GUI Design: Planning an Interface

Synopsis
GUI Design: Planning an Interface introduces users to the primary principles and tasks involved in graphical user interface (GUI) design.

Audience
This course is for anyone who is interested in learning more about application design and graphical user interfaces.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: GUIC01

After completing GUI Design: Planning an Interface, the user should be able to:

Describe how graphical user interfaces (GUI) differ from other types of user interfaces

Identify characteristics of an effective GUI

Describe usability factors, including rules of perception, that affect GUI design

Identify the hardware and software development factors that affect GUI design

Describe and give examples for the following GUI design principles: design consistency, user feedback, filtering information, forgiveness, and having a clear conceptual model

Describe the role of task analysis in GUI design

Introduction to User Interfaces
What is GUI?

Characteristics of GUIs

Components of GUIs

Advantages of GUIs

Where is GUI today?

Developing within Constraints
Hardware considerations

Software considerations

Product identity

Designing for Your Users
Usability factors

Acceptance factors

Designing an Effective GUI
What characterizes a good GUI?

Navigation schema

This course has the following features:

A course index

A glossary

A Skill Assessment