Learning outcomes

The course discusses in detail the guidelines for graphical user interface design. Upon completion of the course the student will be able to design screens, dialogues and on-line help, and also to design and evaluate the interaction in different use contexts. The student knows input and output modalities and their design possibilities and challenges.

Contents

User centered design. On-line help. Different interaction styles and techniques (forms and dialogue box designs, direct manipulation, menus, agents, hypertext) with guidelines. New interaction techniques. The challenges of the use context (desktop, mobile, ubi) in design.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	24 h	0 h
Tutorials	2 h	0 h
Exercises	14 h	0 h

Teaching language

Finnish, English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn

Or later. In Finnish in the autumn semester, in English in the spring semester. Not arranged in English every year.

Study materials

Lecture notes and parts of the books:

1. Dix, A., Finlay, J., Abowd,G. & Beale, R., Human-Computer Interaction. Third edition. Pearson Education Ltd. 2004. http://www.hcibook.com/e3/
2. Microsoft Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx
3. Windows XP Official Guidelines for User Interface Developers. Microsoft Press 2001. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B996E1E7-A83A-4CAE-936B-2A9D94B11BC5&displaylang=en
4. Apple Human Interface Guidelines. http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/OSXHIGuidelines.pdf
5. Preece, J. et al., Human-Computer Interaction. Addison-Wesley 1994.
6. Mullet, K. & Sano, D., Designing Visual Interfaces. Sunsoft 1994.

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