Week 01 | Course Orientation / User-Centered Design

Tuesday :: 01.06.2026

Welcome	Course Introduction & Welcome Review of Course Syllabus and Calendar
Lecture	The Elements of User Experience
Reading	Meet the Elements (Jesse James Garrett)

Thursday :: 01.08.2026

Lecture	Understanding User-Centered Design: Research, Personas, Task Flows, & Wireframes
Lab	Creating Personas, Task Flows, & Wireframes
Resources	Class Notes: Personas, Task Flows & Wireframes Lab: 01 Creating Personas, Task Flows, & Wireframes

Week 02 | Web design

Tuesday :: 01.13.2026

Lecture	Anatomy of a Web Page
Project	Introduction to Silver Creek Soap Website Design Project
Lab	Competitor Website Research
Resources	Project: Silver Creek Soap Company Website Design Lab: 02 Competitor Website Research

Thursday :: 01.15.2026

Lecture	The Medium of Web Design: Features & limitations of designing for the browser.
Video	Co-Design, Not Redesign (Kevin M. Hoffman)

Week 03 | Figma

Tuesday :: 01.20.2026

Due	Strategy Phase of Silver Creek Soap Website Design Project
Lecture	Introduction to Figma: Functionality, concepts & interface. Working with Tools, Frames & Components in Figma

Thursday :: 01.22.2026

Design Lab

Working with Frames & Assets in Figma

Week 04 | Information Architecture

Tuesday :: 01.27.2026

Due	Silver Creek Soap Website Design Project Round One
Critique	Group Critique of Silver Creek Soap Company Website Design Project

Thursday :: 01.29.2026

Lecture	Information Architecture & Site Maps
Lab	Object Categorization

Week 05 | Grids

Tuesday :: 02.03.2026

Due	Silver Creek Soap Website Design Project Final
Project	Introduction to Escape Fiction Website Redesign Project
Lecture	Grids in Web Design
Lab	Revealing Grids in Web Design
Reading	Directing Grids (Excerpt from Art Direction for the Web by Andy Clarke)

Thursday :: 02.05.2026

Design Lab

Home Page Grid Variations

Week 06 | Web Typography / Prototyping

Tuesday :: 02.10.2026

Due	Strategy Phase of Escape Fiction Website Redesign Project
Lecture	Web Typography: Fonts, Type Sizing, & Recommendations
Lab	Setting Web Typography
Video	On Web Typography (Jason Santa Maria) How to Choose a Typeface (Pimp My Type)
Reading	Refactoring UI (Adam Wathan)

Thursday :: 02.12.2026

Lecture	Prototype, Preview, & Dev Modes in Figma
Lab	Practice with Prototype Mode

Week 07 | Web Navigation

Tuesday :: 02.17.2026

Due	Escape Fiction Website Redesign Project Round One
Critique	Group Critique of Escape Fiction Website Redesign Project
Reading	Interface and Interaction Design (Jennifer Flemming)

Thursday :: 02.19.2026

Lecture	Elements of Web Navigation
Podcast	UX: Design For Space, Parking, Fly Fishing And The World (State of Wonder)

Week 08 | Web Navigation / Designing for Mobile

Tuesday :: 02.24.2026

Due	Escape Fiction Website Redesign Final
Project	Introduction to Oregon Bike Shop Website Redesign Project
Lecture	More on the Elements of Web Navigation
Lab	Analyzing Website Navigation Effectiveness

Thursday :: 02.26.2026

Demo	Designing for Mobile in Figma
Lab	Comparing Desktop & Mobile Web Designs

Week 09 | Usability

Tuesday :: 03.03.2026

Due	Strategy Phase Components of Oregon Bike Shop Website Redesign Project
Lecture	Usability Testing: Methods & Practices.
Lab	Performing Basic Usability Testing

Thursday :: 03.05.2026

Design Lab

UX Design Challenge

Week 10 | Final Project

Tuesday :: 03.10.202

Due	Oregon Bike Shop Website Redesign Round One
Critique	Group Critique of Round One of Oregon Bike Shop Website Redesign Project

Thursday :: 03.12.2026 No Class —  Instructor Out

Week 11 | Finals Week

Tuesday :: 03.17.2026 @ 10:00 AM

Due	Final Version of Oregon Bike Shop Website Redesign Project
Presentations	Oregon Bike Shop Website Redesign Project