ITM4300EN - User Interface Design and Usability

Course description

How can you ensure that your website is easily accessible by all age groups and users? Functional web site design using the principles of design in visual communication, and Human-Computer Interface (HCI) fundamentals will be the focus of this course. Students will learn the various types of usability evaluation, as well as design and critique web site interfaces.

How this course benefits students

As a leader, are your websites and web tools easily accessible and easily utilized by all stakeholders? The course provides practical experience for the student in the area of website design. Students will evaluate usability standards and websites, as well as, create sites of their own. Students will also evaluate the usability of other websites.

Why this course is important

Web interface design and usability skills are essential for businesses that market or sell products via the web. Web interface design and usability skills will allow students to share God’s word and love via the web.

Credit hours
3 hours
Subject area
Information Technology Management
Educational level
Bachelor
Learning type
Instructional
Prerequisites
None
Upcoming terms
Pending
* Schedule subject to change. Please contact the Registrar's office with schedule questions.

How this course relates to missional core values

Biblically based

This course will focus on a biblical worldview and examine the challenges and rewards of user interface design and usability in order for missional leaders to reach all people.

Missionally driven

The goal for this course is to train students to learn best practices of user interface design and usability for producing quality web sites. Missional leaders can reach many others and spread God’s word and love worldwide with the information and communication posted on a website.

Contextually informed

Web content usability and interface design is very important in today’s society and everyday life. People utilize the web for information, learning, communicating, etc. and students with this skill and background will advance and succeed in this field. Churches and missions can utilize students who excel with web design training.

Interculturally focused

Web interface design and usability skills allows students to reach various cultures and communities worldwide. Web sites will examined from various cultures and design elements evaluated.

Practically minded

Students can use their practical skills in web interface design and usability for numerous purposes. Many opportunities are could be provided for students with web design skills in various career fields around the world.

Experientially transformed

This course allows students to use their web design skills in various fields in real life occurrences, such as education, careers, and missional ministry.