USID Foundation - Bringing HCI & Design Community Together USID2008
USID Foundation - Bringing HCI & Design Community Together
HCI Hyderabad annouces USID2007, Usable Software Interface Design India Event, May 18-20, 2007 || Living in Digitial World
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Workshops
June 20, 2007
Venue: State Gallery Of Art (Chitramayee), Road No. 1, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500033

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
1) User Centered Design Process  (Registration closed) 3) How to conduct Usability Test & Analyze Results (Registration closed)
2) Experience AJAX: Workshop for Designers (Registration closed) 4) Accessibility & 508 compliance
5) User Centered Design Process - Repeat Session (Registration closed)
 

See Registration for more details. Regular Registration Until June 15, 2007!

Note: If you want to attend any of the parallel sessions, please send us an email with the order of preference to usidregister@hci-hyderabad.org, so that we can schedule the session appropreately.


User Centered Design Process
Conducted by : Prof M.P. Ranjan, NID
Effective usability engineering is a critical component of any technology project. Measurable benefits include increased sales, increased brand loyalty, improved organizational productivity, and decreased support costs. Unfortunately, usability is often ignored or overlooked resulting in products that are frustrating to use. In the worst cases, users are unable to accomplish what they want to achieve.
Excellent usability is not achieved through one discrete event. It requires a step-by-step, iterative approach. This workshop will focus on the user-centered design approach, methods, tools, and principles.
Upon completing this workshop, participants will have an basic understanding on the UCD process and will able to appreciate the UCD process and how it add value in product development. This workshop will also serve as foundation for the taking up focused trainings on UCD methods and tools.
  Workshop Outline:
 
  • Introduction
  • The UCD Process
  • Research - Methodologies, Tools & Deliverables
  • Design - Methodologies, Tools & Deliverables
  • Testing - Methodologies, Tools & Deliverables
  • Refining/Modification - Severity Level & Design Recommendations/Modifications
  • Implementation
  Who Should Participate?
This is an ideal workshop for Designers, Engineers, Developers, and other IT professionals who are new to UCD and wants to gain basic knowledge about UCD process, methods, tools and principles and apply the same in their projects.
  Participation Certificate:
Each participant will be given a certificate signed and issued by the HCI-Hyderabad
  Minimum/Maximum Participant:
14/25
How to conduct Usability Test & Analyze Results
Conducted by: Deepak Namboothiri, Mphasis
  Workshop Outline:
 
  • Introduction
  • Type of testing/evaluation
  • Testing/Evaluation Process
  • Methodologies
  • Testing Tools
  • Result Analysis & Recommendations
  Who Should Participate?
This is an ideal workshop for Usability Professionals, Interaction Designers, UI Designers, Engineers, Developers, and other IT professionals who are interested in learning about Usability testing techniques and methodologies.
  Participation Certificate:
Each participant will be given a certificate signed and issued by the HCI-Hyderabad
  Minimum/Maximum Participant:
14/25
 
Accessibility & 508 compliance
Conducted by: Waseem Mohammed, CA

Confused about which laws require websites to be accessible and what exactly is required? You are not alone. We will clarify who has to comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, 508 exemptions, what the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act require of public school districts, municipalities, state government agencies, businesses, post-secondary schools and others. Plus we'll help you to understand where to find reliable resources for on-going information.

Workshop Outline:

 
  • Why Accessibility
  • WAI 508 compliance briefing
  • Accessibility criteria briefing
  • VPAT Sample
  Who Should Participate?
Participants will include Information Architects, Knowledge Managers, UI Designers, Web Designers, Software Developers, UI Developers, Quality Assurance Engineers, Project Managers, Integration team Managers, Content authors and Content managers; Web content managers; Intranet, Internet, Extranet, Portal Managers and Webmasters,
  Participation Certificate:
  Each participant will be given a certificate signed and issued by the HCI-Hyderabad
  Minimum/Maximum Participant:
14/25
 
Experience AJAX: Workshop for Designers
Coordinator: Ravi Shankar, Oracle  & Sridhar, ADP
Ajax, arguably the most important aspect of web 2.0, sparked a wave of excitement among designers and front end developers. This workshop can help turn your enthusiasm into some practical knowledge, with design insights and technical grounding to get you started on AJAX. This covers new frameworks, popular toolkits and libraries to design pitfalls to design process, along with an overview of other parallel technologies and its strategic implications.
  Workshop Outline:
 
  • Introduction to Web2.0 & AJAX
  • Popular tools and Javascript libraries
  • Hands-on toolkits and widgets
  • Designing for AJAX Applications
  • Other parallel RIA technologies
  Who Should Participate?
This is ideal for Designers, UI developers and other IT professionals who are new to designing for Web 2.0 & Ajax user interfaces. This is aimed at Designers with some working knowledge of CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript. In other words, if you have worked with developers and understand what happens to your design to get live, you are most welcome.
  Participation Certificate:
Each participant will be given a certificate signed and issued by the HCI-Hyderabad
  Minimum/Maximum Participant:
14/25