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Course Overview The course will highlight the essential building blocks of good design, what works and what doesn't on screen and how to make the best use of type, colour and space. You will also cover usability issues and highlight how to solve common web design problems. This course is designed to help you develop new skills and improve your confidence when making design decisions. Course Outline WHAT IS DESIGN? - Examples of good and bad design
- Questions to ask before you design anything
- Defining your audience
- Maintaining a consistent brand identity
- Good navigation
KEY DESIGN ELEMENTS - A guide to: relevance, contrast,
- proportion, consistency, restraint and detail
- The essential building blocks of web design
SHORTCUTS TO GOOD DESIGN - Maintaining a swipe file
- Good information architecture
LAYING OUT A WEB PAGE - HTML and web architecture
- Using web applications such as
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Organisational tools
- Using white space
- Rules, borders, boxes and drop shadows
- Maintaining online and offline consistency
THE POWER OF TYPE - Constraints of type on the web
- Text legibility
- Text hyperlinks
- Special type effects
- Less is more
WORKING WITH COLOUR - Choosing colours
- Developing a colour theme
- Using Hexidecimal colour
- Understanding RGB
- Websafe colours
EFFECTIVE USE OF IMAGES - Using images for maximum impact
- Optimising images
- Using images as navigation aides
SOLVING COMMON DESIGN PROBLEMS - Minimising text
- How fonts work on the web
- Browser and plug-in compatibility
- Cross platform issues
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