--- title: Home url: 'https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/' markdown: 'https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/index.md' date: '2026-10-10' --- # Home Important The Project User Research Report assignment due date extended to **Jul 17th**. See the [Schedule](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/schedule) for that week's details. ## What’s Happening This Week ### Important Reminders - [Journey Map](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/55288/assignments) assignment due Tue Jun 12 11:59pm PT - [Course Reflection Log](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/55288/assignments) assignment due Fri Aug 3rd 11:59pm PT ### Required Reading - [The Skeptic’s Guide To Low-Fidelity Prototyping](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/the-skeptics-guide-to-low-fidelity-prototyping/) [Required Reading Quiz due June 4th](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/55288/quizzes/123648) ## Looking Ahead to Next Week ### Week 5 Required Reading ![](https://usabilitygeek.com/wp-content/themes/monochrome-pro/images/favicon.ico) Usability Geek ![Guerrilla Usability Testing: How To Introduce It In Your Next UX Project - Usability Geek](https://usabilitygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/guerilla-usability-testing-lead.jpg)### Guerrilla Usability Testing: How To Introduce It In Your Next UX Project - Usability Geek Guerrilla usability testing is a way to evaluate how effective an interface is by testing out its visual design, functionality and general message on its intended audience and capturing their responses. [Read more on usabilitygeek.com ›](https://usabilitygeek.com/guerrilla-usability-testing-how-to/) ### Week 5 Slides to be Discussed [Usability Testing](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) --- ## [Week 4 (May 30 - Jun 5)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-04) Image: [ Samuel Mann, Flickr.com](https://www.flickr.com/photos/21218849@N03/6968244538/) ![Paper-based prototype](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/images/d/1/c/f/c/d1cfcc6f5251cad02ea072c72b5e0822330e5ba9-69682445384c0f7c7e64k.jpg) ## How to explore and communicate possible design solutions? [Forms and Methods](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Design Scenarios](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Sketching and Storyboarding](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [View all of Week 4 (May 30 - Jun 5) ](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-04) --- ## [Week 3 (May 23 - 29)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-03) Image: [ Emilio Küffer, Flickr.com](https://www.flickr.com/photos/emiliokuffer/6384294717/) ![Bullseye](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/images/9/d/b/6/8/9db687bfdc4997c9bdb6223710fff1306666c48f-63842947175047a35d48b.jpg) ## How to make more strategic design decisions? [User Experience Strategy](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Current State and Future State](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Journey Mapping](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [View all of Week 3 (May 23 - 29) ](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-03) --- ## [Week 2 (May 16 - 22)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-02) Image: [ CannedTuna, Flickr.com](https://www.flickr.com/photos/cannedtuna/4853380320/) ![Information architecture](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/images/2/c/2/6/2/2c2620a1474b900eef293d496724229b8f430a26-4853380320492f9dce63b.jpg) ## What does a holistic user experience design process look like? [Software Development Processes](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [User Experience Design Processes](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Our Design Process (aka Toolkit)](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [View all of Week 2 (May 16 - 22) ](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-02) --- ## [Week 1 (May 9 - 15)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-01) Image: [ Julian Schüngel, Flickr.com](https://www.flickr.com/photos/medevac71/10610701655/) ![SFU Academic Quadrangle](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/images/f/7/d/2/c/f7d2c548a6f5bb6ad15b732270efea705edf4ea4-10610701655c57e2dc536o.jpg) ## What is usability and user experience design? [HCI, UI, IA, IxD, and UX](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Design Thinking](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [Usability and UCD](https://www.google.ca/slides/about/) [View all of Week 1 (May 9 - 15) ](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-01) --- --- ## Navigation - Next: [Schedule](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/schedule.md) - Children: - [Week 1 (May 9 - 15)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-01.md) - [Week 2 (May 16 - 22)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-02.md) - [Week 3 (May 23 - 29)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-03.md) - [Week 4 (May 30 - Jun 5)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-04.md) - [Week 5 (Jun 6 - 12)](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub-dark-auto/home/module-05.md)