{"id":2572,"date":"2019-12-30T07:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cs4760.csl.mtu.edu\/2020\/?page_id=2572"},"modified":"2020-02-19T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:40:07","slug":"instructional-assignments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/cs4760.csl.mtu.edu\/2020\/instructional-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"HU4628 Instructional Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Updated 19 February 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester, HU4628 will partner with Career Services to design, draft, test, and revise several instruction sets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This part of the course takes place between weeks 6 and 10 of the course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Client: <\/strong>Nathan Axdorff, Assistant Director of Career Services; Coordinator of Career Development; Career Advisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General instructions: <\/strong>Conduct heuristic evaluations and\/or user interviews to identify usability problems; identify instructional interventions needed to address problems; design instructional interventions; conduct tests on interventions; revise interventions; develop recommendations; write final usability report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Potential projects (details to be announced)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Career Fair app usability and learning modules<\/li><li> Career Services workshops and\/or training modules related to Career Fair\/Career Fest <\/li><li>Career Services website as a whole<ul><li>Career Fair and Career Fest portions of Career Services website<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule for this part of the course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, February 20: <\/strong>Introduction to the instructional assignment: form groups and select projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Homework: <\/strong>conduct heuristic evaluations over the weekend and prepare to <strong>present <\/strong>your results in class on Tuesday. Write a brief heuristic evaluation report, too, similar to the one you wrote for your cross-functional team at the beginning of the team project. The heuristic evaluation results will be included in your final usability report, probably as an appendix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, February 25:<\/strong>  Lecture: Instructional design theory and sequencing; including heuristics, personas, and scenarios. P<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Present: <\/strong>Discussion of results of heuristic evaluations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, February 27:  <\/strong>Instructional design sequencing (in-class activity); continue work on planning and sequencing issues for your instructional project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 3:<\/strong>  <strong>MEET IN WALKER, HDMZ\/USABILITY LAB.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity<\/strong>: intro to the HU department&#8217;s usability lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture\/discussion: <\/strong>Usability testing theory. Planning usability testing with 6<strong> <\/strong>participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Homework: <\/strong>Line up your usability test participants and create a schedule for testing, preferably on the Monday-Wednesday immediately after break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 5: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture\/activity: <\/strong>Draft of instructional document.  Pilot testing of usability testing plan with members of the class&#8211;in-class if at least one of your group members will be present, or outside of class if all your group-mates will be gone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, March 6: <\/strong> Before you leave for break, turn in a one-page memo briefly describing your test plan and pilot testing results.  Include your draft instructional document as an appendix, and include usability testing schedule for 6 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 9-13&#8211;Spring Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, March 16: <\/strong>Final usability testing plan (with revised instructions) due on Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday-Wednesday, March 16-18: <\/strong>Usability testing with 6 participants. Use classroom, usability lab, or other appropriate location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 19: <\/strong>Present preliminary usability testing results in class and begin working on report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 26: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Work with your CS4760 groupmates to finalize design presentation<\/li><li>Work with your HU4628 group to finalize usability report and revised instructions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, , March 30: <\/strong>Final instructional\/usability report due.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 19 February 2020 This semester, HU4628 will partner with Career Services to design, draft, test, and revise several instruction sets. This part of the course takes place between weeks 6 and 10 of the course. 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