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User Interface Design
Robert Scane, Jenny Le Peuple

This book will provide first-year students with a thorough introduction to user interface design, and will expose them to many of the current and on-going issues in the research field. It is a practical book which demonstrates how theory informs practice. The book is a clear and concise introduction to the subject, and will help students get to grips with difficult concepts, and understand how they are likely to be assessed. Key features include: assessment targets for each chapter; brief explanations of key concepts; advice on exams and assessment; tips on common mistakes and how to avoid them.

Key Features:

• Study and revision skills
• How to perform at the highest level in assessments
• Easy to understand coverage of course content

Contents:

• Studying user interface design at degree level
• Background:- the nature, importance and scope of usable interfaces
• Models of the user interface design process
• Design guidance: principles, guidelines and standards
• User requirements: elicitation and analysis
• Design techniques
• Usability evaluation: formative techniques
• Usability evaluation: summative techniques
• Supporting the user: help and documentation
• Examination questions and approach to answers

Author:

Robert Scane, London Metropolitan University
Jenny Le Peuple, London Metropolitan University