User interface evaluation by novices

Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 327-332

  Bouvier, Dennis ^a   Chen, Tzu Yi ^b   Lewandowski, Gary ^c   McCartney, Robert ^d   Sanders, Kate ^e   VanDeGrift, Tammy ^f  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

commonsense computing; novice; user interface evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMMONSENSE COMPUTING; COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; EVALUATION SKILLS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; INTERFACE EVALUATION; NOVICE; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER EXPERIENCE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDENTS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84864657662     PISSN: 1942647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2325296.2325372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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