User Interface Design

Course Description
Course number SE26 Course User Interface design - An
Author(s) Rakesh Agarwal, Amrita Deo, Name appreciation
Usha Bairy, Pradnya Ghalsasi

Pre-requisites for attending course :

Knowledge of some programming language
Stream Project Target SE Compet TK Type E Category SE
Mgmnt Role encies
Estimated 1 day (3 hrs of Lecture)
course Case study to be discussed
duration

Course Objectives
Sl# Objective Demonstrable knowledge/skills
1. To introduce appreciation of the user Ability to understand different kinds of users
perspective. and their needs

2. To introduce attributes of a good user Ability to focus on user interface issues in

interface design. software development

Course Design
Sl# Unit name Unit objectives and keywords Lecture
Duration
(hrs.)
1. Introduction to User Interface To explain what is User Interface Design-its 15 min
evolution etc
2. The process of User Interface To explain an overview of the design 45 min
Design. process & where UI fits in it
3. Elements of User Interface To illustrate various elements of UI Design 15 min
Design
4. Good Versus Bad User To illustrate the difference between good & 15 min
Interface Design bad interfaces with examples
5. Speech User Interface To illustrate the different principles & 10 min
guidelines of SUI

6. Web Design Issues To explain the different issues in web 10 min

design
7. Case Study To explain a case-study 60 min

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 Sources
1. Wilbert O. Galitz, Essential Guide to User Interface Design, John Wiley, 1997
2. Alan Cooper , About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design, , IDG Books Worldwide, Inc
1995.
3. Clayton Lewis & John Rieman , Task-Centered User Interface Design: A Practical Introduction,
Clayton Lewis & John Rieman, 1994.
4. E Powell, , Designing User Interfaces, James Galgotia Publications, 1991
5. Ben Shneiderman , Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer
Interaction , Ben Shneiderman,, Addison-Wesley-ISBN: 0201694972, 1997
6. Dan R. Olsen , Developing User Interfaces , Morgan Kaufman Publishers- ISBN: 1558604189,
1998.
7. User Interface Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation found on line at
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/courseware/cs160/fall99/readings.html.

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