Teachers Name 
peter.thomas@vu.edu.au

 
HEB0075   
Interface Design 

Resources and Downloads Lesson One for Monday  July 23 2003
Course Outline  
 

Lesson for today

  

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 Getting onto the Web.Looking at the Site

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 Checking out the study design

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 Check WebCT

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 Check Uni Student Email Account -- This is where you will send todays discussion  to me at peter.thomas@vu.edu.au

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Lets talk about Interface Design.  
 Exercise One 
In your home or workplace find a simple machine, something with two to four controls and with no (!) internal
computer (a simple toaster or an electric drill are possible candidates). 
Describe: - the users the machine seems to
be designed for; - the tasks and subtasks the machine was evidently designed to support; 
- the "interface" part of the machine;
 - the part of the machine that is NOT the interface.

Limit your answer to one page (it may be less). 

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Looking at FrontPage ( Revision)

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Looking at Forms
Constructing a sampler of forms , using the idea of a magazine quiz

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Looking at some examples of Design

You will need Flash and Shockwave to view these sites.
Go to  The Macromedia Download site http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/ and make your choice, picking the Shockwave link will download both plug-ins.
BONUS question - can you tell me in lay-persons's   terms  what we just did.

Matmice

Clifton Creek PS

Superbad

Akkia


Answer these 3 Questions 

1. Who is the Audience ?
2.  What is the Purpose?
3. Does the whole experience meet the first two points

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Finding Your Own Examples of Interface Design.
What Criteria will you Use to Evaluate Interface Design

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A taste of JavaScript , lets look at this site .  Please Open in Internet Explorer 5 or above 

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The Readings for Next week Jakob Neilsen's "How Users Read on the Web"
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html

 

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 Resources and Downloads

  

Script Sites  

Design

Downloads
Web Teacher
 On-Line shareware texbook
Task Centered User Interface Design		 A tool to use in place of FrontPage
Arachnophilia
On Forms
 Web Style Guides
  

Victoria University – School of Education – Semester 2, 2002

 

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Bachelor of Education

 

HEB0075: Interface Design

Content: This subject will enable students to critically evaluate common interface design and to demonstrate their developing understandings through practice.

Students will become familiar with basic programming techniques using contemporary programming languages. Students will discover the variety of ways in which databases are able to be accessed and manipulated through emerging technologies.

 

Outline of Course

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Introduction to Analysis and Design

Good Design on the Web

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Screen Design Process

Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences

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Windows Interface

Interface Guidelines

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Input/Output Design

GUI

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User Interface Design

Web Courses

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System Testing & Quality Issues

Java Script

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Software Design

Java Script

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Software Design

Java Script

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Software Design

 Flash

    MID-SEMESTER BREAK 

 

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Object Orientated Design

Flash

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Object Orientated Design

Flash

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Systems Implementation

Strategies in educational multimedia

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Presentations

Feasibility Analysis
 

ASSESSMENTS:

Project (60%) The project should reinforce how you have applied your knowledge of Interface Design for a real-world situation.

Presentation (20%) Your presentation should reflect your readings, theory about teaching and interface design  and its implications.

Digital Portfolio(20%)  You will be required to maintain a digital portfolio on your zip disk.

(more details to come)

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