All assignments are “assigned” at the beginning of their scheduled week. All assignments are “due” by (or before) Friday at 4:30 of their scheduled week.*

Week One (06/28 – 07/02 ):

Lecture: Elements of the User Experience & The Strategy Plane
Reading: (Garret) Ch. 1, 2 & 3
Assigned: Site Pick, Site Objectives & User Needs

Week Two (07/05 – 07/09):

Lecture: The Scope Plane
Reading: (Garret) Ch. 4
Assigned: Functional Specifications & Content Inventory
Due: Site Pick, Site Objectives & User Needs

Week Three (07/12 – 07/16):

Lecture: The Structure Plane
Reading: (Garret) Ch. 5
Assigned: Information Architecture & Interaction Design
Due: Functional Specifications & Content Inventory

Week Four (07/19 – 07/23):

Lecture: The Skeleton Plane & Finding & Choosing Your Product
Reading: (Garret) Ch. 6 & 8
Assigned: Home & Category Page(s) Wireframes & Product Listing & Details Wireframes
Due: Information Architecture & Interaction Design

Week Five (07/26 – 07/30):

Lecture: The Skeleton Plane & Buying Your Product
Assigned: Shopping Cart (Forms) Wireframes
Due: Home & Category Page(s) Wireframes & Product Listing & Details Wireframes

Week Six (08/02 – 08/06):

Lecture: The Surface Plane
Reading: (Garret) Ch. 7
Assigned: Visual Design & Final Protosite
Due: Shopping Cart (Forms) Wireframes

Week Seven (08/09 – 08/13):

Lecture: Feedback, Critiques & Why Aren’t You Done Yet?!?
Due: Visual Design

Finals Week (08/16 – 08/20):

Monday will be open lab. Final Projects will be presented in class (TBD).
Due: Final Protosite URLs are due via email to instructor no later than midnight 08/20.

* Students are also responsible for changes to the schedule that I make verbally in class.

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