Education
Theo Mandel has putting the finishing touches on his
latest training effort - an update to the popular full-day hands-on seminar/workshop, Usable Web Interface Design.The updated workshop
is based on his popular conference tutorials, current client work and research, and his
20-years of experience in designing usable systems. The course is available for public and onsite training.
Mandel provides onsite, customized training. He can visit
your offices and teach your designers, project managers, and executive
team how to improve your applications and Websites. Onsite training
sessions are custom tailored to your organization's needs. Training
sessions can be from a half-day to 2 days, with or without hands-on
workshops. Contact us and let's talk about setting up a training
session.
Request
an education proposal now! Customizable course outlines
are shown below.
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Mentoring
Do you have a small group of designers or developers
that need hands-on, specific training on interface design and usability?
Theo Mandel offers mentoring sessions that allow you to custom tailor
the topics you and your staff need, not forcing them to sit through
lecture-oriented traditional education offerings.
Course
Description |
|  Usable Web Interface Design
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| Course Description
How do you balance creativity of Web designers
with their users' needs for intuitive, easy-to-navigate
Web sites and applications? Create informative, enjoyable and interactive
sites and applications without blasting users with graphics and
information that overwhelm and confuse them. Understand
psychological and practical research and guidelines
behind excellent Web interface design. Learn how to design
interfaces that are navigable, readable and usable.
Review and critique both good and bad Web examples. An iterative usability process is detailed. Design forms, wizards and shopping
carts that encourage users to participate in the
Web experience.
Who Should Attend
Designers and developers of Web applications and Internet/intranet
Web sites, interface designers, graphic designers,
content developers and managers. This workshop course is for beginning and intermediate Web designers
interested in learning general principles and
practical guidance in designing usable Web interfaces.
Highlights
- Interactive course with demonstrations and
practical examples
- Design interfaces WITH users, not FOR users
- Focus on key Web design elements: navigation,
content and interaction
- Perform Web site usability evaluations
- Establish corporate and product interface
design guidelines
Course Objectives
After attending this course, students will understand:
- Why the user interface is a critical component
of a software product
- Why you must design interfaces with users,
not just for users
- How Web interfaces differ from PC interfaces
- How to set up and follow an iterative user
interface design process
- The golden rules of user interface design
- How to design user-oriented objects and windows
- How to effectively utilize color and layout
in interface design
- How to establish corporate and product interface
design guidelines
- The core skills needed for GUI and OOUI users
- How and when to use window elements, controls,
and menus
- How to design interfaces for the Web
- What interface usability goals and measurements
to use
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Seminar Descriptions |
| Seven
Keys to Intranet Design and Usability |
| Course Description
"This year, I estimate that the world economy
will lose roughly $100 billion because of bad
intranet usability." (Jakob Nielsen, April
2001)
Intranets are often neglected — everyone
pays more attention to Internet sites. However,
experience and usability research show that focusing
on key concepts can greatly improve intranets.
This tutorial offers practical guidance on the
basic and important issues in intranet usability
and interface design. Topics address seven critical
areas of intranet design.
Attendees taking this tutorial are encouraged
to submit intranet screenshots and design questions
prior to the conference. Student submissions will
be shown and discussed during the tutorial. Learn
from the experiences of your colleague! E-mail
screenshots and design questions to Theo
Mandel.
Tutorial Outline
- Intranet interface design strategy
- To frame or not to frame
- Create intranet guidelines and stand by them
- Consistency - the double-edged sword
- Iterative interface design and usability
- Design intranets to be accessible
- Make links obvious
Who Should Attend
Managers, Webmasters, developers, interface designers,
graphic designers and anyone involved in designing
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