IDCC 380: Web Design II Spring 2010

Bill Albert, Director, DUC 04/22/09

Check this out: Director of the Design and Usability Center (DUC), Dr. Bill Albert, speaks to the class, Friday, April 24, 2009.

Here is a portion of Bill's bio from the DUC site:

"Bill Albert is Director of the Design and Usability Center at Bentley University. Bill brings more than 15 years of experience in human factors, usability, and user research to his role leading the center. Bill has expertise in user interface design, information architecture, qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and user experience strategy. Prior to joining Bentley, Bill was Director of User Experience at Fidelity Investments, Senior User Interface Researcher at Lycos, and Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Cambridge Basic Research. Bill is also a regular instructor at the International Usability Professional?s Association Annual Conference and at Bentley University.

Bill has published and presented his research at more than thirty national and international conferences. He recently co-authored (with Tom Tullis) the first ever book on usability metrics, Measuring the User Experience, published by Elsevier/Morgan Kauffman in March, 2008. He is currently working on his second book (with Tom Tullis and Donna Tedesco), focusing on automated usability testing (to be published by Elsevier/Morgan Kauffman in January 2010). He has been on the International Usability Professional?s Association Annual Conference (UPA) Committee since 2003, and the International Usability Professional?s Association Global Advisory Committee since 2007."

Class will meet in the DUC testing suite after first convening in Smith 210 at 11:20. Feel free to bring a friend or acquaintance who might be interested in learning more about usability and the facilities at Bentley.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: Bill Albert, Design and Usability Center, DUC, Tom Tullis, usability, usability test, User experience

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Christopher Hass Speaks about Web Accessibility 04/03/09

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Labels: accessibility, DUC, human factors, usability, web design

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Welcome to IDCC 380, Web Design II, 01/16/09

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Building upon the knowledge and experience gained in IDCC 370 Web Design I, this course develops further the generally accepted concepts and applications of information architecture, human factors, and usability in creating and managing Web sites. Topics include page layout and design, navigation systems, interface design, Web graphics information architecture, interactivity, writing for the Web, site architecture, management, and maintenance. You will work with high-end Web authoring tools to create various site elements.

Please take a moment to fill out the IDCC 380 student information form.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: human factors, information architecture, interactivity, navigation systems, usability, web design

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IDCC is the Place for Usability and User Experience Careers 01/24/08

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I want to share a few links relative to usability and user experience careers, for those of you still thinking creatively about your profession.

US News reports that the Usability/User Experience Specialist is one of the best careers in America (2008), making its list of 31 careers with a bright future: http://www.usnews.com/features/business/best-careers
/best-careers-2008.html

Their executive summary of the Usability/User Experience Specialist offers a brief overview with interesting links: http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/best-
careers/2007/12/19/usabilityuser-experience-
specialist-executive-summary.html

Here is a list of schools offering graduate degrees in software ergonomics. As you can see, Bentley tops this list of exceptional universities?nothing like alpha order?.: http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/degrees.asp

You should also check out our world famous Design and Usability Center (DUC) right here at Bentley: http://www.bentley.edu/usability/

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: careers, Design and Usability Center, DUC, usability, User experience

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Designing a Web Site, 01/22/08

Check this out: Designing a well-functioning Web site calls for quite a bit of planning and upfront "rough work." This semester we will go through the planning process carefully so that you get a clear sense of the major steps involved in designing a successful site--one that will make you very proud.

Your Web site will be designed according to Web standards, so you will be learning very many new things about building a Web presence. I think you'll really enjoy the whole design project.
To get started, please read about the Web Design Process. This is a tutorial, published by Adobe (owners of Macromedia and thereby the parent company of Dreamweaver), that offers a very nice high level view of site design. I have given you the URL to the printable version, so you might want to print this out and bring it to class on Thursday. We'll discuss a few approaches to design at that time. Also make sure you have some paper and a pencil or pen to start your design sketching.

You should also read what the IBM usability team has to say about ease of use in Web design. Not to overload you at this point, but I will talk in class about planning and the kinds of documents and approaches you should be thinking about at this point in the planning process, especially regarding purpose, scope, audience, and technology concerns of your site.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: audience, design, information design, purpose, scope, technology, usability, web design

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Welcome to IDCC 380, Web Design II, 01/02/08

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Building upon the knowledge and experience gained in IDCC 370 Web Design I, this course develops further the generally accepted concepts and applications of information architecture, human factors, and usability in creating and managing Web sites. Topics include page layout and design, navigation systems, interface design, Web graphics information architecture, interactivity, writing for the Web, site architecture, management, and maintenance. You will work with high-end Web authoring tools to create various site elements.

Please take a moment to fill out the IDCC 380 student information form.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: human factors, information architecture, interactivity, navigation systems, usability, web design

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Jesse James Garrett on Ajax, Amazon and Web 2.0 | Internet Marketing News and Blog | E-consultancy.com

Jesse James Garrett on Ajax, Amazon and Web 2.0 Internet Marketing News and Blog E-consultancy.com: "Jesse James Garrett , the man who coined the term 'Ajax' and president of Adaptive Path, has been talking to us about usability and the user experience. It makes for a great read.

Jesse's book, The Elements of User Experience, is one of the most widely read books on user-centred design, and he was recently named as one of the top ten user experience experts in an E-consultancy survey.

Here, we speak to him about the psychological background to web design, the pros and cons of behavioural targeting and Ajax, and why he thinks Amazon and eBay's usability has gone 'astray'."

Labels: ajax, Jesse James Garrett, usability, Web 2.0

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Designing a Web Site, 01/23/07

Check this out: Designing a larger Web site calls for quite a bit of planning and upfront "rough work." This semester we will go through the planning process very carefully so that you get a clear sense of the major steps involved in designing a successful site--one that will make you very proud.

Your Web site will be designed according to Web standards, so you will be learning very many new things about building a Web presence. I think you'll really enjoy the whole design project.

To get started, please read about the Web Design Process. This is a tutorial, published by Adobe (owners of Macromedia and thereby the parent company of Dreamweaver), that offers a very nice high level view of site design. I have given you the URL to the printable version, so you might want to print this out and bring it to class on Thursday. We'll discuss a few approaches to design at that time. Also make sure you have some paper and a pencil or pen to start your design sketching.

You should also read what the IBM usability team has to say about ease of use in Web design. Not to overload you at this point, but I will talk in class about planning and the kinds of documents and approaches you should be thinking about at this point in the planning process, especially regarding purpose, scope, audience, and technology concerns of your site.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: audience, design, information design, purpose, scope, technology, usability, web design

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Welcome to IDCC 380, Web Design II, 01/18/07

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Building upon the knowledge and experience gained in IDCC 370 Web Design I, this course develops further the generally accepted concepts and applications of information architecture, human factors, and usability in creating and managing Web sites. Topics include page layout and design, navigation systems, interface design, Web graphics information architecture, interactivity, writing for the Web, site architecture, management, and maintenance. You will work with high-end Web authoring tools to create various site elements.

Please take a moment to fill out the IDCC 380 student information form.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: human factors, information architecture, interactivity, navigation systems, usability, web design

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