About Readings and This Site

In case you haven’t figured this out already, I’m continually updating these pages. Because this field is continually developing, I update the readings etc. each time I teach this course, so I’m continually  working on this syllabus.  Often when I’m looking for one thing I find resources of interest for other topics for this class.  And new resources are always appearing.

Generally, for any topic, read Kuniavsky first, then whatever resources are listed as readings.  Because of a lot of this course is about methods and tools, and people in this field present their work in a variety of ways, not all the important resources are readings; e.g., some are videos.   Depending on your project (and future activities), you’ll need more depth in some areas than what we are covering in class and the added resources will be useful.   So these pages are resources for the class sessions on a topic, but also for your projects and for your future work.    (These pages will stay up indefinitely.)

I use the “categories” to indicate what topic a page applies to, so for any topic, always check what’s listed under the relevant categories.  For me, putting the resources up and linking them to specific days are two different activities, so there may be resources that aren’t currently linked on the syllabus.

Accessibility

in progress

Whitney Quesenbery, Usable Accessibility: Making Web Sites Work Well for People with Disabilities

Personas and Scenarios

In progress

Kuniavsky, ch. 7

Whitney Quesenbery, Personas and Storytelling

Added resources:

Tamara Adlin and John Pruitt, The Essential Persona Lifecycle: Your Guide to Building and Using Personas, Elsevier, 2010