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Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you
through usability and more? This course takes you through a User
Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice,
giving you the confidence to commission and manage User Centred
Design (UCD).
Do you want people to enjoy using your site? How can you help
people find what they want on your site?
... By using a range of simple, cost effective and tried and
tested techniques to put the user at the heart of your web
design and development process.
You will be given an overview of each of the key UCD
methodologies including:
Heuristic analysis
Persona development
Open and closed card sorts (cognitive modelling)
Walkthroughs
You will also have the opportunity to try out each of these
processes for yourself.
At the end of the course you will be able to select the right
process for the job you are managing, plan and budget for each
process as well as assess the quality of each of the
deliverables your team provides.
Additional benefits of the course
You will also be able to:
Analyse a site and make recommendations for improvements
Share information about your intended users in a way that
everyone in the project will understand
Develop the navigation structure for a site
Use cost effective prototypes to make your site easier to
use
Meet and network with peers in the interactive design
sphere
Who the course is for
The course will be aimed a business professionals in
particular:
web editors
website managers
interactive project managers
online marketers and brand managers
Course tutor
Jane Austin is a founding director of Recollective and a highly
experienced usability consultant and information architect. She
speaks and lectures widely, including running a module on the
Creative Industries BA at Greenwich University.
Recollective are an interactive design
consultancy, founded in 2001. Since then their clients have
included Channel 4, NESTA, Virgin Mobile, The British Council
and The Design Museum.
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User Centred Design (NMK)
Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you through usability and more? This course takes you through a User Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage User Centred Design (UCD).
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