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Educational SoftwareUser Interface

Design PrinciplesA Brief Overview

Chi-Ming Chow MDSt. Michael’s HospitalUniversity of Toronto

27 July 2006

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Goals

ContextDesign Visual

Approach

Identify CommunicationFunctions

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Apply Principles

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Interface Guidelines - Online Resources

Apple Human Interface Guidelines

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/index.html

Cornell University Ergonomics Web http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ahtutorials/interface.html

Society for Technical Communicationhttp://www.stcsig.org/usability/newsletter/9807-webguide.html

KDE Developer’s Guide

http://developer.kde.org/documentation/design/ui/

Last Accessed: 27 July 2006