AJAX usability training Course
Using AJAX to enchance your online user experience - half day course
Overview
AJAX is changing the way that users interact with websites. AJAX has the potential to provide richer and more interactive online user experiences but also introduces its own set of usability and accessibility problems.
This workshop will present views from leading usability experts from around the world from a workshop conducted at the Usability Professionals Conference in USA in 2007. We will also discuss key usability issues we have unveiled through our own usability testing and research with users in Australia.
The workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of this increasingly popular technology. We will explore usability and accessibility issues and common user behaviours with AJAX applications. Finally we will discuss interaction design guidelines and heuristics for developing user friendly AJAX designs.
This is not a technical workshop and will appeal to designers, developers and anyone working with interactive websites or web applications.
2008 Dates and locations
| Brisbane | Sydney | Melbourne | Canberra | Adelaide | |
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| 7 August | On demand - please email interest | ||||
Who should attend
- Web Application Developers
- Project managers
- Business analysts
- Content and business owners involved in creating web content
- Designers
- IT and web managers
Course outline
Module 1: What is AJAX
How AJAX works, its history and examples of AJAX sites.
Module 2: How AJAX can be used to enhance the User Experience
A variety of ways using AJAX can help enhance the user experience, backed up with real world examples.
Module 3: AJAX problems and limitations
The downsides, limitations to using AJAX for online web applications including technology, usability and accessibility issues.
Module 4: Common User Behaviour
How people use and react to AJAX applications and functionality. Common user behaviour observed during test sessions.
Module 5: Web heuristics for AJAX sites.
Web heuristics and how they apply to AJAX sites
Module 6: Implementation and design guidelines for creating usable and accessible AJAX sites
A comprehensive list of guidelines and ideas to ensure that your cutting edge AJAX application is actually user friendly and useful.
Costs and registration
The cost for this half day course is $350 plus GST = $385 - includes all course materials and morning tea.
Discounts
- Register 3 participants from the same organisation on the same course and the 4th person can attend for free.
- Register the same person for more than one course and receive a 20% discount for subsequent courses.
Register online today as our course numbers are strictly limited.