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User Interfaces

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 460-2017/04
Abbreviation URO
Course title User Interfaces
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Eduard Sojka

Subject syllabus

Design of user interfaces. Historical overview. Methods of communication in user interfaces. Good and bad practices (examples).
Cognitive factors of user interfaces (principles of visual perception, properties of human memory, psychological aspects).
Mental models. Realisation of mental model by design.
Graph design. Attention, navigation, balance, connection of space, groups, and consistency.
Perceiving the colours, colour design.
Presentations of text, web presentations.
Verification of interface, evaluation by the expert, questioning of users, testing with users.

Literature

E.Sojka, Lecture notes.
Dix, A., Finlay, J., Abowd, G.D.,‎ Beale R.: Human-Computer Interaction (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall 2004, (ISBN-13: 978-0130461094 , ISBN-10: 0130461091 )

Advised literature

Jacko, J.A. (ed.): The human-computer interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies, and emerging applications. 3rd. ed. CRC Press, 2012 (ISBN 9781439829431 )