THIS CLASS IS CANCELLED FOR WS 2011/2012

2D Graphical User Interfaces for Desktop-based and Mobile Computer Applications

- 2D grafische Nutzerschnittstellen für Desktop-basierte und mobile Computeranwendungen -

Vorlesung + Übungen im Wintersemester 2011/12
Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D. (mit Tayfur Coskun, Amal Benzina und Eva Artinger)

2V+2Ü
5 ECTS Credits

The class will be taught in English.

Time & Location

Lecture: Thursdays 12:30 - 14:00, MI 00.13.009A (Multimedia room)
Lecture starts on Thursday, 20. October, 2011

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Content

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Intended audience:

Diploma students: Hauptstudium Informatik I (Praktische Informatik)
Senior bachelor students with interest in pursuing a bachelor's thesis in this area
Master students (Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik)

Prerequisites:

Grundstudium Informatik
First two years of Bachelor Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik

Exercises:

The class consists of both a weekly lecture and weekly exercises!
Exercises constitute half of the credits and thus will make up half of the grade (exam questions).
Exam questions will be based on experiences gained by attending the excercise meetings and by working on the homework. It will not be enough to just read and understand solutions to the homework. The learning experience and insights gained by struggling with the assignments is essential.

Exams: written, closed book

Duration: 90 minutes
Language: assignment sheet in English, answers can be given in English or German
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There will be a 0.3 bonus for good project presentations

Office hours:

By appointment (email to Prof.Klinker)

Schedule (subject to change)

Date Subject links to slides (restricted)

20.10.11 1. Introduction and Overview

10. Collaborative Interfaces

2. Human Factors

3. Theories, Principles and Guidelines

4. Evaluation of User Interface Designs

5. Interaction Styles: Direct Manipulation

6. Interaction Styles: Menu Selection Form Filling, Dialog Boxes

7. Design Process

8. Interaction Devices

9. User Interface Building Tools and Collaborative User Interfaces

22.12.11 Lab Visit -

9.2.12 Student Demos: Results of Exercises -

Exercises

Date Topic Exercises Attachments

09.02.12 Final Presentations

Literature

The lecture will be based on the book:

Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (5. ed.) by: Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant. Pearson International Edition. Addison-Wesley Pearson Education, 2009. ISBN: 0321537351, http://www.pearsonhighered.com/dtui5einfo/

Further reading:

Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millenium by: John M. Caroll (ed.). Addison Wesley Pearson Education, 2001. http://www.aw.com/cseng/. ISBN 0-201-70447-1 .
Usability Engineering by: Jakob Nielsen. Morgan Kaufmann, 1993. ISBN 0-12-518406-9 .
The Design of Everyday Things by: Donald A. Norman. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN 0-465-06710-7 .
Doing Psychology Experiments by: David W. Martin. Cengage Learning Services, 2007. ISBN 0495115770.