Learning Objectives

• Perform a systematic evaluation of a User Interface
  • Go beyond the "I like it" or "I don't like it". Be able to say why...
  • Be knowledgeable of various types of evaluations, such as heuristic evaluation
• Understand how potential users can be involved in the design/analysis process
  • Know various methods to obtain feedback/ideas from users
• Suggest "fixes" (ameliorations and changes) to a UI
  • Understand design principles underlying the proposed changes
  • Understand various types of irritations and wrong assumptions
• Understand the purpose and method of User-Centered Design
  • Use of Personas
  • Focus on tasks
• Be able to characterize different types of users
  • Understand how users have different mental models of a task
  • Understand how users have different abilities
  • Understand how users have different purposes and styles
• Better understand how UI can be adapted to:
  • cultural and linguistic differences (localization)
  • physical differences (accessibility)
  • age differences
• Be aware of various interaction styles:
  • WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer)
  • Multimedia
  • Voice / Natural Language
  • Gesture
• Perform the different steps of a UI design
  • Quick prototyping
  • High fidelity prototyping
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation
• Use some Web and Mobile UI technologies to implement UI designs
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, React native (mobile)
  • Chatbot API