6.831 User Interface Design and Implementation, Fall 2004

Miller, Robert

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Miller, Robert

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User Interface Design and Implementation

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Abstract

6.831 introduces the principles of user interface development, focusing on three key areas: Design: How to design good user interfaces, starting with human capabilities (including the human information processor model, perception, motor skills, color, attention, and errors) and using those capabilities to drive design techniques: task analysis, user-centered design, iterative design, usability guidelines, interaction styles, and graphic design principles. Implementation: Techniques for building user interfaces, including low-fidelity prototypes, Wizard of Oz, and other prototyping tools; input models, output models, model-view-controller, layout, constraints, and toolkits. Evaluation: Techniques for evaluating and measuring interface usability, including heuristic evaluation, predictive evaluation, and user testing. The semester starts with various assignments, and ends with a substantial programming project. This course is worth 6 Engineering Design Points.

Date issued

2004-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75810

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music and Theater Arts Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning; MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies; MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies

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6.831-Fall2004

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local: IMSCP-MD5-6f84040038ca20144add0d0fcbbe939b

Keywords

human-computer interfaces, human capabilities, human information processor, perception, Fitts's Law, color, hearing, task analysis, user-centered design, iterative design, low-fidelity prototyping, heuristic evaluation, keystroke-level models, formative evaluation, input models, output models, model-view-controller, toolkits, programming project, GUI, Java

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