Effective Web Application Design Training (T-511)
Overview
Discover the fundamentals of designing highly usable and effective web applications. Learn how to apply user interaction research methods and incorporate user feedback to create web applications that work for your users. Our qualified instructors will introduce you to the tools and techniques of web application design through theory and hands-on exercises.
You will come away from this course with an understanding of the essential building blocks of a web application, including the proper interaction model for web applications, creating the information architecture and an effective navigation scheme for your web application, as well as web guidelines and standards as they apply to web 1.0 and web 2.0 applications.
Benefits
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- De-risk design decisions in Web Application development by applying User Centered Design techniques
- Understand how to verify the usability of your Web Application design and where to integrate usability testing into your web development process
- Write web standards and guidelines, and create a detailed Web Application Design
- Effectively specify web sites and avoid common mistake when using web controls
- Develop business and user requirements, specify user tasks, and use this data to inform the design of your web site.
- Know where to find and how to apply pertinent user interface design guidelines and standards
- Effectively manage user involvement in a Web Application design project
Who should attend?
- Software Developers
- Web developers
- Application developers
- Information architects
- Interface designers
- Market researchers
- QA personnel
- Project managers
- Documentation and training specialists
| Duration: | 2 days |
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| Course Price: | $1390 CAD per participant + applicable taxes. |
| Schedule: | View our training schedule. |
| Downloads: | View our training brochure (pdf) |
Course Outline
- What web application design is not
- How do we know what is good web app design?
- 3 Step Approach
- Create the Information Design
- Create the Navigation
- Create a Design Concept
- Information Architecture
- Organizing Principles
- Alphabetical
- Chronological
- Location
- Category
- Continuum
- Exercise: Information Design Exercise
- Examples of different types of web applications
- Spectrum of web application models
- Web Application UI Architecture
- General Web Application Design Guidelines
- Interaction Principles
- Orientation
- Affordance & Association
- Feedback
- Progressive Disclosure
- Building Blocks of Web Apps
- Controls, Forms, Pages
- Objects
- Task Flow
- Text & Labels
- Colours
- Page Layout
- Forms
- Wizards & Guides
- Icons & Images
- Navigation
- Links
- Search
- Common Controls
- Key List Properties
- Web vs. Web Application interaction
- Design Patterns
- Why use Mock-ups and Prototypes?
- Horizontal & Vertical Prototypes
- Creating Design Prototypes
- Wireframes
- Old problems
- User needs
- New technologies
- Rich Internet Applications
- Bypassing the Information Architecture
- User Participation
- Trusted networks
- Common behaviors and what they mean for your website
- Tips for designing websites based on common behaviours
- Usability Guidelines
- Heuristic Guidelines
- Exercise: Wireframe Evaluation Exercise
- What is 'Disability?' - Functional limitations
- Solving Accessibility Problems
- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Accessibility Testing
Schedule Training
For more information on our courses offered in Toronto and Ottawa, or to schedule a session, call +1 (613) 820-2179, +1 (416) 214-2854 or email us at design@macadamian.com.