Context
Objectives
Prerequisites
Detailed content outline
Deliverables
Computing requirements
Communications

Project 1: Introduction

Notes: Introducing user-centered design

User-centered design
User-centered design process
Design iteration
Analysis phase
High-level design phase
Detailed design phase
Verification phase
Benefits of the process

Notes: User interface design principles

Attributes of a good interface
Map to your user's mental model
Be consistent
Reduce memory load
Provide control
Provide feedback
Recover gracefully
Provide flexibility

Quiz
Deliverable: Introduce yourself

Project 2: Scenarios

Notes: About scenarios

Example: Pizza ordering system
Example: Content management system

Quiz
Deliverable: Create use case scenarios

Project 3: Organization

Notes: Organizing your information

How to create an object diagram
Example: Bank account
Example: File system
More about nouns and verbs
Example: Content management

Quiz
Deliverable: Prepare an object model

Project 4: Navigation

Notes: Navigation

How to create a task flow diagram
Example: Banking
Five navigational structures
Sequential navigation
Hierarchical navigation
Star navigation
Grid navigation
Network navigation
Hybrid navigation
Example: Content Management

Quiz
Deliverable: Prepare a flowchart

Project 5: Paper prototype

Notes: Desktop graphical interfaces

The desktop metaphor
The desktop application in brief
Data-centered, object-oriented design model
Document interfaces
Primary window
Secondary windows
Menus
Controls
Toolbars
Status bar
Input: General
Input: Mouse Input
Input: Keyboard
Interaction: Selection operations
Interaction: Editing operations
Interaction: Transfer operations
Windows user assistance and help
Writing for desktop applications
Platform specifics
How to kill an interface

Notes: Web interfaces

Client-server explained
Client-server performance issues
Client-server loss of context issue
Merging model issue
Lack of standards issue
Web visual design
Web writing
Links
Performance
Platform or browser

Notes: Layouts or views

Spatial views
Alphanumeric views
Categorical views
Timeline views
Hierarchical views
Relationship between navigation and viewing
Select secondary viewing methods
Example: Content Management

Notes: Low-fidelity prototypes

Why prototype?
Types of prototypes
Low-fidelity prototypes explained
Advantages of low-fidelity prototypes
Disadvantages of low-fidelity prototyping
What to low-fidelity prototype?
How to create a low-fidelity prototype

Quiz
Deliverable: Prepare a low-fidelity prototype

References

Notes: Introducing human-computer interaction

What is a user interface?
A simple example
How people work
How systems work
Attributes of a good interface
Leveraging our cognitive skills
Leveraging our perceptual skills

Notes: Command-line interfaces in brief
Notes: Single-character interfaces in brief
Notes: Website links