User Interface Design
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Butz
Tutorials: Kathrin Schnizer, Julian Rasch
Hours per week: 2 Lecture + 2 Exercise
Contact Email uid@um.ifi.lmu.de
ECTS credits: 6
Sprache Englisch
Modul: Siehe Seite der Studiengangskoordination
Lehrplan
This course is targeted at students of the international Master's program MMT. The lecture and the tutorials introduce interface design for digital systems, i.e., Human-Computer Interaction. The course is in English and is designed for Master's level, but does not assume deep previous knowledge in Computer Science.
How do novice users react when confronted with novel interfaces of computerized systems? Can a clever system design prevent problematic situations like the deterrence of the user or operation errors? How can systems be tailored to a specific group of users? Finally, how can the design of a system intrinsically support a progressive learning curve for the users in mastering the system?
These questions will be the focus of the lecture. Theories and design approaches from the area of Human-Computer Interaction, a sub-discipline of Computer Science neighboring Cognitive Psychology, will be introduced in the lecture. Concrete techniques for a user-centered design process for computerized products will be presented, emphasizing "low-fidelity prototyping" techniques. These techniques enable a design phase, which decouples interaction issues from technical issues. In particular, all design steps in such a methodology can be carried out in principle without any prerequisite knowledge in technology or programming.
Please note that due to the engaging nature of the group projects, students often spend more than the allocated time on the development of their prototypes. This is especially true for the group project implementation.
Termine und Ort
Ort:
Thalkirchner Str. 36 Room 357 (Gebäude/Eingang Frauenlobstr. 7A)
Lecture: every Tuesday 10:00-12:00
Exercise: every Tuesday 12:00-14:00
Vorläufiger Zeitplan
S| Date | Time | Nr. | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.10.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L01 | Intro, Basic model |
| 12:00-14:00 | L02 | Perception | |
| 20.10.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L03 | Cognition |
| 12:00-14:00 | L04 | Motor Functions | |
| 27.10.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L05 | Ment. Models, Tech constraints |
| 12:00-14:00 | T01 | Problem Space + Lotus | |
| 03.11.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L06 | Requirements, Prototypes |
| 12:00-14:00 | T02 | Idea Presentation, Group Formation | |
| 10.11.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L07 | Basic Rules for UID |
| 12:00-14:00 | T03 | Group Project Pitch, Feedback & Refinement | |
| 17.11.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | T04 | Introduction to Personas |
| 12:00-14:00 | T05 | Introduction to Storyboards | |
| 24.11.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L08 | Styles, Patterns, UCD |
| 12:00-14:00 | T06 | Persona & Storyboard Alignment, Paper Prototyping | |
| 01.12.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L09 | Evaluation |
| 12:00-14:00 | T07 | Paper Prototyping, Intro to User Flow | |
| 08.12.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | L10 | Experience Design |
| 12:00-14:00 | T08 | Digital Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes & Intro to LLMs | |
| 15.12.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | LC | Christmas lecture |
| 12:00-14:00 | Group Project Progress Pitch, Group Work | ||
| 29.12.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | No lecture | |
| 12:00-14:00 | No tutorial | ||
| 29.12.2026 | 10:00-12:00 | Winter break | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Winter break | ||
| 05.01.2027 | 10:00-12:00 | Winter break | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Winter break | ||
| 12.01.2027 | 10:00-12:00 | T09 | Introduction to User Studies |
| 12:00-14:00 | Group work, individual group feedback | ||
| 19.01.2027 | 10:00-12:00 | L11 | Touch, Mobile |
| 12:00-14:00 | TBD | ||
| 26.01.2027 | 10:00-12:00 | S | TBD |
| 12:00-14:00 | "Office Hours Style": Group Work, Individual Group Feedback | ||
| 02.02.2027 | 10:00-13:00 | Final Presentations |
