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CS 615 User Interface Design - Overview Lecture # 1 Gabriel Spitz 1
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Lecture Objectives
Instructor Course objectives Course outline
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Before we start Please send me an email to [email protected] Include your personal information
Your name (First name, last name) Student ID Email address that you could be reached before class for class
cancelation information If you prefer add a phone number for text message
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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 [email protected]
Phone 781-572-7695
Office hours By appointment If needed M W 7:45-8:15 pm in class
Lectures’ Website http://cs615.blackgecko.com
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Frequently Used Names
Human Factors Engineer Interface Designer Interaction Designer/Engineer Graphical Designer Usability Engineer Information Architect Technical Writer More…
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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
of their day User Interface therefore impacts individuals:
Mood Productivity Safety
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My Design Objectives
Create a positive and rewarding user experience when using 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 and
effort Effective – Do it with minimal or no errors Safe – Do it with no harm Happy -
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Task vs. Activity Centered Design
User Task – Get a Boarding Passfor my flight
User Activity – Get home fast andcomfortablyIs there an earlierflightIs there a better seatCheck in luggageGet 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 Centered Design 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
