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)
Resources	Class Notes: Understanding the Medium of Web Design

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
Resources	Class Notes: Introduction to Figma Design

Thursday :: 01.22.2026

Design Lab	Working with Frames & Assets in Figma
Resources	Design Lab: 03 Working with Frames & Assets in Figma

Week 04 | Grids

Tuesday :: 01.27.2026

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

Thursday :: 01.29.2026

Lecture	Grids in Web Design
Lab	Revealing Grids in Web Design
Reading	Directing Grids (Excerpt from Art Direction for the Web by Andy Clarke)
Resources	Class Notes: Grids in CSS Systems & Design Resources Lab: 04 Revealing Grids in Web Design

Week 05 | Grids / Prototyping

Tuesday :: 02.03.2026

Due	Silver Creek Soap Website Design Project Final
Project	Introduction to Escape Fiction Website Redesign Project
Design Lab	Home Page Grid Variations
Resources	Project: Escape Fiction Website Redesign Design Lab: 05 Home Page Grid Variations

Thursday :: 02.05.2026

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

Week 06 | Web Navigation

Tuesday :: 02.10.2026

Due	Strategy Phase of Escape Fiction Website Redesign Project
Lecture	Elements of Web Navigation
Podcast	UX: Design For Space, Parking, Fly Fishing And The World (State of Wonder)

Thursday :: 02.12.2026

Lecture	More on the Elements of Web Navigation
Lab	Analyzing Website Navigation Effectiveness

Week 07 | Web Typography

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	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)

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

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
Lecture	Information Architecture & Site Maps
Lab	Object Categorization

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