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This course is for anyone who is interested in learning more about application design and user interfaces.
This is self-paced, internet-based course -- there are no books to purchase and no scheduled classes to attend.
- Planning an Interface introduces users to the primary principles and tasks involved in graphical user interface design.
- Developing an Interface shows users how to design screen layouts use color effectively and incorporate typography into a graphical user interface.
- Designing Screen Elements shows users how to put together the elements of an interface to create an effective design.
After completing our courses, the user should be able to:
- Describe how graphical user interfaces differ from other types of user interfaces
- Identify characteristics of an effective design
- Describe usability factors including rules of perception that affect design
- Identify the hardware and software development factors that affect design
- Describe and give examples for the following design principles: design consistency user feedback filtering information forgiveness and having a clear conceptual model
- Describe the role of task analysis in design
- Design application layouts that incorporate accepted design principles
- Explain color concepts and describe the components of color
- Choose and use color effectively
- Choose appropriate typography
- Design effective recognizable icons
- Design applicable pointers
- Build clear window layouts
- Incorporate basic screen controls
- Develop an effective easy-to-use design
This course is distributed with:
- A glossary
- A Skill Assessment
All courses are included in "Tech Web Pack"
All courses are design so that new knowledge and skills will be remembered and retrieved for future use. You can be assured that this high-quality, instructionally-sound online product will enchance your professional and personal growth and stimulate job satisfaction.
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