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Multimedia Production: Fundementals of Usability
CD224: Multimedia Production - 3.0 Credits, Monday's and Wednesday's - 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 302
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Welcome to Fundamentals of Usability.

Overall philosophy of the this class:
  • Analyze the usability of the web: content and navigation
  • Examine content hierarchy
  • Emphasize content/design relationships
  • Capitalize on user conventions and discuss what they are
  • Examine user's mental and conceptual models of the web
  • Analyze "Hunter vs. Gatherer" psychology
  • Research content digestion and retention
  • Examine project workflow
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
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"Don't Make Me Think"
by Steve Krug
CVA