Testing of user Interfaces

Lecturer:

Adam Sporka

Tutor:

Adam Sporka, Pavel Slavík (gar.), Zdeněk Míkovec, Ondřej Poláček

Supervisor:

Department of Computer Graphics and Interaction

Synopsis:

Students will be acquainted with fundamental principles of

testing of user interfaces. The lectures will cover the most important

topics in this particular field in necessary extent. This extent will

allow the students to test user interfaces in a given context that

is defined, besides other aspects, by life cycle of software

products. Important part of the course are issues dealing with user

interfaces for special classes of user interfaces (handicapped users,

user interfaces for mobile devices etc.). In the framework of seminars

and labs the students will go through the whole design cycle beginning

with the design of a particular user interface and ending up with its

testing and subsequent evaluation. The testing will be done in

usability lab that is at disposal in the department.

Requirements:

https://cent.felk.cvut.cz/predmety/Y39TUR/

Syllabus of lectures:

Introduction.

Cognitive Walkthrough. Heuristic Evaluation.

Example CW/HE.

User modesl. KLM, GOMS.

Introduction to the usability testing.

Preparation of the usability tests.

Moderating usability tests.

Data collection and analysis. Presentation of the usability tests data.

Remote testing and other special tests.

Quantitative testing.

Speech User Interfaces.

Multimodal interfaces and user interfaces for the people with disabilities.

Collaboration. Eye tracking.

Bachelor projects overview.

Overview of other HCI courses.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Presentation of the semestral projects

Tests without users. Preparing and performing them.

Tests with users. Preparing and performing them. Work in the Laboratory for the Usability Testing.

For details see http://cent.felk.cvut.cz/predmety/Y39TUR/

Study Objective:

Students will be acquainted with fundamental principles of testing of user interfaces.

Study materials:

1.Shneiderman, B., Plaisant, C. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (4th Edition). Addison Wesley, 2004. ISBN 0321197860.

2.Nielsen, J. Usability Engineering. Morgan Kaufmann, 1993. ISBN 0125184069.

3.Galitz, W. O. The Essential Guide to User Interface Design. Wiley, 2002. ISBN 0471084646.

4.Heinsen, S., Vogt, P. Usability praktisch umsetzen. Hanser Fachbuchverlag, 2003. ISBN 3446222723.

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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Thu	roomKN:E-301 Sporka A. 12:45–14:15 (lecture parallel1) Karlovo nám. Šrámkova posluchárna K9roomKN:E-128 Sporka A. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.103) Karlovo nám. Cvičebna K3roomKN:E-128 Sporka A. 16:15–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.102) Karlovo nám. Cvičebna K3room 18:00–19:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101)
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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Otevřená informatika - Softwarové systémy (compulsory course of the specialization)