SAMPLE
SYLLABUS FOR USE WITH THE BOOK
USER-CENTERED
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Title
of Class
Semester
Meeting Times:
Meeting Location:
Professor:
Office:
E-Mail:
Phone:
Office Hours:
Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to learn about the process of developing
web sites. This course will take a user-centered approach to designing
web sites and will focus on the entire lifecycle of a web site, from the
idea of creating a web site, through requirements gathering, conceptual
design, physical design, testing, and implementation.
By the end of the
semester, students will be able to:
- Define a web site
mission and target user population
- Collect the user
requirements for a web site
- Conceptually design
an appropriate page and site design
- Write the code
to implement a web site
- Perform usability
testing on a web site
- Successfully implement
and manage a web site
Required Textbooks:
Lazar, J. (2001).
User-Centered Web Development. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
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Week
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Topic
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Reading
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Project status
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-Introduction
-History of
the Web
-Who are the
users of the Web?
-Web Usability
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Lazar, Chap.
1
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Project Guidelines
distributed in class
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-User-Centered
Design
-Web Development
Life Cycle
-Defining the
Web Site Mission and Target User Population
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Lazar, Chap.
2-3
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-What Information
needs to be collected from users?
- Discussion
of data collection techniques
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Lazar, Chap.
4-5
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Project Proposal
Due
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Conceptual
Design- Navigation, Information Architecture
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Lazar, Chap.
6
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Conceptual
Design- Page Design
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Lazar, Chap.
7
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Conceptual
Design- Designing for Multiple Browsers
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Lazar, Chap.
8
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Plan for Collecting
Requirements Due
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Physical Design
of Web Site
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Lazar, Chap.
9
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These weeks
should cover either coding or a web design application
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Site Requirements/Preliminary
Design Plan Due
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Full Design
Plan Due
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Usability Testing
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Lazar, Chap.
10
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Implementation
and Marketing
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Lazar, Chap.
11
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Evaluation
and Future Issues
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Lazar, Chap.
12
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Usability Testing
Deliverable Due
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Presentations
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Final Project
Due
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Group Web Site
Project:
The major focus of
this class is a real-world project. For the project, students will create
a set of web pages (“a web site”) for a club, office, school, or non-profit
organization. Students should work in groups of 3-5 people. At the end
of the semester, students will get a chance to evaluate the performance
of their team members. A number of deliverables will be due throughout
the semester. These deliverables must look professional and be in a specific
format. Templates in MS-Word format may be downloaded from the publisher’s
web site: <http://www.webdesign.jbpub.com>
All deliverables should be placed in a binder. The different deliverables
should be clearly separated within the binder. Student groups are free
to choose their own community partner.
Grading:
Final semester grades will be determined as follows:
90-100 A
80-89.89 B
70-79.89 C
60-69.89 D
Below 60 F
The following breakdown
will be used for grades:
Group Project
50 %
5% Project Proposal
5% Plan for Collecting Requirements Due
5% Site Requirements/Preliminary Design Plan
10% Full Design Plan
10% Usability Testing
10% Final Project
5% Presentations
The
other 50% of the grade may be determined through some combination of quizzes,
homework, and papers.
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