Visual Design

Usability Week Courses

Usability Week offers courses about a broad range of web and application design topics. Most courses are also available as in-house training.

Emerging Patterns for Web Design

Innovative trends that impact the user experience

  • Learn emerging design patterns and trends that apply to a broad range of mainstream website types
  • Decide whether to upgrade your site's user experience with new trends and design ideas
  • Get insights needed to help you assess new ideas and determine which will work best for your site

Visual Design for Mobile and Tablet: Day 1

Basic components and patterns of mobile design

  • Balance aesthetics with functionality to create an elegant and functional design
  • Visual design components for mobile design and applying them to your situations
  • Identifying visually-awkward design decisions and how to fix them

Visual Design for Mobile and Tablet: Day 2

Advance into more challenging design solutions for mobile

  • Advanced visual design principles for mobile devices
  • Visual design and interaction patterns for common mobile experiences
  • Tips to differentiate your design from competitors

Visual Web Design for Usable Interfaces

Applying graphic design and usability practices for effective user experiences

  • Learn design terminology and concepts to better communicate with designers, colleagues and external consultants
  • Make the connection between visual design, communication, and usability
  • Develop the ability to critique design and identify the elements that work and don’t work, and how to fix them

Web Page Design

The Anatomy of High-Performing Web Pages

  • Learn the 4 A’s for evaluating and improving your Web pages
  • Get insight on emerging design patterns that work and those that don’t work
  • Understand how page elements can influence user behavior and meet your business objectives