Course description
Web & Application Design
This course focuses on the skills and knowledge also covered in the Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)™ examination. Designing intuitive and effective user interfaces is both science and art. It involves implementing user-centered requirements into usable designs, integrating the focal points of visual design, and also being aware of how website and application design strategies differ and overlap.
Objective
Learn how to apply research-based and field-tested web and application design principles and methodologies to create usable and effective interfaces.
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Who should attend?
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Who should attend
Usability practitioners, website/intranet developers, application developers, interface designers, project managers, graphic artists—those involved in the design and development of web, e-commerce, informational and promotional sites, intranets, and applications.
Training content
Design is Science and Art
- Scientific models in user-centered design (UCD)
- Definition of UCD
Exercise: Designing for functional requirements
- Characteristics of usable designs
- UCD Benefits
Exercise: Conduct a design heuristic evaluation
Navigation
- Characteristics of usable navigation
- Primary navigation systems
- Hierarchical models
- Persistent design systems
- Sequential navigation
- Search
- › Supplemental navigation
- Index
- Breadcrumbs
- Quick links
- Multiple systems navigation design
Exercise: Select appropriate navigation models
Presentation
- Visual-cognitive processing
- Eye movement and eye tracking
- Gestalt principles of visual design
- Layout
Exercise: Evaluate and redesign a cluttered screen
- Color
- Graphics
- Text
Content
- Printed vs. digital content
- Writing for clarity
- Writing style
- Word choice
- Mechanics
- Methods that facilitate scanning
- Writers’ pyramid
- Headings, bulleted and numbered lists
Exercise: Sharpen writing skills
Interaction
- Factors that influence interaction design
- User interface controls
- Data entry and selection
- Navigation and action
- Multi-function controls
- Exercise: Selecting appropriate UI Controls
- Error handling and prevention
- Feedback
Exercise: Design an effective feedback message
Screen Elements and Wireframing
- Screen elements
- Wireframing
- Low fidelity
- High-fidelity
- Effective prototyping strategies
Exercise: Build a paper wireframe
Accessibility
- Why design for accessibility
- Types of disabilities
- Vision
- Hearing
- Motor
- Cognitive
- Assistive technologies
- Accessibility laws
- Accessibility guidelines
- Section 508 Guidelines
- Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- Evaluating for accessibility
Exercise: Conduct a site review for accessibility
Internationalization
- Internationalization and Localization
- Multicultural considerations
- Internationalization design process and
usability testing
Beyond Design Knowledge
- Barriers to implementing UCD practices
- UCD practitioners’ knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Academic training and HFI certification
- UCD and HCI professional organizations
Costs
Please contact the provider for pricing details
Certification / Credits
What you'll learn
- Designing intuitive navigation structures on identifying, selecting, and implementing appropriate navigation models
- Making better decisions and recommendations to improve visual design—including layout, color, graphics, icons, and text choice
- Implementing effective usability-based content organization and treatment methods
- Optimizing interaction through appropriate controls and error and feedback design
- Creating screens and pages that:
- Control user focus
- Match user's expectations
- Optimize efficiency and usability
- Knowing how website and application design strategies differ and overlap
- Extending the user-centered design sphere of influence into the domains of UX, accessibility, and cross-cultural design.
What you get
- Real-world examples and practical tips from our instructors who are also active user experience (UX) consultants
- Hands-on individual and group exercises to ensure conceptual understanding
- Training package that includes:
- A comprehensive student manual
- A student exercise book
- A summary study guide
- Usability glossary
- Usability resources
- User interface control selection guide
- Quick reference guides
Why choose Human Factors International?
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Human Factors International
HFI specializes in providing practical user experience design training for everyone from new to advanced design professionals. To meet your career goals, Human Factors International (HFI) offers three certification tracks: Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)™ Certified User Experience Analyst (CXA)™ Certified...