Introduce students to basic procedures of designing a user interface; Show to students design standards needed for visual formatting of applications; Explain to students the importance of respecting user needs for better information organisation and better user experience; Stress a planned approach of user interface design aiming at easier interaction between people and computers; Introduce students to accompanying tools used to create visual elements of a website or application.

Conditions for enrollment

Requirements met for enrolling in the third year of the study programme

Course description

Planning the layout of the user interface. User interface design tools. Supporting tools for creating visual elements and computer image processing. User interface design and development methods. User experience analysis and evaluation.

Student requirements

Defined by the Student evaluation criteria of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek and paragraph 1.9

Monitoring of students

Defined by the Student evaluation criteria of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek and paragraph 1.9

Obligatory literature

1. 1 E. N. McKay UI is Communication: How to Design Intuitive, User Centered Interfaces by Focusing on Effective Communication Morgan Kaufman, 2013.

2. 2 J. Tidwell Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design O Reilly Media, 2011.

Pretraži literaturu na:

1. 1 J. Anderson, J. McRee, R. Wilson, and T. E. Team Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software O Reilly Media, 2010.

2. 2 S. Krug Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Pearson, 2013.

Conducting university questionnaires on teachers (student-teacher relationship, transparency of assessment criteria, motivation for teaching, teaching clarity, etc.). Conducting Faculty surveys on courses (upon passing the exam, student self-assessment of the adopted learning outcomes and student workload in relation to the number of ECTS credits allocated to activities and courses as a whole).

Overview of course assesment

1. plan how to create a user interface from the idea to the final layout of the user interface

2. define user interface design requirements with respect to specific user needs

3. design a graphical user interface for one’s own application or website

4. master the accompanying tools for creating visual elements

5. perform analysis and evaluate user experience for a specific user interface

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