As a Palm developer, I know that good user interface design is
important. Here is a course that might be of interest to Palm
developers. Most of it will be relevant to UI design for hand-helds.
--Brad Myers
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The Human Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer
Science at Carnegie Mellon University is pleased to announce a one week
short course on:
User Interface Design and Implementation
Session Dates: May 7-11, 2001
Location: On the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, PA
For more information and pricing, see:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~hcii/Education/OneWeekCourse/
** There are substantial discounts for registering before March 7
** and for groups, so please register soon.
Overview
There is a growing need to create usable software programs since
technology has a firm foothold in areas ranging from medicine to
entertainment. The Human-Computer Interaction community has developed
processes, techniques and tools that can help insure high-quality,
easy-to-use systems. The Human-Computer Interaction Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University offers a range of degree programs
(Bachelors, Masters and PhD) that teach these in depth. For the busy
professional, we are pleased to offer a one-week course that provides
a practical overview of the most important, state-of-the-art practices
in user interface design and implementation which you can apply
immediately to your organization. We will cover the latest proven
techniques for organizing development efforts, and for designing,
implementing and evaluating user interfaces. Practical, hands-on
exercises using various projects will be used to illustrate and
practice the techniques. The course will cover techniques that are
useful for all types of applications, including those on the Web,
desktop, handhelds, and mobile devices.
Topics will include:
* Usability Engineering Process: How to organize your development to
maximize the potential for success.
* Cognition, Perception, & Analytic HCI Techniques: The fundamental
properties of people and how they can be used to evaluate
designs.
* Users Studies: How to evaluate interfaces with users and get valid
results.
* Contextual Inquiry and Design: How to discover customer's real needs
and design new products to meet them.
* Usability Evaluation Methods: Low cost techniques you can use to
evaluate and improve designs.
* Graphic and Interaction Design: What you need to know from graphic
and user interface design, such as color choice, layout, etc.
* Prototyping: How to create quick mock-ups to evaluate designs.
* UI Software Tools: How to implement interfaces once the design is
solid.
* Software Architecture: understand how early software design
decisions impact the usability of an interface.
* Interfaces for the Web, Handheld and Mobile Devices: The special
considerations when designing interfaces are for these platforms
compared to conventional desktop applications.
Who Should Attend
The User Interface Design and Implementation one week course is
designed for experienced developers, project managers, and executives
who want to establish, manage or perform good usability practices.
Faculty
This course will be taught by leaders in the field of Human-Computer
Interaction. They are all experienced educators and researchers, and
have been teaching HCI to students at all levels. With specialties
covering all of the HCI areas to be addressed, they also have
extensive experience consulting for many companies, so they are
familiar with the needs of industry. The participating faculty are:
Brad A. Myers
Bonnie John
Randy Pausch
Ken Koedinger
Jodi Forlizzi
Len Bass
Contact
For more information, or to register, please see:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~hcii/Education/OneWeekCourse/
or contact:
Brad A. Myers
Human Computer Interaction Institute
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891
(412) 268-5150
FAX: (412) 268-1266
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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