)
  • 12:15: “” (G3)
  • 12:45: “” (G4)

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 08 Dec 2025 at 14:00.

Tue 09 Dec 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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 16 Dec 2025 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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).

Order of presentations: G1, G2, G3, G4.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Christmas Holidays

Wed 07 Jan 2026 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IML (IC01074)
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: G4, G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 13 Jan 2026 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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, G4.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 20 Jan 2026 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
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: G4, G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 27 Jan 2026 11:15-13:45 Seminarraum IVC (ID02104)
* 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.

  • 11:15: “” (G1)
  • 11:45: “” (G2)
  • 12:15: “” (G3)
  • 12:45: “” (G4)

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 Tue 03 Feb 2026 14:00.


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

Attendance Policy

In general, I expect you to attend every class. Attendance at the first five lectures, the survey final presentations, and the project final presentations is compulsory for everyone.

Unless you have a very good reason, backed up with documentary evidence such as a doctor's letter.

For the remaining seminar and project parts of the course, it is OK for one member of a group to be missing, as long as it is coordinated with the other group members (and is not predominantly the same person every time).

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.