GUI Design: Designing Screen Elements

Synopsis
GUI Design: Designing Screen Elements shows users how to put together the elements of an interface to create an effective design.

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

Time
4 hours

Product Code: GUIC03

After completing GUI Design: Designing Screen Elements, the user should be able to:

Design effective, recognizable icons

Design applicable pointers

Build clear window layouts

Incorporate basic screen controls into a GUI

Develop an effective, easy-to-use GUI design

Designing Icons
Types of icons

Using icons instead of text

Principles of icon design

Guidelines for icon design

Designing Pointers
Standard pointer icons

Operations with a mouse

Using pointers in your GUI

Designing Windows
Components of windows

Window types

Presentation style of windows

Windows manipulation guidelines

Designing Screen Controls
Menus

Buttons

Slider controls

Exclusive settings

Non-exclusive settings

Effective Interface Design
Principles of organization

Principles of efficiency

Principles of communication

This course has the following features:

A course index

A glossary

A Skill Assessment