Course Duration
4 hours

Audience
Those involved in designing or implementing interfaces for web applications, including software project managers, programmers, analysts designers, technical writers, web publishers, or web site developers.

Prerequisites
The course GUI Design Fundamentals would be useful. A basic understanding of graphical user
interfaces (GUIs) is required.

Course Aim
To teach the principles of effective GUI design for web applications.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to:

• Explain the principles of web page and web site design
• Differentiate between effective and ineffective web interfaces
• Know when and when not to use color, graphics, audio, and animation
• Develop an effective navigation scheme through the web site
• Discuss the use of databases and emerging Internet technologies in web page design

Web CBT Topics

Design Principles

• Features of web applications
• Types of users
• Web-based GUI design

Web Page Design and Layout

• Elements of a web page
• Controls, graphics, and image maps
• Frames
• Audio, video, and animation

Navigation

• Navigational models
• Menu structure
• Reviewing navigational methods

Web Technologies

• Internet database applications
• Java applets and ActiveX controls
• Style sheets

Suggested retail price $295.00 USD