ITC200 | Premium Design Works

Class: User Experience Design
Time: M/W from 01:00PM to 03:30PM in room BE3175
Credits: 4.0
Class Hours: 44
Type of Course: Workforce Education Preparatory
Length of Course: 11 weeks
Prerequisite: WEB120 & WEB200 or Instructor Permission

Course Description:

This course provides an overview and detailed look at how the user experience dictates the design, functionality, features and content of a website in while successfully achieving the client’s business goals.

Course Goals:

The students will design and develop a small to medium sized e-commerce website while focusing on the user experience and goals of the business. This class will provide the student with a case study and website portfolio piece to present to potential employers.

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of ITC200, the student will be able to:

Organize and present complex functionality in a simplified manner within a website to achieve client goals
Create a successful navigational scheme that is consistent throughout the website
Make informed user-centered interface choices utilizing the principles of aesthetics and ergonomics
Create a look and feel that makes a favorable first impression
Efficiently communicate with the end user through the use of appropriate dialogue boxes and form applications

Required Text:

The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web, by Jesse James Garrett

Suggested Text:

Prioritizing Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen
Eyetracking Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice
A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making, by Russ Unger & Carolyn Chandler
Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, by Christina Wodtke & Austin Govella
Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work, by Robert Hoekman, Jr. & Jared Spool
Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices (2nd Edition), by Dan Saffer

Evaluation Methods:

Your final grade will be a culmination of your Class Assignments:

Assignments will create an overall Class Project to be presented at the end of the quarter
Assignments require critical thinking and problem solving skills
Assignments will be “assigned” each week according to the class schedule
Assignments will be “due” according the class schedule*
Students are responsible for assignment information on assignment pages
Students are also responsible for assignment information given in class
Assignments will be marked down 25% for every week they are late

*Students must check the schedule before asking the instructor, “When is this due?”

ADA Confirmation:

(Americans with Disabilities Act) If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please contact me ASAP.