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Basic Web Design for the Non-Designer
IT Curriculum

Objectives

  • To understand basic principles of web design.
  • To understand how color, layout, graphics and text can influence web design.
  • To understand how principles of instructional design can be applied to the web design process.

Web Design In a Nutshell

Then......And Now
Anything Goes
Aesthetics+Usability+Content
how a site looks
what draws you in		 how a site works
what keeps you there		 what a site offers
what brings you back

A Few Simple Truths

  • The web is a visual medium, but it's not a fixed medium. Techniques that are successful in the print design world often do not produce the best web sites.
  • Less is more.
  • The KISS principle: Keep It Simple, S*****.
  • Common sense rules.
  • Use what you know from surfing other people's web sites.

Elements of Design

Collections and Galleries

Good Reading

Maintained by: Nargas Oskui, not@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 05/20/2008