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Week 13: Prepare an outline of an article to improve the features of emerging technologies using wearable devices, specifically for disabled users.

Week 12 : Universal Design and Future Interface Trends

The 7 Core Principles of Universal Design
In the late 90s, a group of architects, product designers, and engineers at North Carolina State University established seven principles specifically to UI/UX today:

1. Equitable Use
The design does not disadvantage or stigmatize any group of users. The interface should be identical for all users whenever possible, and equivalent when not.

UX Example: Providing high-quality alt-text for images so a visually impaired user gets the same information as a sighted user.

2. Flexibility in Use
The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities.

UX Example: Allowing users to choose between Dark Mode and Light Mode, or allowing a "Left-Handed Mode" in a mobile app.

3. Simple and Intuitive Use
The design is easy to understand, regardless of the user's experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level.

UX Example: Using universally recognized icons (like a magnifying glass for search) and maintaining a clear visual hierarchy.

4. Perceptible Information
The design communicates necessary information effectively to the user, regardless of ambient conditions or the user's sensory abilities.

UX Example: Using both color and icons to signal an error. If a form field just turns red, a colorblind user might miss it; adding an "!" icon ensures the message is perceived.

5. Tolerance for Error
The design minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended actions.

UX Example: The "Undo" button in Gmail or a "Are you sure you want to delete this?" confirmation modal.

6. Low Physical Effort
The design can be used efficiently and comfortably with minimum fatigue. In digital terms, this refers to minimizing "interaction cost."

UX Example: Placing primary navigation elements within easy reach of a thumb on a mobile device (the "Thumb Zone") to prevent hand strain.

7. Size and Space for Approach and Use
Appropriate size and space are provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use regardless of the user's body size, posture, or mobility.

UX Example: Ensuring target touch areas (buttons) are at least 44x44 pixels so they can be easily tapped by someone with limited fine motor skills or large fingers.

Question:
Choose the BEST core principle of Universal Design, justify with your reasons with suitable device examples.

Week 9:
1. The POUR Principles (WCAG Foundation)
To design accessible interfaces, the UX must follow these four pillars:

Perceivable: Users must be able to perceive the information (e.g., Alt-text for images, high color contrast).

Operable: The interface must be navigable (e.g., keyboard-only navigation, enough time to read content).

Understandable: Users must understand the UI and its operation (e.g., clear error messages, consistent patterns).

Robust: The content must work with assistive technologies (e.g., screen readers).

Discuss the potential of good accessibility for human computer interface based on your product that you have selected in Week 8.

WEEK 6: BEST UI/UX DESIGN TOOLS
https://survicate.com/blog/ux-design-tools/

Refer to the above link, prepare a poster (3 students) encompassing 3 UX design tools, and discuss the elements of the following:

Essential Features in UX Design Tools
UX design is a complex process that requires a well-rounded toolkit. Here are some of the most critical features to look for in UX design tools:
• Wireframing and Prototyping Capabilities: Quickly creating wireframes and prototypes is crucial. Look for tools that let you build low-fidelity wireframes to map out your ideas and high-fidelity prototypes to simulate the final product.
• Collaboration Features: UX design is often a team effort. Tools that offer real-time collaboration, version control, and feedback mechanisms can significantly enhance the design process.
• User Testing Integration: Integrating user testing into your tool can streamline the process of gathering user feedback and making data-driven design decisions.
• Responsive Design Options: With the variety of devices available today, your design tool should facilitate the creation of responsive designs that adapt to different screen sizes and orientations.
• Interactivity and Animation Tools: Engaging users often requires more than static images. tools with interactivity and animation features can help bring your prototypes to life.
• Comprehensive Asset Libraries: A rich library of icons, fonts, and UI elements can save time and ensure consistency across your designs

Submit at 12pm Friday, 20.9.2025 in pdf file, rename W6_UX Design Poster_name_regnumber.pdf

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Week 6:

Using Peer Teaching, provide concepts and examples of each 10 usability heuristics with established justifications based on your system you have selected for user interface design.

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Week 5:

The heart of Human Computer Interaction design is to make the computer system user-friendly, to do that it is recommended to design the computer in the most user-friendly way possible.

Using Collaborative Projects, provide 5 examples of user-friendly website with URL and relate to 10 usability heuristics for user interface design.

1. Visibility of system status
2.Match between the system and the real world
3. User control and freedom
4. Consistency and. standards
5. Error prevention
6. Recognition rather than recall
7. Flexibility and efficiency of use
8. Aesthetic and minimalist
9. Help users recognize, diagnose and recover from errors
10. Help and documentation.

All groupmates must ensure suitable approaches take into account for need of the user and their preference throughout the entire design process are applicable.

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Week 4: Discuss the pertinence of user interface design in website and mobile application. Prepare suitable main page to introduce your business product.

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Week 3: A software design process is crucial. Why is it really vital? The software design process encompasses a set of related and sequential tasks that transform a set of input to a set of outputs. It can be represented via the website we visited.

Notwithstanding, users will find it difficult to use a website that lacks informative feedback and a well-designed dialogue. Moreover, errors frequently occurs and a short-term memory makes it more troublesome.

Let’s scrutinize this scenario. To what extent are Schneiderman’s 8 Rules pertinent to all system developers in the design process?

EDOLA22 Human Computer Interaction : Exemplary of Schneiderman’s 8 Rules in Design Process A software design process is crucial. Why it’s really vital? The software design process encompasses set of related and sequence tasks that transforms a set ...