21w.789x Syllabus
This is module five of a five-part series. Please ensure that you are signed up for the other modules:
- 21W.789.1x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 1: From a Domain to an App Idea
- 21W.789.2x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 2: Mobile App Design
- 21W.789.3x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 3: Building Mobile Apps
- 21W.789.4x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 4: Understanding Use
- 21w.789.5x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 5: Reporting Research Findings
Grading for the first module will be:
10% multiple choice questions
40% field study writeup
50% proposal
Full Syllabus:
| Launch | End | Assignment | |
| Module 1: Understanding a Domain | 2/1/2016 | 2/29/2016 | |
| Week 1: Studying a Domain | 2/1/2016 | Run a study in your domain | |
| Week 2: Identifying Themes and Market Gaps | 2/8/2016 | Analyze data from this study | |
| Week 3: Proposing a Novel Application | 2/15/2016 | Write proposal (turned in and peer graded following week) | |
| Module 2: Mobile Design | 2/29/2016 | 3/28/2016 | |
| Week 1: From Use Cases to Screens | 2/29/2016 | Make use case list and flow diagrams | |
| Week 2: Paper and Interactive Prototyping | 3/7/2016 | Make paper / Pixate prototypes | |
| Week 3: Usability Testing | 3/14/2016 | Run usability test and create report (peer graded following week) | |
| Module 3: Building Mobile Applications | 3/28/2016 | 4/25/2016 | |
| Week 1: Getting Started on Android and iOS | 3/28/2016 | Start implementing application | |
| Week 2: Mobile Location and Networking | 4/4/2016 | Complete implementing application (smaller location/network assignment?) | |
| Week 3: Instrumentation and Logging / Poster Session | 4/11/2016 | Video Demo and live Poster Session (peer graded following week) | |
| Module 4: Understanding Use | 4/25/2016 | 5/23/2016 | |
| Week 1: Quantitative Methods: Logging, A/B Testing | 4/25/2016 | Create field testing plan and begin study | |
| Week 2: Qualitative Methods: Field and Diary Studies | 5/2/2016 | Run interviews for studies, collect diary data | |
| Week 3: Analyzing Data: Case Study | 5/9/2016 | Write report of key qual and quant findings from study (peer graded following week) | |
| Module 5: Reporting Research Findings | 5/23/2016 | 6/6/2016 | |
| Week 1: Writing a CHI-style paper | 5/23/2016 | Write final report | |
| Week 2: Submit paper | 5/30/2016 | Submit final report (peer graded following week) |