MU4005 User Interface Design Syllabus:
MU4005 User Interface Design Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the basics of User Interface Design.
To design the user interface, menu creation and windows creation.
To understand the UI Functions and Interfaces .
To analyze problems with windows design and Non-anthropomorphic design
To understand the design process and evaluations.
UNIT I INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE AND INTERACTION DEVICE
Human–Computer Interface – Characteristics Of Graphics Interface –Direct Manipulation Graphical System – Web User Interface –Popularity –Characteristic & Principles.
UNIT II HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
User Interface Design Process – Obstacles –Usability –Human Characteristics In Design – Human Interaction Speed –Business Functions –Requirement Analysis – Direct – Indirect Methods – Basic Business Functions – Design Standards – General Design Principles – Conceptual Model Design – Conceptual Model Mock-Ups
UNIT III WINDOWS
Characteristics– Components– Presentation Styles– Types– Managements– Organizations– Operations– Web Systems– System Timings – Device– Based Controls Characteristics– Screen – Based Controls –– Human Consideration In Screen Design – Structures Of Menus – Functions Of Menus– Contents Of Menu– Formatting – Phrasing The Menu – Selecting Menu Choice– Navigating Menus– Graphical Menus. Operate Control – Text Boxes– Selection Control– Combination Control– Custom Control– Presentation Control.
UNIT IV MULTIMEDIA
Text For Web Pages – Effective Feedback– Guidance & Assistance– Internationalization– Accessibility– Icons– Image– Multimedia – Coloring- Case Study: Addressing usability in ECommerce sites
UNIT V DESIGN PROCESS AND EVALUATION
User Interface Design Process – Usability Testing – Usability Requirements and Specification procedures and techniques- User Interface Design Evaluation
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1:Knowledge on development methodologies, evaluation techniques and user interface building tools
CO2:Explore a representative range of design guidelines
CO3:Gain experience in applying design guidelines to user interface design tasks.
CO4:Ability to design their own Human Computer Interface.
CO5:Perform Usability testing of the UI
REFERENCES:
1. Alan Cooper, “The Essential Of User Interface Design”, Wiley – Dream Tech Ltd., 2002.
2. “Interaction Design: Beyond Human Computer Interaction”, Sharp, Rogers, Preece, John Wiley & Sons; 2nd edition ,2007
3. Alan Dix et al, ” Human – Computer Interaction “, Prentice Hall, 3rd edition,2014.
4. Ben Schneiderman, ” Designing the User Interface “, Addison Wesley, 2000.
5. Deborah Mayhew, The Usability Engineering Lifecycle, Morgan Kaufmann, 1999Ben Shneiderman, “Design The User Interface”, Pearson Education, 1998.
6. Wilbent. O. Galitz ,“The Essential Guide To User Interface Design”, John Wiley& Sons, 2001.