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| CIS 162 - Web Design & Usability |
Emphasizes key Web design principles, as well as pitfalls and how to avoid them. Focus on design tips and guidelines to ensure the Web site project works. Includes making the site accessibility compliant, cascading style sheets, using color and images effectively, and publicizing the site. |
| 2010 - 04 - 16 |
Part 4 and 5 on a series of lectures upgrading a web site. We take an old web site (files included below) and follow the tips and advice from the Access by Design book. (download the MP3 | 45m16s, 41.44Mb) (download the MP3 | 1hr10m18s, 64.36Mb) Download the ZIP file to follow along. |
| 2010 - 04 - 09 |
Part 1 and 3 on a series of lectures upgrading a web site. We take an old web site (files included below) and follow the tips and advice from the Access by Design book. (download the MP3 | 25m27s, 23.30Mb) (download the MP3 | 24m10s, 22.12Mb) Download the ZIP file to follow along. |
| 2009 - 11 - 13 |
A lecture on how ot use the @font-face CSS element to add interesting fonts to your web site. This method is better than using graphics or Flash text because it is plain text, which search engines love. Thanks to the article at the In The Woods blog. (download the MP3, part 1 | 20m59s, 19.22Mb) (download the MP3, part 2 | 23m22s, 21.40Mb) |
| 2009 - 11 - 06 |
Listen to a lecture on Robin Williams' book, "The Non-Designer's Design Book." We cover the overview of the four design principles presented in the book; C-A-R-P: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. (download the MP3 | 25m40s, 23.50Mb) Download the PDF file to follow along. |