Abstract
The system development process for a series of software modules designed to teach principles of user interface design will be documented through videotapes, live demonstrations and hard-copy posters. A modified Macintosh computer equipped with an enlarged memory and several specialized input and output devices was used as the basis for a computer-aided instruction and prototyping facility. A number of major areas of human factors concerns were identified as logical candidates for computerbased tutorials. These included dialog design, database and program organization, screen layout and configuration, icon design, graphic coding dimensions, target conspicuity and font legibility, input device attributes and relationship of computer-generated displays to hard copy. The interactive session will review the principal phases of system development including the assessment of human factors training needs, the evaluation of hardware/software capabilities, conceptual program design, system implementation, beta testing and a projection of future system enhancements.
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