CIS4930 / CIS6930:USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNINSTRUCTOR: DR. LISA ANTHONY

Fall 2015

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HOW TO CRITIQUE

Week 3

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TOPICS

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• Critique Guidelines

• Why critique

• Constructive critique: giving and receiving

• In-Class Working Session: Project #1

CRITIQUE GUIDELINES

How to Critique

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WHY CRITIQUE?

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1. Receive feedback from diverse perspectives on your design ideas.

2. Develop your design intuition and skills by examining diverse design solutions.

3. Understand the process of design.

4. Learn to be better designers.

GIVING GOOD CRITIQUE

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• Avoid a “climate of fear”

• Don’t be combative / defensive

• Use the “hamburger method”

• Compliment, criticism, compliment

• Focus on “why”

• Justify your critique – what makes you think that?

• Make actionable suggestions

• How can they improve the design?

From “How to Survive Critique”: http://arcadenw.org/article/how-to-survive-critique

WHAT NOT TO DO

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Remember:

RECEIVING CRITIQUE WELL

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• Be ready to say something about your design

• Explain what you had in mind, what were your goals

• Keep an open mind

• Listen, avoid getting defensive – try to understand the point

• Don’t take it personally, be positive

• The comments are about your work, not you

• Take notes

• Learn from the experience

• Afterward: what revisions would you make?From “How to Survive Critique”: http://arcadenw.org/article/how-to-survive-critique

BEFORE PROJECT #1 IS DUE…

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• Read critique readings so you are prepared to offer critique to your classmates on their designs…

QUESTIONS?

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IN-CLASS WORKING SESSION: PROJECT #1

How to Critique

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TAKE-AWAY POINTS

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• Participating in critique helps us grow as designers, as both critique-ers and critique-ees.

• Golden Rule: give critique as you would want to be critiqued: include positives, justify why, and provide suggestions.

• Receive critique with an open mind, listen to suggestions, and consider how to improve design.

FOR NEXT TIME…

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• Slides will be posted after class.

• Readings through Week 4 are already posted on Canvas, or links are given on the website. Weeks 5-8 will be posted soon.

• Start your discussion posts for Week 3 on Canvas.

• Posts can cover classroom topics or reading topics or both.

• Due: 11:59pm Sunday September 13th.

• Grad students: prepare facilitating questions for Week 4.

• Keep working on Project #1.

• Post questions about the assignment on Canvas.

• Next time: focus groups, interviews, design probes + in-class activity!

RESOURCES

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• https://twitter.com/mgoldst/status/634446580297375744?s=09

Think about how to make these questions work for critiquing UX designs…

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