Webdesign, Usability and Accessibility, 15 Credits
The course is discontinued from 2021-06-09
Swedish name: Webbdesign, Användbarhet och tillgänglighet
This syllabus is valid: 2007-08-27
and until further notice
Course code: 2IT014
Credit points: 15
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
No main field: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Three-grade scale
Responsible department: Department of Applied Educational Science
Contents
Taking the usability and accessibility in web design as a starting point the course objectives is to develop a more profound knowledge of planning, creating and administrating websites used in learning environments.
Course content: -In-depth studies of technology -Usability, user centred design -Usability testing -Accessibility e.g. how to adapt websites to people with functional disabilities as well as accessibility issues for adapting websites to mobile units -Project work -Orientation about new technique
After the course the student will be able to: -value and discuss web development using prevailing guidelines -analyse and evaluate websites from a usability and accessibility perspective -apply guidelines about usability in web development -apply guidelines about accessibility in web development -identify and describe possibilities to use the web as tool for learning
Krug Steve Rocket surgery made easy : the do-it-yourself guide to finding and fixing usability Berkeley, Calif. : New Riders : 2009 : v, 161 p. : ISBN: 978-0-321-65729-9 (pbk.) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Duckett Jon. Accessible XHTML and CSS Web sites : problem - design - solution Indianapolis, IN : Wiley : 2005. : xxii, 458 s. : ISBN: 0-7645-8306-9 (paper/website) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
