CS 615 User Interface Design -Overview
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Lecture Objectives
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Before we start
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Who Am I
Gabriel Spitz
BA, Psychology, NYU
MSIE, SUNY Buffalo
Sc.D, Behavioral Sciences, Technion, Israel
Principal Human Factors @ Akamai, Inc
UX Design, Customer Experience, Research,
Previously, LiveData, Aptima, Wang, BBN, MITRE
I am Human Factors Engineer & User Interface Designer (UX)
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Contact Information
Email
Phone
781-572-7695
Office hours
By appointment
If needed M W 7:45-8:15 pm in class
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Frequently Used Names
Human Factors Engineer
Interface Designer
Interaction Designer/Engineer
Graphical Designer
Usability Engineer
Information Architect
Technical Writer
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Course Objectives – Understand
Understand what is a good UI
Goals and criteria of good UI
Lear how to develop a usable and useful UI
UI design process
Become sensitized to poor UI
UI Design issues
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Why Take This Course?
Software is everywhere
More individuals use software to do their work
Individuals use software for longer and longer portions oftheir day
User Interface therefore impacts individuals:
Mood
Productivity
Safety
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My Design Objectives
Create a positive and rewarding user experience whenusing technology
Design technology with users’ work activity in mind
focus on designs that will enable individuals to be:
Productive - Do the work they need to do and beyond
Efficient – Do it in a way that will save them time andeffort
Effective – Do it with minimal or no errors
Safe – Do it with no harm
Happy -
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Task vs. Activity Centered Design
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User Task –
Get a Boarding Passfor my flight
User Activity –
Get home fast andcomfortably
Is there an earlierflight
Is there a better seat
Check in luggage
Get a Boarding Passfor my flight
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Course Requirements
Three interface design and evaluation projects (60%)
A Group project - interface design project (40%)
A short midterm (10%)
Class attendance and participation (10%)
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Course Books
Recommended
Garett, J, J., 2003, The Elements of User Experience, User CenteredDesign for the Web, New Riders publication(Paperback)
Norman, D.A., 2013, The Design Of Everyday Things. New York, NY,Doubleday 2013
Web site
http://cs615.blackgecko.com
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