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Overview: Forms usability
After attending this workshop, you will be able to improve forms in three ways: better fit between users' needs and business purpose, questions that are easier to answer, and forms that look easier to fill in.
"Excellent content, enjoyable day led by a renowned practitioner in the art of forms."
– Chris Andersen, Lexis Nexis
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About your trainer
Caroline Jarrett
This seminar is led by Caroline Jarrett, author of "Forms that work: Designing web forms for usability". Caroline is fascinated with the problem of how to design forms so that people find them easy to use — a fascination that shows no signs of wearing off.
This seminar is aimed at
- Interface designers who want to design better forms.
- Web developers, who will find that this workshop helps them get to grips with the many issues that they encounter when designing forms.
You will learn how to
- Improve forms by achieving a better fit between business purpose and user needs.
- Improve forms by creating a smoother conversation, with questions that flow and are easy to answer.
- Improve forms by making them look good.
- Test forms in usability tests and desk checks.
- Appreciate the importance of iteration throughout forms development.
What delegates say about this course
- "Caroline provided a wealth of additional information and relevant examples. The day was informative, practical and very valuable."
- "Very nice mixture of hard (practical) and soft (form theory) advice."
- "The handout was excellent. I especially like the reference section."
- "We spend a lot of our time creating online forms so it was good to get feedback on how we are doing already as it was to learn how we can improve. All of this was very relevant to our daily tasks."
- "I learnt that making subtle adjustments to forms can make a huge difference."
What do I get when I book this course?
- 1 day training course with a usability expert.
- Practical checklists, worksheets and extensive notes to take home.
- 24/7 support to help you apply your learning.
- A proper, air-conditioned learning environment.
- CPD-approved course attendance certificate.
- A 2-course lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
- A money-back guarantee.
Duration
This course lasts one day.
Usability immersion training
- Web Usability
- Intranet Usability
- Software Usability
- 2-hr User Experience Briefing
- Online User Experience training
Usability design training
- Design Thinking
- Web accessibility for developers
- Forms usability
- Axure Essentials
- Advanced prototyping with Axure
- Prototyping mobile interfaces with Axure
- How to write on-line documentation
- How to write an effective Style Guide
- Writing and editing for the web
- Usable mobile applications and IVRs
Usability research training
- Contextual inquiry
- Lean UX Starter Kit
- Ethnography and field work
- A practical guide to usability testing
- Build your own usability lab
- Best practice in usability test moderation
- Morae Essentials
- Advanced usability testing with Morae
- A practical guide to card sorting
- How to carry out an expert review
- How to design web surveys
- The CIF for Usability Test Reports
- SPSS Essentials
- Advanced Statistics Using SPSS
Usability management training
- Usability standards and legislation
- Web accessibility briefing
- Cost justifying usability
- How to set and track usability metrics
- Consultancy skills
- User experience as a strategic process