User Interface Design
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schmidt
Tutorials: Julian Rasch, Kathrin Schnizer, Dr. Luke Haliburton
Hours per week: 2 Lecture + 2 Exercise
Contact Email uid@um.ifi.lmu.de
ECTS credits: 6
Language: English
Module: P 4 (MA MMT PStO 2018); P 4 (MA MT PStO 2021)
Syllabus
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.
Dates and Locations
Location: Frauenlobstr. 7a, Room 357
Lecture: every Tuesday 10:00-12:00
Exercise: every Tuesday 12:00-14:00
Preliminary Schedule
| Date | Time | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Motivation and Basics, Terms |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lecture: Design Process | |
| 22.10.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture by Guest Prof. Dr. Kaisa Väänänen |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lecture: Ideation and Prototyping | |
| 29.10.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Mental Models - Understandable UIs |
| 12:15-13:45 | Project Introduction | |
| 05.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Tutorial |
| 12:15-13:45 | Group Forming & Project Ideation | |
| 12.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Focus on Humans, Needs |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lecture: Human I - motor, cognition | |
| 19.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Human II - emotion, attention |
| 12:15-13:45 | Group Project Pitch | |
| 26.11.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Input and Output Technologies |
| 12:15-13:45 | Project work in groups | |
| 03.12.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Project work in groups |
| 12:15-13:45 | Project work in groups | |
| 10.12.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Human Errors and Error Prevention |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lecture: Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, AR | |
| 17.12.2024 | 10:00-12:00 | Midterm Presentations |
| 12:00-14:00 | Midterm Presentations | |
| Winter Break | ||
| 07.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Principles and Guidelines |
| 12:15-13:45 | Project Progress Pitches | |
| 14.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Ubiquitous Computing |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lecture: Proactive UIs and Recommender | |
| 21.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Voice Interaction and Natural Language |
| 12:15-13:45 | Project Work in Groups | |
| 28.01.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | Lecture: Human Centered AI |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lecture: UCD with ChatGPT | |
| 04.02.2025 | 10:00-12:00 | Final Presentations |
| 12:00-14:00 | Final Presentations |
