Usability Engineering course
Hi all, we will use wiki for executing the tasks in pairs or groups. This enables you to contribute tot he others tasks and also to pick and discuss idea that emerge.
This page will hold news, schedule and links tp taska and lecture slides.
News & Events
URENT: Remember we agreed to start at 8.30 the lectures!!!!
Slush Helsinki (3th-4th November 2009)
Open Web Camp Helsinki (7th November 2009)
"Stretch your creativity" workshop (10th November 2009)
Lecture slides
Extra material:
- Prototyping mobiles. Short article and easy to read 5 pages
Tasks
The tasks are in separate page with link to your pages that you will crteate for your pair/group to execute the tasks.
Common vocabulary of hard and/or important concepts
The vocabulary is also its own page. There will be a list of term you add! All of use including me try to define what the terms mean. In this way it should become easier to understand the topics we cover during this course.
Unofficial Online References
There are a lot of UI tips out there in formats other than articles and texts. Those are either put up by top designers or people who understand how users use things.
Useful Tools For UI Designing
For wireframing, prototyping, drafting, doodling...etc. Some are physical simulation softwares that would be interesting to use in advanced interfaces such as Surface (Microsoft) or MultiTouch (same company name in Finland)
FlairBuilder is a cross-platform tool for rapid authoring of interactive wireframes and software prototypes.http://iplotz.com/
iPlotz allows you to rapidly create clickable, navigable mockups and wireframes for prototyping websites and software applications.http://www.lumzy.com/
Lumzy is a Quick MockUp tool. It's a simple to use drag n' drop app for creating quick mockups on the run with hand-drawn feel.http://www.balsamiq.com/
Balsamiq Create software mockups in minutes, Collaborate with your team, Focus on creating your product.
Chalkboard Easy and fun to use sketching tool with a chalkboard interface. Pick up chalk from the tray, press and drag on the board to draw. Line thickness and transparency are set with the controls in the lower left corner of the board.