web DESIGN skills
Duration: 2 Days
This course is for people who find themselves with web design responsibilities but who have had no formal design training.
The course will highlight the essential building blocks of good design, what works and what doesn't on screen and how to make the best use of type, space and colour. You will also cover usability issues and highlight how to solve common web design problems.
This course is designed to help you develop new skills and improve your confidence when making design decisions.
Course Outline
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Fundamental concepts of Web Design
- How to learn by example
- Finding and assessing critical data prior to the design process
- Creating a target user profile
- Incorporating the real world brand into the online world
- The essentials of good navigation
- The Design process
- Applying the principles of composition to web page design
- The rule of thirds
- understanding white space
- Fixed and floating layouts
- Designing for usability and accessibility
- Avoiding commnn pitfalls
- Good design resources
- Browser differences and how your design can be affected
- Online resources for page layout testing
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Information architecture
- Generating the site map
- Translating business models to a web site
- Psychological principles relating website navigation
- Options for creatng the web site structure
- User testing