Improving Usability

Delivery method
Classroom based, maximum 5 delegates

Course description
[b]Introduction[/b]
• Jakob Nielsen on usability

[b]Page design[/b]
• LCD Design: screen, platforms, Browsers, CPU, User Choice
• Meaning vs presentation
• Response times
• Style sheets and frames

[b]Content[/b]
• Writing for the web
• How people read online
• Content is king
• Paraphrasing
• Scan-ability issues
• Utilising page chunking
• Efficient titles and headlines

[b]Multimedia[/b]
• Incorporating video content
• Video optimisation
• Flash and HTML 5
• The attention economy

[b]Site design[/b]
• Do you need a home page?
• User centred design
• Metaphor and navigation

Suitable for
A course designed to teach you to maximise the impact of your content and achieve response times that will hold and maintain a website visitor†s interest.

Requirements
You need no previous experience to attend this course.