Advance Program - Tutorial

15. Designing Multimedia Presentations

Sunday, 08:30 - 17:00

Instructor
Alistair Sutcliffe, UMIST, UK

Benefits
You will learn design principles and guidelines for multimedia user interface design with the cognitive psychology that motivates them, and how to apply a soundly based design method that addresses user requirements, mapping media to information content, integrating multimedia for effective understanding, dialogue design and scripting.

Origins
This new tutorial for CHI 2000 is based on 7 years research published in CHI and the forthcoming ISO 14915 (part 3) standard.

Features

• Basic psychology to understand multimedia interaction
• Design method covering user requirements and information content, media selection, combination and integration, navigation and dialogue control
• Design principles based on psychology
• Guidelines for media integration, directing users' attention and navigation control

Audience
Everyone who is involved in design of multimedia systems including CDROM authors, Web site, VR and UI designers; HCI researchers and educators and anyone interested in effective use of ISO 14915 standard, part 3: Media Selection and Combination. Suitable for beginners and seasoned designers.

Presentation
Lectures interleaved with case study exercises and critique of design examples using video, CDROM, and the Web.

Instructor
Alistair Sutcliffe is Professor of Systems Engineering in the Department of Computation, UMIST. He has more than 15 years research experience in HCI; has authored more than 150 publications; is chair of IFIP TC-13 Working Group 13.2 'Methodology for User Centered Design'; is a member of the IEEE, ACM and BCS; serves on the editorial board of IJHCS; and is editor of ISO Standard 14915, on Multimedia User Interface Design, part 3 (Media Combination).