Schedule

=Schedule= toc

Week 01 - Sept 10
in class at home
 * Course introduction
 * Discussion of wiki and related tools
 * Group exercise on sketching -post on wiki
 * Overview of project
 * Watch Bill Buxton video(s)
 * choose one or two sketch ideas to further develop and present next class post to wiki
 * locate an area of interest, identify issue(s) and to-dos for Public Spaces Project- report on wiki
 * choose a trajectory in public space (point A to point B) and document using photography - post images to Flickr
 * gather additional relevant content (documents, artefacts, observations)

Week 02 - Sept 17
in class at home
 * present individual sketches
 * show photos and develop graphic roughs for panoramas
 * discuss and further development of research area - develop critical position from issue
 * layout and stitch together images, overlay annotations
 * more collecting, analysing and framing of public space ideas -post on wiki

Week 03 - Sept 24
in class at home
 * present initial layouts of annotated panoramas for critique due
 * present research material to date, issue focus, critical position,
 * discuss presentation protocol, deliverables for understanding phase
 * refine panoramas for next week presentation
 * refine research material - post on wiki

Week 04 - Oct 1
in class at home
 * present and submit panoramas and material to date
 * critique on work up to date
 * finalize panoramas for next week presentation
 * finalize research material - post on wiki

Week 05 - Oct 8
in class
 * **Phase 1 Due Date**
 * submit panoramas and material for grading
 * present phase 2 and formation of teams for Structuring Phase
 * introduction of PACT analysis, user study

at home
 * read [|Ch.2] from “Designing Interactive Systems” (Benyon, Turner and Turner, 2005) and and [|Design Research and Brainstorming](Saffer, 2006)
 * define elements for PACT analysis
 * User Study; develop user study plan

Week 06 - Oct 15
Reading week - no class

Week 07 - Oct 22
in class at home
 * present PACT analysis, user study plan for review
 * conduct user study for next class
 * discussion of requirements and info graphic
 * conduct user study and analyse results
 * prepare and organize requirements
 * mock up infographic

Week 08 - Oct 29
in class at home
 * further discussion of requirements and information graphics
 * present user study results
 * draft of infographic
 * complete draft of information graphic
 * finalize all textual material (PACT analysis, user study, requirements)

Week 09 - Nov 5
in class at home
 * **Structuring phase due** + 3 days grace -Nov 9
 * Introduction to Visualization P3; discuss deliverables, expectations
 * strategies for conceptualizing
 * final crit on deliverables for P2 including infographic
 * strategize concepts for P3
 * define scripts, storyboards; produce visual material needed
 * develop information structure for P3 Documentation

Week 10 - Nov 12
in class at home
 * discuss design concepts and strategies
 * further strategize concepts for P3
 * further production of scripts, storyboards;
 * build interactive structure for P3 Documentation

Week 11 - Nov 19
in class at home
 * present Design Concepts and strategies
 * production on Interactive Documentation
 * refine concepts for P3
 * further production of scripts, storyboards; media production
 * refine structure for P3 Documentation

Week 12 - Nov 26
in class at home
 * present Design Concepts and strategies
 * production on Interactive Documentation
 * refine concepts for P3
 * further production of scripts, storyboards; media production
 * refine structure for P3 Documentation

Week 13 - Dec 3
Phase 3 project due for in class presentation