User Experience Design Best Practices
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Curriculum
Software Analysis and Design
Delivery methods
On-Site, Virtual
Duration
2 days
This course teaches students the principles and best practices of user interface design. Students are shown common user interface patterns for a variety of user interface needs. The class is interactive, with students analyzing, critiquing, and designing user-facing applications for a variety of use cases. Most of the examples are of Web applications, but desktop and mobile applications are also covered where the principles and/or constraints warrant.
Learning objectives
- Applying the core principles of user interface design
- Prototyping a user interface
- Organizing content for improved usability
- Providing intuitive navigation
- Dealing with complex content and data
- Handling user input effectively
Who should attend
This is a design course meant for business analysts, managers, programmers, and anyone charged with designing or building user interfaces.
Course outline
- Characteristics of Good User Interfaces
- Usability
- Intuitiveness
- Common Themes When Designing UIs
- UI Patterns
- Constraints in UI Design
- Why Wireframe?
- Pencil: An Open-Source Wireframe Tool
- Building a Wireframe Using Pencil and Stencils
- Designing a Landing Page
- Designing Single-Purpose Pages
- Showing Lists of Things
- Building UI for Creative Tasks
- Common UI Design Errors
- What Is Needed for Navigation?
- Navigation Patterns
- Signpost Models
- Common Navigation Errors
- Principles of Visual Layout
- Reducing Complexity Using Layout Patterns
- Data Presentation Motifs
- Structured and Free-Form Input Patterns
- UI Conventions for Action Items
- Business Use of Social Media
- Designing UI for Mobile Applications
