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RITx: THINK502x Design Thinking: Empathizing to Understand the Problem

Course Schedule

IMPORTANT: All release dates and due date times on this schedule are listed are in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) using 24-hour time format (often called "military time"). You must convert UTC to your local time zone. Also note that your country may observe Daylight Savings Time (DST) during the run of this course, so the time that UTC converts to in your local time zone could change partway through the course. We recommend converting both the date and time for each date listed.

All graded items are due before course close, October 1, 2018, 23:59 UTC.

Week #Release DateTopic CoveredGraded Items
Week 1 August 20, 2018 14:00 UTC Empathizing with the User
  • Qualitative or Quantitative?
  • Who should be on this team?
  • Week 1 Summary Quiz
Week 2 August 27, 2018 14:00 UTC Study Planning
  • Problem Statements
  • Research Question or Study Question?
  • Relevant Participant Criteria
  • Increasing Rigor in Your Study Design
  • RIT’s IRB website
Week 3 September 3, 2018 14:00 UTC Core Research Methods
  • Ineffective Interviewing
  • Good and Bad Interview Questions
  • Listening for Insight
  • Interpreting Artifacts
Week 4 September 10, 2018 14:00 UTC Visual Tools and Methods
  • Using visual tools and methods
  • Week 4 Summary Quiz
Week 5 September 17, 2018 14:00 UTC Analysis
  • Best Practices on Handling Data
  • Selecting Codes
  • Coding Transcripts
  • Prioritizing Findings
Week 6 September 24, 2018 14:00 UTC Communicating Results
  • Goals of a Qualitative Research Report
  • Using visual formats?
  • Using Personas
  • Evaluative Research
Final Exam September 24, 2018 14:00 UTC All course content
  • Final Exam