Information Architecture and Web Usability WS 2024/2025

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 01 Oct 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (ID02104)
* Lecture 1
Overview
1. Introduction

Ex1 Introductory Exercise

Fri 04 Oct 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (ID02104)
* Lecture 2
2. User Experience (UX)
3. Web Usability
4. Mobile Usability
5. Web Accessibility

Form groups of 4.

Tue 08 Oct 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (ID02104)
* Lecture 3
5. Web Accessibility (cont.)
6. Site Objectives and User Needs
7. Content Strategy
8. Information Architecture (IA)
Tue 15 Oct 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (ID02104)
* Lecture 4
8. Information Architecture (IA) (cont.)
Tue 22 Oct 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 29 Oct 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 05 Nov 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 12 Nov 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 19 Nov 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 26 Nov 2024 12:15-14:45 ISDS Showroom (DHEG136E), Sandgasse 36/E
* 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: “Web-Based Slide Decks: A Survey” (Fabian Platzer)
  • 12:45: “Mental Model Diagrams and Alignment Diagrams” (G1)
  • 13:15: “Headless CMS for Designing Connected Content (Jamstack)” (G2)
  • 13:45: “Responsive Tables” (G3)
  • 14:15: “Real User Monitoring (RUM)” (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 02 Dec 2024 at 14:00.

Tue 03 Dec 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 10 Dec 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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.

Tue 17 Dec 2024 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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: G4, G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Christmas Holidays

Tue 07 Jan 2025 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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 14 Jan 2025 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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: G4, G3, G2, G1.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 21 Jan 2025 12:15-14:45 Seminarraum CGV (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: G1, G2, G3, G4.

You may leave after your group has presented.

Tue 28 Jan 2025 12:15-14:15 Seminarraum CGV (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.

  • 12:15: “Mental Model Diagram Generator” (G1)
  • 12:45: “Emerald: Online Guideline Checking Tool” (G2)
  • 13:15: “Responsive Table Package” (G3)
  • 13:45: “SelfMemo: Online Email Reminder Service” (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 Wed 05 Feb 2025 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.