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D 15: Web Usability Made Simple
This course is aimed at small web business owners and others with little or no experience/training in designing for the User eXperience. It addresses one of the key aspects of the User eXperience of eCommerce and other web sites: usability (other fundamentals courses address designing for persuasion and for graphic design.)
Achieving usability on your web site means that:
34 concrete design principles are taught with many examples. Principles presented are:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
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Web Usability Made Simple
| Framework (30 minutes) | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Definition of Terms | ||
| Anatomy of a User Interface | ||
| Structure of Navigation (20 minutes) | ||
| Principles 1-6 | ||
| EXERCISE (40 minutes) | ||
| Design of Navigation (45 minutes) | ||
| Principles 7-18 | ||
| EXERCISE (40 minutes) | ||
| Design of Page Content (45 minutes) | ||
| Principles 19-34 | ||
| EXERCISE (40 minutes) | ||
| Summary (10 minutes) | ||
| Title: | Web Usability Made Simple |
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| Course #: | D 15 |
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| Tracks: | Small Web Business Owner; Developer; Graphic Designer; Persuasion Engineer; SEO Engineer |
| Group: | UX Design |
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Dr. Deborah J. Mayhew, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of OUXI, is an internationally recognized consultant, author, teacher and speaker on engineering and designing for the User eXperience. She has been Owner and Principal Consultant at Deborah J. Mayhew & Associates> , a consulting firm offering a wide variety of services related to designing and engineering for the User eXperience, since 1986, when she became one of the first independent consultants in her field. Clients have included IBM, AT&T, The World Bank, Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, American Express, The New York City Police Department, Apple Computer, American Airlines, Texas Instruments, NASA, The national Cancer Institute, Computer Science Corporation, Cisco Systems, the IRS and many others.
Dr. Mayhew holds a B. A. in Psychology from Brown University, an M. A. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Denver and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Tufts University. She has authored or co-authored four books on topics in designing for and engineering the User eXperience , and has contributed chapters to many other books in the field. One popular book is The Usability Engineering Lifecycle . Another recent book is Cost Justifying Usability: An Update for the Internet Age, co-edited with Randolph G. Bias.
Email: drdeb@ouxinstitute.com> Web Site: http://drdeb.vineyard.net>
"I had lots of very good feedback on the workshop. The people attending really appreciated how you approached the subject, particularly since we are trying to realign our technology to support business and the way people work."
". . . it was well received and I have heard a lot of positive feedback from the participants. They are also saying we need someone that is a usability expert at our center."
Web Usability Made Simple
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