2D Graphical User Interfaces for Desktop-based and Mobile Computer Applications

- 2D grafische Nutzerschnittstellen für Desktop-basierte und mobile Computeranwendungen -

Module IN 2112

Vorlesung + Übungen im Wintersemester 2010/11
Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D. (mit Amal Benzina, Tayfur Coskun und Eva Artinger)

2V+2Ü
5 ECTS Credits

The class will be taught in English.

Time & Location

Lecture: Mondays 10:15 - 11:45, MW 1701 (Mechanical Engineering Building, area 7, 1. floor)
Exercises: Wednesdays 10:00 - 12:00, MI 03.13.010
Starting date: Monday, 25. October, 2010
Exercises start: Wednesday 10. November, 2010
THERE IS NO EXERCISE ON 3rd OF NOVEMBER, because of Fachschaftsvollversammlung and Studentische Vollversammlung!!!
ANNOUNCMENT: Final Presentation is on the 09.02.2011 at 9:30 in ROOM MW2250

Content

More Information

Intended audience:

• Diploma students: Hauptstudium Informatik I (Praktische Informatik)
• Senior bachelor students with interest in pursuing a bachelor's thesis in this area
• Master students (Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik)

Prerequisites:

• Grundstudium Informatik or Bachelor Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik

Exercises:

• The class consists of both a weekly lecture and weekly exercises!
• Exercises constitute half of the credits and thus will make up half of the grade (exam questions).
• Exam questions will be based on experiences gained by attending the excercise meetings and by working on the homework. It will not be enough to just read and understand solutions to the homework. The learning experience and insights gained by struggling with the assignments is essential.

Exams: written, closed book

• Duration: 90 minutes
• Language: assignment sheet in English, answers can be given in English or German
• Schedule: Thursday, February 24 2, 11:30 - 13:00 in room MO 00.02.001 (MI HS 1)The exam will take place on 22.02.2011 @ 10:00 - 11:30 in room CH 21010
• There will be a 0.3 bonus for good project presentations

• Oral exams are available in rare exceptions (e.g.: for international exchange students, visiting from other universities). Exam Schedule
  If you qualify, contact Prof.Klinker to reserve a slot.

• Repeat exam (Wiederholungsklausur)
  written, 90 minutes, questions in English
  Wed, April 20, 11:00 - 12:30, Room 02.013.010 (at the chair of Prof. Westermann).

• Exam Review / Klausureinsicht
  You can have a look on your 2dui exams on Thursday 14th of April from 13.00-14.00 in our seminar room 03.13.10.
  

Office hours:

• By appointment (email to Prof.Klinker)

Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Subject	links to slides (restricted)
25.10.10	1. Introduction and Overview 2. Human Factors	L1-Overview.pdf L2-HumanFactors.pdf
7.2.11	10. Collaborative Interfaces cancelled due to sickness of Prof. Klinker	L10-Collaboration.pdf
8.11.10	2. Human Factors (cont.)
22.11.10	3. Theories, Principles and Guidelines	L3-GuiPrinTheo.pdf
29.11.10	4. Evaluation of User Interface Designs	L4-Evaluation.pdf L4-Evaluation.ppt NASA-TLX.pdf SUS.pdf AttrakDiff.pdf
6.12.10	5. Interaction Styles: Direct Manipulation	L5-DirManipVEs.pdf
13.12.10	5. Interaction Styles: Direct Manipulation (cont.)	-
10.1.11	6. Interaction Styles: Menu Selection Form Filling, Dialog Boxes	L6-MenusFormsDialogs.pdf
17.1.11	7. Design Process	L7-DevelopmentProcesses.pdf
24.1.11	8. Interaction Devices	L8-InteractionDevices.pdf
31.1.11	9. User Interface Building Tools and Collaborative User Interfaces	L9-SWTools.pdf
	Christmas Break	-
20.12.10	Lab Visit (ITüpferl)	-
1.11.10	no class (due to All Saints Day)	-
9.2.11	Student Demos: Results of Exercises	-
15.11.10	Application Example: Mobile User Interfaces for Use During Catastrophic Events (Simon Nestler)	-

Exercises

Date	Topic	Exercises	Attachments
03.11.10	FVV
10.11.10	Tutorial1 Tutorial2	Installation - Android Android Fundamentals & Implement Simple List	Exercise-Tutorial-1 Exercise-Tutorial-2 Ápproach_SimpleList
17.11.10	Lab session
24.11.10	Tutorial3	Loading and storing data: Implement List and Data Storage	Exercise-Tutorial-3 android_test.xml Approach_Tutorial3
01.12.10	Lab session
08.12.10	Tutorial4	Advanced List: Implement Fisheye List This Tutorial is still in the Seminarroom MI 03.13.010	Exercise-Tutorial-4 Approach_fishEyeList (viewgroups)
15.12.10	Lab session
22.12.10	Tutorial5	Creating a treeview: Implement an expandable list.	Exercise-Tutorial-5 Exam sample questions Approach treelists (viewgroups)
29.12.10	Weihnachtsfeiertag
05.01.11	Weihnachtsfeiertag
12.01.11	Tutorial6	Evaluation of input concepts: Conduct Evaluation	Exercise-Tutorial-6 music.xml
19.01.11	Lab session	mandatory 5min presentation of all teams of the project idea/concept Arindam presentation about user studies	Arindam Dey's Talk about Evaluation
26.01.11	Lab session-project preparation
02.02.11	Lab session-project preparation
09.02.11	Final Presentations	ANNOUNCMENT: Final Presentation is on the 09.02.2011 at 9:30 in ROOM MW2250

How to borrow a phone for your evaluation

We have 3 mobile phones, which we can borrow to those 5 groups who don't have their own Android phone. You can borrow the phones from us for around 2 days. But please bring them back every day. There is no overnight or weekend booking possible.

We can offer you the following phones:

• HTC desire with Android version 2.1
• Motorola milestone with Android version 2.1
• another HTC desire with Android version 2.1

If you like to book on a specific date please tick the date and add your group name and the type of mobile phone (HTC or Motorola).
Please use the Doodle Link:
Doodle Link for Booking
The phones are available from 31.1. 2011 until Tuesday 8.1.2011

Literature

The lecture will be based on the book:

• Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (5. ed.) by: Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant. Pearson International Edition. Addison-Wesley Pearson Education, 2009. ISBN: 0321537351, http://www.pearsonhighered.com/dtui5einfo/

Further reading:

• Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millenium by: John M. Caroll (ed.). Addison Wesley Pearson Education, 2001. http://www.aw.com/cseng/. ISBN 0-201-70447-1 .
• Usability Engineering by: Jakob Nielsen. Morgan Kaufmann, 1993. ISBN 0-12-518406-9 .
• The Design of Everyday Things by: Donald A. Norman. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN 0-465-06710-7 .
• Doing Psychology Experiments by: David W. Martin. Cengage Learning Services, 2007. ISBN 0495115770.

Exercises:

• Android Development : http://developer.android.com