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User Interface Functional Design & Prototyping

"...Well designed, gives a great and useful opening to user centered design. Thank you very much. It was a great experience for me..."
-- Lyah

What makes a good user interface? What is involved when designing interfaces? How do you design the right navigational model for your interface? This course examines these issues and teaches you how to create a sound user interface.

User Interface Functional Design and Prototyping is a 4-week course that will teach you how to design user interfaces. You gain an understanding of the overall user interface design process and learn how to develop user scenarios, a user object model, a navigational model, and an exploratory view of the user interface using low-fidelity (paper) prototyping techniques. By the end of this course, you will develop a set of user scenarios, a user object model, a navigational or flow diagram, and a paper prototype for a small software application.

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Highlights
— 4 weeks of one-to-one instructor mentoring
Three one-hour teleconferences: These teleconferences take place on a Wednesday afternoon starting at 3.00 PM EST for one hour. Although not mandatory, your presence in these teleconferences is recommended. If you are unavailable to attend, you can download a recording of the teleconference.
— Expert feedback on all assignments
— Over 200 pages of self-paced readings & interactive quizzes

— Downloadable HTML version of course materials
— Printable PDF version of course materials



Prerequisites
— Successful completion of the User Interface Analysis course
Working knowledge of English
Familiarity with browsers, email and computer file system functions
Familiarity with Word to complete assignments
Sufficient time to complete the assignments and attend the teleconferences
A desire to work on products that understand users

Computing Requirements
— Internet access and email account
— Microsoft Word is used to produce a series of reports

Class Start Dates
— September 13
— November 8
— January 10


Price
— $239US/$239CDN

— Check our discounts page before you register. You may save 10-20%!

About The Instructor
The instructor will guide you throughout the course by providing one-to-one mentoring. During the course, the instructor will answer your questions by email, provide you with feedback on your assignments, and lead optional audio teleconference sessions to discuss the materials and assignments.

Hans Bergman is a user interface design consultant with over 25 years of experience in teaching and human factors. He is the owner of Convergent Design, a company that specializes in human factors design. His clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Nortel Networks and Motorola.

Student Reviews
Overall well done to the course team on a very practical and useful course. The personal touch via teleconference with instructor (Hans Bergman) makes the course a unique learning experience. A very enjoyable online learning experience overall. -- Dave

Well designed, gives a great and useful opening to user centered design. Thank you very much. It was a great experience for me. -- Lyah

The assignments were very useful. -- John
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