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Useful Interfaces and Accessibility

Improve a study planner through task design, useful feedback and accessibility review.

Level
Intermediate
Estimated study
About 10 hours
Lessons
9 lessons in 3 modules
Format
Online, self-paced
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About this course

For learners who finished Interactive Browser Apps. In about 10 hours you will redesign a study planner around the user's task, write errors that help people recover, handle loading and empty states, test with a keyboard and a screen reader and record what you improved.

What you will be able to do

  • Turn a short brief into a clear user flow.
  • Design labels, errors and navigation that support the task.
  • Combine automated checks with a keyboard and readability review.

Course outline

Module 1: Understand the task

3 lessons · 3 h

Sketch a user flow, prioritize content and define what successful use looks like.

  1. Turn a study task into observable success criteria1 h
  2. Check structure with a screen reader1 h
  3. Prototype a complete create-and-review flow1 h

Module 2: Design useful feedback

3 lessons · 3 h

Improve form labels, errors, loading messages and empty states.

  1. Build labels and errors that help someone recover1 h
  2. Distinguish loading, empty and failed results1 h
  3. Make a small removal understandable and reversible1 h

Module 3: Review accessibility

3 lessons · 4 h

Check semantics, focus order, contrast and zoom, then record improvements.

  1. Review keyboard semantics and a focused dialog1 h
  2. Check readable contrast and small-screen reflow1 h
  3. Deliver an accessibility review and improved planner2 h
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