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X-WR-CALNAME:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080726
SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum
LOCATION:San Francisco\, California\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Our four-day Practicum is an intensive\, hands-on workshop led 
 by senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to:
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\n    * Identify and 
 address business issues
\n    * Plan and conduct user research to uncover u
 ser goals and mental models
\n    * Turn user data into a set of personas t
 hat guide (and sell!) the design
\n    * Use scenarios and goals to identif
 y and prioritize requirements
\n    * Apply scenarios\, principles and patt
 erns to define the right interaction framework
\n    * Apply these methods 
 to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates
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 As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum\, the Interaction Desig
 n Practicum was created for usability and design practitioners\, product ma
 nagers\, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requ
 irements and what actually gets built. 
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\nWhat attendees have said about this course:
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\n"Highly recomm
 ended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanit
 y check for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!"
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\n"Well worth yo
 ur time. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction
 ."
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\n"Inspirational\, educational\, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools
 \, information\, and confidence."
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\nIf you can stick around for a weekend in San Francisco\, consider 
 taking our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes
  the following week.
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