WEEK 1 (1/22) WHY PROTOTYPE?
Speaker: Bjoern Hartmann, EECS Professor
Bjoern Hartmann lecture slides
Homework: Brainstorm ideas for Project 1
Readings
Hartmann, Bjoern. “Prototypes in the Design Process.“
Verba, David. “Sketching in Code: the Magic of Prototyping.”
Henick, Ben. “Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front.”
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WEEK 2 (1/29) SKETCHING
Speaker: Euiyoung Kim, Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering/Berkeley Institute of Design
Supplies: yellow sharpie, black twin tip sharpie, prisma color cool grey 30%, sketchbook
In class exercise: hand-sketching
Homework: Start brainstorming + prototyping the first assignment.
Readings
Rohde, Mike. “Sketching: The Visual Thinking Power Tool.”
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WEEK 3 (2/5): BRAINSTORMING, SCENARIOS, STORYBOARDS
Speaker: Kate Rutter, LUXR
In class exercise: brainstorming, scenarios, storyboards
Homework: Create a storyboard for Project 1
Readings: The 10 Principles of Successful Lean Startup Teams
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WEEK 4 (2/12) PAPER PROTOTYPING
Speaker: Chandrayee Basu
In class exercise: Continue working on your paper prototype
Homework: complete paper prototype for Project 1
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WEEK 5 (2/19) PROJECT 1 PRESENTATIONS
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WEEK 6 (2/26) BALSAMIC / PROCESS
Slides: balsamiq-aditirao
Speaker: Aditi Rao, Freelance Designer
Supplies: Download and install the trial version of Balsamiq
In class exercise: work on small Balsamiq prototype
Assignment: Work on Project 2: iterate on paper prototype using Balasmiq (or start working on a new idea)
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WEEK 7 (3/5) STOP MOTION PROTOTYPING
Speaker: Ariel Haney, Location Labs
Supplies: Download SAM Animation trial version. Cameras will be provided in class.
In class exercise: Create a short stop motion video
Assignment: Project 2: iterate on your prototype
Readings
Caicedo, David. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz… Prototype.”
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WEEK 8 (3/12) VIDEO & KEYNOTE PROTOTYPING
Keynote slides: keynotePrototypingPDF
Speaker: Naila Khalawi, MIMS’13
Supplies: Download Keynote ($19 on the Mac App store- trial no longer available) or you may use Powerpoint instead.
Assignment: Continue refining and iterating on Project 2
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WEEK 9 (3/19) PROJECT 2 PRESENTATIONS (description: ProjII prototyping)
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(3/26) SPRING BREAK
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WEEK 10 (4/2) PROTOTYPING WITH AXURE OR FIREWORKS
Speaker: Rachel Hallowgrass, UC Berkeley UX Team
Assignment: Introduce Project 3, get familiar with Axure.
Readings
Look over some of these Axure tutorials to familiarize yourself with the application
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WEEK 11 (4/9) PROTOTYPING WITH HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT
Speaker: Alex Carroll, GE Global Research
Assignment: mini html assignment
Readings
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WEEK 12 (4/16) MOBILE PROTOTYPING / GRAND VISION
Speaker: Ljuba Miljkovic, Automatic
Assignment: Finalize hi fidelity prototype for project presentation
Readings
TBD
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