Students' Experiences and Usability Evaluation in Interactive Digital Interface Development Process

Year 2022, , 434 - 451, 21.12.2022

Tansel Tepe

https://doi.org/10.18009/jcer.1109158

Abstract

In this research, it was aimed to determine student experiences in the design process of interactive digital interfaces developed with Figma and to evaluate students’ works developed within the scope of the “Digital Interface Design” course by students and lecturer. The case study design was used in the research. While determining the participant group of the study conducted with 57 students, convenient sampling method, which is one of the non-random sampling types was used. Implementation activities lasted eight weeks. At the end of the implementation process, each of the student was expected to develop interactive mobile application or website interfaces. The qualitative data of the study were analyzed by content analysis method, while the quantitative data were analyzed descriptively. According to findings, most of the mobile application and website interfaces designed by students were evaluated as good usable, and a certain part as excellent usable.

Keywords

Interface design, usability, user experience

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