Web Design → Ensure site usability for full range of users
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From the official document:
"This unit defines the competency required to ensure that clients can use a website once a connection has been established."
Basically, that means ... (translate above into plain english)
You can read more about this unit on the National Training Information Systems Official document for ICAT4184A .
This unit is part of the following qualifications:
After learning and applying the skills required by this unit you'll be able to demonstrate your skills in:
ELEMENT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
1. Design a site user test
Establish usability test methods
Identify critical business functions
Identify full range of users
Confirm user expectations through market analysis, business intelligence and customer feedback
Establish performance potential of the business from business requirements or other approved sources
Establish performance measurement and success criteria to measure actual performance against user expectations
Test site when ready and record outcomes
2. Conduct user test
Document process performance indicators and benchmarks and disseminate to sample group of users
Assemble a full representative range of users and preferred technologies to test site features and functions based on the business specification
Ensure maximum user satisfaction through ease of navigation controls and design
Ensure user and legal, accessibility, privacy and equity requirements and expectations are met
3. Evaluate user test
Collate site performance results and measure against performance indicators and benchmarks based on user expectations
Identify performance shortfalls and ensure acceptable performance solutions are developed according to business requirements
Establish an evaluation feedback mechanism and provide to users
4. Document results
Identify solutions to problems during the testing phase
Discuss problems with developers and ensure solutions are continuously refined
Ensure proposed solutions meet business requirements and user expectations
Document final solutions in line with organisational guidelines, and distribute to appropriate person
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The best way to demonstrate these skills is ...
If you are demonstrating this unit as part of a formal course, you might find that the unit is graded (meaning you can not only demonstrate your competence, but can also gain a credit or distinction). Your facilitator may already have set criteria that your college uses. If not, here are some ideas for possible credit/distinction activities that you can discuss with your facilitator:
HTML : What is HTML , Advanced HTML Tutorial , HTML Challenges , Lists and Tables , The Structure of HTML , Pen and Paper HTML activities
CSS : Learning Basic HTML and CSS , CSS challenges , Embedded CSS , Basic HTML and CSS Tutorial , Inline CSS , Develop cascading style sheets , CSS3 Animations
PHP : Simple functions in PHP , Dynamic websites , PHP challenges , Dynamic websites with PHP , Generating a receipt with PHP , Responding to HTML forms with PHP ,
JavaScript : An Introduction to Programming with JavaScript , JavaScript Challenges , Getting to know JavaScript events , Getting to know the Document Object Model with JavaScript , JavaScript pen-n-paper activities , Web Programming Intro , Produce basic client side script for dynamic web pages
XML : XML challenges
Databases : Creating Database Tables
Projects : A small website project , A step-by-step web design project , Build a basic web page , Build a small website
Challenges : Web design , HTML , AJAX , CSS , JavaScript , PHP , XML , Information Architecture , Algorithms
Activities : Web design group learning activities , Pen and Paper HTML activities , A Web Design Quiz show , Ordering Tasks for a Web Project , Paired Bio Pages , Scoping a Small Project , Emerging Technologies Research Activities
Project management : An introduction to Project Management , Developing a Client Project
Design : Accessibility , Design Principles for Web Design , Design Suggestions , Generating resource identifier strings .
Testing : Testing Website performance , Website Performance Test Plan
Publishing : Getting Your Site On the Web
Certification and standards : Cert IV Website Qualifications in Australia , Australian Qualifications , Web design qualifications
Professional development : Contribute to personal skill development and learning , Useful Applications , Useful Books , Emerging Technologies , Using the Internet as a Learning Tool
Course meta-information : Web Design , About the web design learning project , New Structure , Sample Timetable