9/3/24 - Class 1

• Topics covered: Introductions, Course Overview, Design Processes, Project Briefs
• Link to slides
• Link to Class Recording
• Assignment:
  1. Make sure you are signed up for: GitHub and Figma with your TCNJ email.
  2. Please submit your Github profile URL to the assignment in Canvas
  3. Make sure to download Figma Desktop, GitHub Desktop, and Visual Studio Code if you plan to use your personal computer. If you don't plan to use your personal computer for class, let me know so I can make sure all of this software is installed on the school computers.
  4. Come up with the concept for the website project you will be building this semester and fill out the project brief (make your own copy)

  Your project brief is due next week, 9/9/24. Next week you will give an elevator pitch (1-2 minutes) summarizing your project brief.

Assignment Help

• Link to example project brief
• Link to blank project brief template (make a copy)

Additional Reading

Examples of Design Heuristics

• 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design by Jakob Nielsen
• Dieter Rams' 10 Principles of Good Design
• ExpandTheRoom's Purpose Driven Design
• 9 Guidelines & Best Practices for Exceptional Web Design and Usability

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