This course aims to enable students to Design, implement and evaluate effective and usable graphical computer interfaces.
Introduction and importance of user Interface – definition, importance of good design. Benefits of good design, Graphical user interface, the concept of direct manipulation, Characteristics, Web user – Interface, characteristics, Principles of user interface.
Design process: Human interaction with computers, importance of human characteristics, human consideration, Human interaction speeds, understanding business junctions, cognition and psychological aspects.
Screen Designing, Design goals, Screen planning and purpose, organizing screen elements, ordering of screen data and content, screen navigation and flow, Visually pleasing composition, amount of information, focus and emphasis, presenting information simply and meaningfully, information retrieval on web, statistical graphics, Technological consideration in interface design, non-visual interaction, interaction for user with special needs.
New and Navigation schemes selection of window, selection of devices based and screen based controls. Components – text and messages, Icons, Multimedia, colors, uses problems, choosing colors.
Software tools, Specification methods, interface, Building Tools, Interaction Devices, Keyboard and function keys, pointing devices, speech recognition digitization and generation, image and video displays, drivers.