Introduction to UX and Accessible Design
Take your first steps towards becoming a UX designer and discover what accessible user interfaces are and how they work with this online course from UAL.
Duration
2 weeks
Weekly study
2 hours
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Learn how to design more accessible user interfaces
User interfaces are the part of technology that connect you to your devices, humans to algorithms – allowing people to take their ideas and turn them into products.
Interfaces are vital to modern technology. But how can we ensure they’re accessible for all users? On this course, you’ll learn from disabled user experience (UX) experts about the issues facing disabled users.
You’ll get to grips with the guidance and regulations covering user interfaces, and learn to master CSS and JavaScript to make easier-to-use interfaces, taking your first steps to becoming a UX designer.
Featured in the UK government’s The Skills Toolkit collection.
Week 1
Inclusive interfaces
Welcome to the course
These steps will introduce you to the course and give you an idea of what you will be learning.
What is it like to be a user?
These steps explore user experience and what accessibility means in context. They also specifically ask what we mean when we describe ‘good’ and ‘bad’ interfaces.
Designing for accessibility
These steps will further explore issues related to accessibility, how accessibility features in interface design and how this impacts on our experience.
Designing interfaces for accessibility
In these steps, learners will hear from experts working in accessible design and find out about making their first steps in a career in the field.
What impact can accessible interfaces have?
In these steps, you will hear more from our experts on the importance of accessible interfaces, the impact they can have, and how they see this developing in the future.
Summary
These steps wrap up the first week of the course, and highlight some of the topics to be discussed in Week 2.
Week 2
Applying accessibility
Welcome back
In these steps you will find out what you will be learning in the first week of the course.
Accessible websites
In these steps, you will explore accessibility guidelines and learn how to work with them. You will also hear from expert Marcus Inniss, who will outline how he implemented the guidelines in his work on BBC iPlayer.
The accessible design cycle
In these steps, you will look at the stages of the accessible design cycle and explore how to identify which areas of your website or product need to be improved.
Facing the future: careers in this area
In these steps, you will look to the future and explore how to carve out a role in accessible interface design. You’ll hear from experts on their journey, and see what steps you might take next in your career or studies.
Summary
In these steps, we wrap up the course, summarising what has been covered and providing opportunities to think about what to do next.
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