User Interface Design

Lecturer:

Jan Schmidt (gar.)

Tutor:

Jan Schmidt (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Digital Design

Synopsis:

Students have a basic overview of the methods for designing and testing common user interfaces. They have experience to solve the problems where software and other products do not communicate with the user optimally, since the needs and characteristics of users are not taken into account during product development. Students gain an overview of the methods that bring users into the development process to ensure optimal communication with a user.

Requirements:

Students must have a basic idea about SW systems design and their life cycle.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction into the area of user interfaces. Usability, user centered design.

2. The position of UI design in software life cycle.

3. User research, ethical aspects, collaborative design. Personae.

4. Context analysis, domain analysis, task analysis.

5. Methods of designing UI, formal description, models.

6. Prototyping user interfaces (paper mock-up, software tools).

7. User interfaces evaluation: predictive and interpretive methods.

8. Usability testing, including „discounted“ versions.

9. Psychological aspects of UI design.

10. Navigation and classification.

11. User interface design guidelines.

12. Special user interfaces.

13. Reserve.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. The impact of poor design. Project topics offered.

2. Low fidelity/low tech prototyping. Team formation, project assignment.

3. An analysis of example web interfaces.

4. Project status presentation & discussion

5. Prototyping (Denim, HTML, Flash, Visual Basic,...).

6. Cognitive and heuristic walkthrough, inspection.

7. Project status presentation & discussion

8. Metaphor construction.

9. User perception, the use of color.

10. Project status presentation & discussion

11. Graphical design

12. Project presentation

13. Test, project hand-over, assessment

Study Objective:

Many (software and other) products do not communicate with the user optimally. The main cause is that the needs and characteristics of users are not taken into account during product development. In this module, students gain an overview of the methods that involve users in the development process to ensure optimal communication with the user.

Study materials:

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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Fri	roomT9:346 Schmidt J. 12:45–14:15 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.103) Dejvice NBFIT učebnaroomT9:346 Schmidt J. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.104) Dejvice NBFIT učebna
Thu	roomT9:155 Schmidt J. 11:00–12:30 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice PosluchárnaroomT9:301 Schmidt J. 12:45–14:15 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice NBFIT učebnaroomT9:347 Schmidt J. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.102) Dejvice NBFIT učebna
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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Web and Multimediac, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2009 and 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course of the specialization)
• Information Systems and Management, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2009 and 2010, in Czech (VO)
• Informatics, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2009 and 2010, Presented in Czech (VO)
• Informatics (Bachelor)- Version for those who Enrolled in 2011 and 2012 (in Czech) (VO)
• Information Systems and Management - Version for those who Enrolled in 2011 and 2012 (in Czech) (VO)
• Web and Multimedia- Version for those who Enrolled in 2011 and 2012 (in Czech) (compulsory course of the specialization)