Ary Ramadhan, Syerlie Annisa, Dini Faisal, Siti Aisyah, Eko Purnomo
This study discusses the user interface (UI) design for a proposal seminar and comprehensive exam scheduling application for Visual Communication Design Study Program students at Padang State University. The main problem identified is the manual scheduling system, which leads to decreased productivity, schedule conflicts, and delays in providing information to students. The urgency of this research lies in the need for a more efficient system to manage seminar schedules that occur throughout the academic year. This study's novelty is applying the User-Centered Design (UCD) method in UI design, ensuring the interface aligns with user needs and experience. The research method consists of UCD phases, including understanding the context of use, specifying user requirements, designing solutions, and evaluating the design using heuristic evaluation and the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). The results indicate that the developed UI design enhances scheduling efficiency, reduces manual errors, and improves user experience. The heuristic evaluation results show that the aspects of Match between System and the Real World and Recognition Rather than Recall received the highest scores, each scoring 4.9, indicating that the system is intuitive and easy to use. Additionally, the UEQ results demonstrate significant improvements in perspicuity (+2.7), efficiency (+2.55), and dependability (+2.48), all classified as excellent, suggesting that the proposed design is highly intuitive and optimally supports students’ academic processes. © 2025, Politeknik Negeri Padang. All rights reserved.
Visual Communication Design, Universitas Negeri Padang, Air Tawar, West Sumatra, Padang, Indonesia
