Teaching user interface design based on usability engineering

ABSTRACT

For the last three years we have been teaching a course in user interface design at the Technical University of Denmark as part of the curriculum for the Master's Degree in computer science (courses for Bachelor's degrees are taught at another engineering school on campus). Here we describe our goals for the course and give a brief list of its contents. We discuss our use of mandatory laboratory assignments in more detail and also present results from studies of students' motivation for taking the usability course and their evaluation of different aspects of the course.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
          Subjects: User interfaces

  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES

General Terms:
Design, Management