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This document outlines a university course on user interface design. The course aims to teach students about menu, window, and interface concepts, as well as the user interface design process. It is divided into 5 modules that will cover topics such as menu structures and navigation, window characteristics and components, and screen-based controls. Students will learn principles of user interface design and be able to design interfaces, menus, windows, and connections between interface elements. The course assessment includes a 3-hour exam consisting of 5 out of 10 multi-part questions, with each question worth 20 marks and covering topics from one module.

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UID Syllabus

This document outlines a university course on user interface design. The course aims to teach students about menu, window, and interface concepts, as well as the user interface design process. It is divided into 5 modules that will cover topics such as menu structures and navigation, window characteristics and components, and screen-based controls. Students will learn principles of user interface design and be able to design interfaces, menus, windows, and connections between interface elements. The course assessment includes a 3-hour exam consisting of 5 out of 10 multi-part questions, with each question worth 20 marks and covering topics from one module.

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USER INTERFACE DESIGN

(Effective from the academic year 2018 -2019)


SEMESTER – VII
Course Code 18CS734 CIE Marks 40
Number of Contact Hours/Week 3:0:0 SEE Marks 60
Total Number of Contact Hours 40 Exam Hours 03
CREDITS –3
Course Learning Objectives: This course (18CS734) will enable students to:
• To study the concept of menus, windows, interfaces
• To study about business functions
• To study the characteristics and components of windows andthe various controls for the windows.
• To study about various problems in windows design with color, text, graphics a
• nd To study the testing methods
Module 1 Contact
Hours
The User Interface-Introduction, Overview, The importance of user interface – Defining the 08
user interface, The importance of Good design, Characteristics of graphical and web user
interfaces, Principles of user interface design
Textbook 1: Ch. 1,2
RBT: L1, L2
Module 2
The User Interface Design process- Obstacles, Usability, Human characteristics in Design, 08
Human Interaction speeds, Business functions-Business definition and requirement analysis,
Basic business functions, Design standards.
Textbook 1: Part-2
RBT: L1, L2
Module 3
System menus and navigation schemes- Structures of menus, Functions of menus, Contents 08
of menus, Formatting of menus, Phrasing the menu, Selecting menu choices, Navigating
menus, Kinds of graphical menus.
Textbook 1: Part-2
RBT: L1, L2
Module 4
Windows - Characteristics, Components of window, Window presentation styles, Types of 08
window, Window management, Organizing window functions, Window operations, Web
systems, Characteristics of device based controls.
Textbook 1: Part-2
RBT: L1, L2
Module 5
Screen based controls- Operable control, Text control, Selection control, Custom control, 08
Presentation control, Windows Tests-prototypes, kinds of tests.
Textbook 1: Part-2
RBT: L1, L2
Course Outcomes: The student will be able to :
 Design the User Interface, design, menu creation, windows creation and connection between
menus and windows
Question Paper Pattern:
 The question paper will have ten questions.
 Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
 There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
 Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Textbooks:
1. Wilbert O. Galitz, “The Essential Guide to User Interface Design”, John Wiley &
Sons, Second Edition 2002.
Reference Books:
1. Ben Sheiderman, “Design the User Interface”, Pearson Education, 1998.
2. Alan Cooper, ”The Essential of User Interface Design”, Wiley- Dream Tech
Ltd.,2002

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