GUI Design tutorial certification training course online
GUI Design tutorial online

GUI Design Developing an Interface

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

This is self-paced GUI Design tutorial -- there are no books to purchase and no scheduled classes to attend.

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

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Designing Screen Elements Tutorial Objectives

  • 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 Screen Elements Tutorial Topics

  • 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

Features:

  • Instructional steps -- walk through a procedure
  • Exercises -- try it out
  • Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
  • Tips - See a different, faster, or easier way of doing something
  • Quick References - See a quick reference guide to the features introduced in a chapter
  • Details - Display more detailed information related to the current topic
  • Hotwords - See related information
  • Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
  • Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
  • Printable Exercises - PDF downloadable files
  • Sample Application Files - PDF downloadable files
  • Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.

Technical Requirements

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Authorware recommended but not required. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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