CS1015 USER INTERFACE DESIGN

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI: CHENNAI – 600 025
B.E DEGREE PROGRAMME COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(Offered in Colleges affiliated to Anna University)
CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS – REGULATIONS – 2004
B.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
LIST OF ELECTIVES

CS1015 USER INTERFACE DESIGN 3 0 0 100

AIM
To implement the basics and in-depth knowledge about UID. It enables the students to take up the design the user interface, design, menu creation and windows creation and connection between menu and windows.
OBJECTIVES
• To study the concept of menus, windows, interfaces.
• To study about business functions.
• To study the characteristics and components of windows.
• To study the various controls for the windows.
• To study about various problems in windows design with color, text, graphics.
• To study the testing methods

UNIT I 8
Introduction-Importance-Human-Computer interface-characteristics of graphics interface-Direct manipulation graphical system - web user interface-popularity-characteristic & principles.
UNIT II 10
User interface design process- obstacles-usability-human characteristics in design - Human interaction speed-business functions-requirement analysis-Direct-Indirect methods-basic business functions-Design standards-system timings - Human consideration in screen design - structures of menus - functions of menus-contents of menu-formatting -phrasing the menu - selecting menu choice-navigating menus-graphical menus.
UNIT III 9
Windows: Characteristics-components-presentation styles-types-managements-organizations-operations-web systems-device-based controls: characteristics-Screen -based controls: operate control - text boxes-selection control-combination control-custom control-presentation control.
UNIT IV 9
Text for web pages - effective feedback-guidance & assistance-Internationalization-accesssibility-Icons-Image-Multimedia -coloring.
UNIT V 9
Windows layout-test :prototypes - kinds of tests - retest - Information search - visualization - Hypermedia - www - Software tools.

TOTAL : 45
TEXT BOOK
1. Wilbent. O. Galitz ,“The Essential Guide to User Interface Design”, John Wiley& Sons, 2001.
REFERENCES
1. Ben Sheiderman, “Design the User Interface”, Pearson Education, 1998.
2. Alan Cooper, “The Essential of User Interface Design”, Wiley – Dream Tech Ltd., 2002.