Lectures and courses (summer term 2011)

User Interface Engineering (UIE)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund Dachselt, Dipl.-Ing. Sophie Stellmach, Dipl.-Ing. Jens Heydekorn

TimeCourses every Monday, 09:00-11:00 hrs
TimeLectures every Thursday 09:00-11:00 hrs
RoomRoom G29-335
Credits4 semester hours/week, ECTS credits: 6
SpracheLecture in English or German

The lecture with accompanying courses is intended as an advanced HCI modul and builds on prior basic HCI lectures, such as "Interactive Systems". Effective user interfaces in combination with an appealing user experience are central requirements for designing interactive products of the future, since they become increasingly virtual and will provide similar functionality. Even the development of Natural User Interfaces (NUI) of the next generation requires a highly structured development process. Classical Software & Usability Engineering processes will fall short in this area. The lecture shows and explains modern development processes designed for these special requirements (focusing on Scenario-Based Design and User Experience Design) starting from the user-centered analysis phase to the final systematic product evaluation. Besides the structured and engineering-oriented approach, the main focus of this course is on the creative design phases, including sketches and early prototypes. Parallel to the lectures, students will form teams for a semester-spanning project, in which the User Interface Engineering process is trained with all phases while developing an interesting NUI.

Contents

Schedule

Date Mondays (E) Date Thursdays (L)
04.04.2011 No Exercise 07.04.2011 Introduction and Overview
11.04.2011 Course Introduction 14.04.2011 History of User Interfaces
18.04.2011 Team finalization
Lecture: Requirements Analysis		 21.04.2011 From Software to Usability Engineering
25.04.2011 Easter Monday 28.04.2011 From Software to Usability Engineering II
02.05.2011 Consultation 05.05.2011 Overview of Design Phases + Activity Design
09.05.2011 Introduction to the Design Phase + Consultation 12.05.2011 No lecture
16.05.2011 Presentation:
Results from the Analysis Phase 		19.05.2011 Sketching & Prototyping I
23.05.2011 Consultation 26.05.2011 Sketching & Prototyping II
30.05.2011 Consultation 02.06.2011 Ascension Day
06.06.2011 Presentation:
Results of Design Phase		 09.06.2011 Design Phase: Information Design
13.06.2011 Whit Monday 16.06.2011 Design Phase: Interaction Design
20.06.2011 Lecture:
Design Phase: Interaction Design II		 23.06.2011 Usability Evaluation I
27.06.2011 Lecture:
Usability Evaluation II		 30.06.2011 Final Presentations
04.07.2011 Final Presentations 07.07.2011 Summary and Closing Event

Examination

As the course currently counts more than 40 students, we have decided to do a written examination. The examination date is on July, 13th, from 11.00 - 13.00 o'clock in G29-307. Besides the grade for this exam, the evaluated course results are also proportionally included (ca. 40%) in the overall grade of this module. Thus, the participation in the courses is a prerequisite for the successful completion of this module.

Best Project Award

After all of the final presentations have been given, the most popular presentation was elected by the audience. Congratulations on the great presentations!

Literature

Documents

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