Web Usability Made Simple
2h 20 min! Run Time
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Skills covered in this course
Description
Improve your website's usability with clear, research-backed guidelines you can apply right away.
What this course covers:
- 34 practical web usability design guidelines drawn from established research
- Guidance grounded in cognitive science and human-computer interaction
- Real website examples that illustrate each guideline
- Hands-on exercises with sample solutions to reinforce your skills
- A downloadable checklist and slide materials for real projects
By the end, you'll be able to spot and fix common usability issues so your site better meets its business goals.
Table of Contents
Intro
Infrequently Asked Questions
"User eXperience"
"User Interface"
"Usability"
Anatomy of a User Interface
Guidelines 1-3: Structure of Navigation
Guidelines 4-6: Structure of Navigation
Exercise One: Structure of Navigation
Exercise One Solution: Structure of Navigation
Guidelines 7-8: Design of Navigation
Guidelines 9-10: Design of Navigation
Guidelines 11-12: Design of Navigation
Guidelines 13-15: Design of Navigation
Guidelines 16-17: Design of Navigation
Guideline 18: Design of Navigation
Exercise Two: Design of Navigation
Exercise Two Solution: Design of Navigation
Guidelines 19-20: Design of Page Content
Guidelines 21-24: Design of Page Content
Guidelines 25-28: Design of Page Content
Guidelines 29-34: Design of Page Content
Exercise Three: Design of Page Content
Exercise Three Solution: Design of Page Content
Sum
Infrequently Asked Questions: Answers
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Deborah J. Mayhew, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of The Online User eXperience Institute (OUXI) is an internationally recognized consultant, author, teacher and speaker on engineering and designing for the User eXperience.
Deborah was one of the earliest pioneers of the field of software and web 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 consultantsin her field.Â
Deborah's 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, JP Morgan Chase, The National Cancer Institute, Computer Science Corporation, Siemens, Cisco Systems, the IRS and many others.  Deborah has designed user experiences not only for web sites, but also for traditional desktop software applications, medical technology, scientific instruments, and robots.  She has taught courses in many of her client organizations as well as at many professional conferences.
Deborah 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 User eXperience engineering, 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.
Web Usability Made Simple
View a brief introduction to the course.
Consider these interesting questions about human cognition, just for fun.
View a definition of the term "User eXperience".
Learn a definition of the term "User Interface".
Learn a definition of the term "Usability".
Learn how user interface design guidelines can be categorized into three groups: structure of navigation, design of navigation, and design of page content. This lecture defines and illustrates these categories.
Learn guidelines 1 through 3 for the structure of navigation.
Learn guidelines 4 through 6 for the structure of navigation.
Practice applying usability guidelines 1 - 6 for structure of navigation by doing this hands-on exercise.
Consider this solution to exercise one on structure of navigation.
Depending on how you chose to do the exercise, you can compare your solution to this one, or simply listen to this solution as an additional example of the application of guidelines 1 - 6 for structure of navigation.
Learn guidelines 7 through 8 for the visual design of navigation.
Learn guidelines 9 through 10 for the visual design of navigation.
Learn guidelines 11 through 12 for the visual design of navigation.
Learn guidelines 13 through 15 for the visual design of navigation.
Learn guidelines 16 through 17 for the visual design of navigation.
Learn guideline 18 for the visual design of navigation.
Practice applying usability guidelines 7 - 18 for the visual design of navigation by doing this hands-on exercise.
Consider this solution to exercise two on design of navigation.
Depending on how you chose to do the exercise, you can compare your solution to this one, or simply listen to this solution as an additional example of the application of guidelines 7 - 18 for design of navigation.
Learn guidelines 19 through 20 for the design of page content.
Learn guidelines 21 through 24 for the design of page content.
Learn guidelines 25 through 28 for the design of page content.
Learn guidelines 29 through 34 for the design of page content.
Practice applying usability guidelines 19 - 34 for the visual design of page content by doing this hands-on exercise.
Consider this solution to exercise three on design of page content.
Depending on how you chose to do the exercise, you can compare your solution to this one, or simply listen to this solution as an additional example of the application of guidelines 19-34 for design of page content.
Consolidate your learning by listening to this course summary with some important additional points.
Learn the answers to the infrequently asked questions posed at the beginning of the course.
