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for Usability > Courses | Designing Web Navigation
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The web has changed in the last decade. The notion of Web 2.0, in particular, marks a second phase of the web characterized by user-generated content, collaboration, communities, and broader participation in general. And new technologies, such as Ajax and Flex, point to a more interactive web with highly functional applications.
Amidst this change, the basic problems of creating a good web navigation system remain. This workshop offers a fresh look at a fundamental topic in creating websites: navigation design. It will offer you insight and practical advice for approaching a range of navigation design problems.
This full-day workshop covers principles of web navigation and methods of navigation design with practical examples and exercises. Participants should have some experience creating or maintaining websites but are looking to deepen their design skills.
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Duration
Full day (9:30 pm to 5:00 pm), including breakfast and lunch (breakfast from 8:30)
Benefits
After this class, you will be able to…
- Understand and apply basic principles of web navigation in your work
- Recognize different mechanisms, types of navigation, and different page types
- Apply current methods of navigation design to create a unified navigation system
Features
- Principles of navigation - In navigation design, it’s important to understand overarching principles of navigation behaviour. We’ll look at transitional volatility, banner blindness, and the scent of information, among other things.
- Elements of navigation: mechanisms, types and pages - Navigational mechanisms are the basic building blocks of navigation systems. But not all mechanisms on a site are equal. You must determine the purpose and importance of navigation mechanisms within your site, bringing similar options together and presenting them as a cohesive unit. This section of the workshop surveys common mechanisms, as well as various functional types of navigation.
- Cores and Paths - You’ll apply many of the principles from throughout the day with a simple-but-effective technique called Cores and Paths. This turns the normal approach to web navigation design on its head—from the inside out.
Audience
- Beginner to intermediate web designers, including interaction designers, graphic designers, and information architects
- Usability experts looking to improve web design skills
- Project managers, product mangers, and others working in related roles seeking to better understand web navigation design
Participants' comments
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Instructor
| James Kalbach is a user experience designer with LexisNexis, a leading provider of legal and news information, where he develops interfaces for web-based search applications. He previously served as head of information architecture with Razorfish, Germany. James holds a degree in library and information science from Rutgers University, as well as a Master’s degree in music theory and composition.
James is an active speaker and instructor on user experience, usability, and information architecture. He helped found local UX groups in Hamburg, Germany, where he lives, as well as organising conferences in Germany and Europe. James is the author of the book Designing Web Navigation (O’Reilly, August 2007). He blogs at www.experiencinginformation.com. |
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