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38 Cards in this Set
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Accessibility |
A governing principle of multimedia design that focuses on people with disabilities and their right of access to content on a digital device or multimedia page. |
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Accordion |
A special type of menu constructed with a vertically or horizontally stacked list of sections that expand or collapse when selected. |
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Archive |
A searchable collection of digital records organized by descriptive categories or fields. |
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Breadcrumb |
A navigational feature that allows users to keep track of their path as they move around within a database or complex series of layers or pages. |
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Carousel |
An UI design that arranges items along a horizontal line. Only a few times are visible to the user at a time. Additional items are revealed by scrolling to the left or right; resulting in the carousel-like movement of icons or thumbnails across the screen. |
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Checkbox |
A data input component that lets users select multiple options from a list of choices. |
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Clickstream |
A data mining technique used for recording a user's actions as he or she navigates a web page or application interface. |
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Collaborative Filtering |
A set of techniques for presenting users with personalized information that's based on aggregate data collected from other users. |
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Cosmetic Customization |
A set of features that allow the user to personalize the visual presentation of an interface without affecting its function (e.g. -- creating personal avatars on the Wii.) |
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Data Mining |
Various techniques used for recording, collecting or soliciting user information or actions. |
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Dropdown List |
A user interface component that prompts users to select from a list of mutually exclusive options displayed vertically from top to bottom. |
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Dropdown Menu |
A type of menu, that when activated, expands vertically and/or horizontally to reveal a list of selectable subsections. |
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Fat Footer |
A vertically expanded footer at the bottom of the page containing additional internal and external links. |
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Folksonomy |
Or collaborative content tagging. A method of organizing content using tag clouds. Tag clouds are formed by computer systems using aggregate data gathered from user-generated tags of online content. Popular with social bookmarking websites and photo/video sharing sites. |
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Footer |
A content region located at the bottom of the page containing metadata and/or general information of lesser importance (company/author name, webmaster contact, copyright, webmaster contact, legal information and policies such as terms of uses, disclaimers, etc.) |
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Form |
A UI component designed to collect information from the user via direct input. A form can contain numerous types of input elements such as text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons and submit buttons. Each input element on a form is used to collect a single a single piece of information (first name, last name, age, gender, etc.) |
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Functional Customization |
A set of features that allow the user to change the functionality of an interface. |
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Home Link |
A visible link or button that, when activated, takes the user to the home page or startup screen of a website or device application. |
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Input Prompt |
A feature whereby the browser or program automatically prefills a text field with a prompt, providing the user with an example of what to type. |
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Interactivity |
The reciprocal communication between the media and the user facilitated by various technology features; in other words, it's the user and the media communicating with one another. |
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Media Stickiness |
The ability to retain users to a multimedia site or technology platform. |
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Menu |
A user interface component that provides users with a list of choices through the presentation of onscreen visual prompts. |
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Motion Tracking Interface |
A type of graphical user interface that directly monitors and responds to users' body movements. |
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Navigation |
A system of features and components that provide structure and organization to a multimedia experience or user interface. |
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Pagination |
A UI component that allows users to easily navigate through the parts of a large body of information that is logically broken up into subsections or pages. |
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Personalization |
Computerized attempts to customize. |
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Radio Button |
A date input component that lets users choose one option from a list of mutually exclusive options. |
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Tab Menu |
A menu system similar to labeling folders and organizing them in a file cabinet. Virtual tabs give users access to different content modules or sections within a multimedia site or database. |
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Tag/Tag Cloud |
A tag is short descriptive word or phrase used to describe the contents of a digital asset such as a blog post, photo, video or audio file. A tag cloud is visual representation of the tags associated with a specific archive or collection of digital material. The popularity of tags in a tag cloud is indicated visually-- often by varying the font color and size. |
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Tailoring |
Any technique or feature that allows an interface to be adapted to the needs or preferences of an individual user, giving them a tailored experience. |
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Text Field |
An input component used on forms to collect text-based information (name, address, etc.) |
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Thumbnail |
A reduced-size version of a larger image used to illustrate any visual item, such a a picture, a frame from a video clip, or a screenshot of a web page. |
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Touch User Interface |
Or touch interface. A UI that allows the user to directly interact with what is displayed on screen by using one or more fingers (such as on an iPhone or tablet device.) |
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Usability |
A measure of the extent to which users of an interface can achieve their context-specific goals effectively, efficiently and with satisfaction. |
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Usability Testing |
Systematic methods of evaluating and refining an interface or product, usually prior to its release, to ensure that it meets industry standard usability criteria. |
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User Interface (UI) |
Any system of physical and/or virtual controls designed to allow users to interact with a digital application or device. |
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User-Centered Design (UCD) |
The thoughtful and deliberate process of creating an interface to meet the needs of real users. |
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Web User Interface (WUI) |
Considered one of the most widely used graphical user interfaces, WUIs allow users to interact with content presented in the form of Web pages; usually through the use of a Web browser. |
