This is the final design course for software engineering. This year the course will focus on the user-centered design process (UCD) and will see groups of students working together and competing with each other in the pursuit of usable software. 

== Skills and knowledge students should have prior to beginning the course: ==

  * excellent group skills
  * requirements analysis
  * planning skills
  * communication skills
  * front and back end development
  * responsive design
  * prototyping (paper, wireframes, high fidelity)
  * usability techniques


== Course Topics: ==

  * UCD
  * Prototyping
  * Iterative development
  * Communicating design
  * Leveraging big data and APIs
  * Responsive design
  * Software integration

== Course Format: ==

  * Lecture format: meeting with teams each week
  * Online materials location and format: shared as required
  * Lab or tutorial format and expectations: both 3 hours slots will be devoted to meeting with teams; on the odd occasion, marked presentations before the whole class will take place

== Method of evaluation: ==

  * Number of Graded Team Meetings: weekly meetings will be assessed for focus, content, quality, etc.
  * Number of Quizzes: 1 every couple of weeks throughout the semester based on readings
  * Course project: TBD - if you will be taking the course, please email nonnecke@uoguelph.ca with your ideas
  * Final Exam: none
  * Group work: that's what the course is all about 
  * Variety of documents and presentations throughout the course