CSE2UI Review Summaries PDF

CSE2UI Review Summaries **Summary of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Basics** **HCI**: Focuses on designing, evaluating, and implementing interactive computing systems for human use, often considered a part of User Experience (UX) research. **Key Terms**: - - **Human-Centered Design (HCD)...

CSE2UI Review Summaries **Summary of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Basics** **HCI**: Focuses on designing, evaluating, and implementing interactive computing systems for human use, often considered a part of User Experience (UX) research. **Key Terms**: - - **Human-Centered Design (HCD)**: - - **Ergonomics/Human Factors**: - - - **Usability**: - - - - - - - **User Research Methods**: - - - - This approach helps create ergonomically sound, usable products and enhanced UX. **Summary of the Design Process** **Double Diamond Model**: - - - - - - - **Human-Centered Design Principles**: 1. - 2. - 3. **Data Type:** - - **Field Study**: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Design Tools**: - - - - **Ideation Techniques**: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Prototyping**: culmination of the design process - - - - - - **Summary of User Testing and Evaluation Methods** **Heuristic Evaluation**: Experts assess usability by applying set heuristics (rules of thumb) to identify interface issues. **Nielsen\'s Top 10 Heuristics**: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. - - 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. **Cognitive Walkthroughs**: Cross-functional teams review task flows step-by-step to identify potential challenges for new users. **Analytics and A/B Testing**: - - **Predictive Models**: Use data simulations to predict user behavior, providing insights into potential design interactions. **Summary of Affordances in Design** **Affordances**: The way objects and systems communicate their use intuitively, beyond language, guiding users on how to interact with them. **Affordances in the Physical World**: - **Affordances in Human-Computer Interaction**: - - - **Technology Affordances** *(William Gaver, 1991)*: 1. 2. 3. **Best Practice**: Avoid false and hidden affordances (e.g., non-functional buttons) to enhance user experience. **Summary of Interface Design Principles and Interaction Types** **Organizing Principles for UI Design**: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. **Interface Concepts**: - - - **Types of User-System Interactions**: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **Paradigms and Visions in Interface Evolution**: - - - - **Summary of Design for Accessibility and Inclusivity** **Accessibility**: Ensures products and services are usable by everyone, with special consideration for people with disabilities (visual, motor, auditory, cognitive, and environmental challenges). **Inclusive Design**: Methodology that embraces human diversity. Key principles: 1. 2. 3. **Universal Design**: Products and environments are designed to be usable by all, without adaptations. **7 Principles of Universal Design**: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. **Accessibility** **Universal** **Inclusive** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- A feature or an attribute, creating products that can be used by those with special needs A design usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation A human-centered design process that embraces diversity **Summary of Future User Interfaces: Voice and Gesture Interaction** **Voice User Interfaces (VUIs)**: Enable interaction through voice commands. - - **Gesture User Interfaces (GUIs)**: Allow interaction through physical gestures. - - - - - - - These UIs represent a move toward natural, context-aware, and personalized interactions.