HCI usability and UI design
course overview
The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the main ideas behind Human Computer Interaction (HCI), usability, and User Interface (UI) design. The first part of the course covers the necessary theory. It requires participants to examine themselves, as well as other people and their cultures. There is discussion on how each culture affects the way that someone would view, use, and react to a human-computer interface. The second part is practical based: aimed at designing a very usable human-computer interface; as well as perform a usability evaluation.
Duration: 2 days
objectives
- know how to build usability into software
- understand why and how to make interfaces usable
- know how people may use, or misuse, the interfaces you produce
- be able to analyse users, the tasks, they perform, and the information they need to perform those tasks
- practice in designing, conducting, and analysing usability evaluations
target audience
The course is suitable for anyone.
course syllabus
Different users and cultural contexts
- Different users and cultural contexts
- you, in your own culture
- others in your culture
- those from a different culture
HCI metaphors
- metaphor descriptions
- user descriptions
- interface use descriptions
- metaphor choice assessment
Interface design
- usable interfaces
- good Vs bad design
- working designs
- interface construction
Usability evaluations
- usability inspection methods
- rules for interface design evaluation
- test set up the test
- record observations and test results
- interface improvements
Please note, when taught at your site, this course is customizable. Modules can be adapted, removed, added from other courses, or even created.
further information
timetable
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course instructor
The course is presented by one of our senior consultants, each of whom has at least ten years' experience in software development, and at least three years' experience as a trainer and consultant in a diverse range of application areas.