Interaction Design for the Web

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Web Design Courses Interaction Design Courses User Experience Design Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn about the psychological reasons why good UI design works, so that you can build websites and apps that work the way your users think.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome

1. How Brains Work

Designing around human limitations
Memory overload
The 7 +/- 2 rule
Telling stories
Distractions
Notifications and alerts

2. How We See Things: Perception Principles

Flow and scanning
How we group the things we see
Consistency
How we (don’t) read online
Vision issues

3. Real-World Metaphors: Physical Concepts

Desktops aren’t desk tops
Fitts’ Law
Interaction speed
Input speed
Voice control
International differences

4. Telling a Story: Workflow Concepts

Smoothing out the workflow
Smart defaults
Control versus being lead
Progressive disclosure
Inductive interfaces
Knowledge work interfaces

5. Communicating through the UI

Help doesn't help
Assistance in the UI
Dialog boxes
Error messages
Using graphics

6. Designing for Delight

Attractive things work better
Fix small annoyances
Create big differences
Design for delight

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Chris Nodder

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