Hello everyone,

I cannot believe it’s already week 12 of the semester, things have flown by! This week we began studying user experience (UX), and its importance to digital media professionals. According to class lecture, user experience focuses on the overall experience has with an interface, in contrast to last week’s study of user interface, which focused on an interface’s specific layout and design.

The study of UX principles made me consider some of the interfaces I typically use, and whether or not these provide me with a good experience. This first interface experience that came to mind was Blackboard, a site I use on a daily basis. While Blackboard has a simple layout, the overall experience it provides, in my opinion, is awful. While Blackboard has several experience issues, I believe its most outstanding issue is that from semester to semester, thing are extremely difficult to locate. I’m excited to see what San Diego State’s switch to Canvas brings, hopefully a more user friendly experience.

As of the time I’m writing this post, there are exactly three weeks left in my semester, and while this was not how I expected things to go, I can honestly say that I’ll miss this semester’s studies. Best of luck to everyone entering finals!