CIW: User Interface Designer (1D0-621)
(1D0-621)/ISBN:978-1-61691-712-8
Here's what you will get
CIW User Interface Designer is a vendor-neutral, entry-level credential designed for IT, marketing professionals, website designers, and graphic artists. The CIW 1D0-621 certification validates a candidate's ability to design user interfaces, with a particular emphasis on creating user interfaces for mobile devices and usability concepts such as clarity, ease of use, simplicity, and detectability.
Lessons
11+ Lessons | 187+ Quizzes | 111+ Flashcards | 111+ Glossary of terms
TestPrep
54+ Pre Assessment Questions | 1+ Full Length Tests | 77+ Post Assessment Questions | 54+ Practice Test Questions
Video Lessons
11+ Videos | 45+ Minutes
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Here's what you will learn
Download Course OutlineLessons 1: Introduction to User Interface Design
- What Is User Interface Design?
- Evolution of Web User Interfaces
- Current Trends in Web Design
- Web Design Team Roles and Responsibilities
- Web Design Project Management
- Collaborative Web Design
- Creating a Web Design Portfolio
- Creating a Plan for a Web-Based Business Project
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 2: User Interface Design Process
- Choosing a Web Design Methodology
- Creating a Web Site Vision Statement
- Creating and Implementing a Web Site Strategy
- Creating a Web Site Specification
- Publishing a Web Site
- Choosing a Web Site Host
- Securing a Web Site
- Creating Ethical and Legal Web Sites
- Creating a Mind Map
- Using Metaphors
- Creating Word Lists and Mood Boards
- Creating a Site Map
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 3: User-Centered Web Design
- User-Centered Web Design
- The Cognitive Psychology of Web Design
- Personas and Usability
- Accessibility
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 4: User Interface Design Principles and Legal Guidelines
- Web UI Design Principles
- Visual Design Principles
- Branding
- Legal Issues Impacting Web Design
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 5: Color, Typography, Layout and Wireframing
- Color
- Typography
- Layout
- Wireframes and Mockups
- Responsive Web Design
- Lesson Summary
Lessons 6: Designing a Basic Web Site
- Creating a Web Site
- Part 1: Creating One Site Page
- Part 2: Creating the Remaining Site Pages
- Spell- and Grammar-Check the Site
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 7: Navigation Concepts
- Why is Web Site Navigation So Important?
- Site Structure, Directory Structure and URLs
- Positional Awareness
- Primary and Secondary Navigation
- Navigation Elements
- Navigation Conventions and Principles
- Creating a Navigation System
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 8: Designing and Developing a Professional Web Site
- Why is Prototyping So Important?
- User-Centered Web Design
- User Interface Design Patterns
- Optimizing the look and feel of a Web site
- Focus on Web Forms
- GET and POST
- Constructing a Professional Web Site
- Web Framework
- User Interface Libraries
- Web Content Management Systems
- Additional Web Development Tools
- Web Hosting Services and Domain Names
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Lessons 9: Site Publishing, Maintenance, Security, and SEO Strategies
- Making Sure a Web Site is Ready to be Published
- Maintaining a Web Site
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- SEO and Written Site Content
- SEO and Mobile-Friendliness
- SEO and Metadata
- Lesson Summary
- Optional Lab
Appendix A: User Interface Designer Objectives and Locations
Appendix B: Works Consulted
Exam FAQs
Here are the retake policies:
- A 24-hour waiting period is required between the first and second attempt exam.
- If a candidate passes a CIW exam, he will not be allowed to retake that CIW exam.
- 30 calendar days waiting period from the date of the previous sitting before any third or subsequent sitting exam.
- There is no limit on the number of attempts a candidate may make on an exam, so long as the 30 day wait period is observed.
USD 150
The exam consists of linear, multiple choice, fill in the blank, fact-based, and situational questions.
The exam contains 54 questions.
75 minutes
74.07%
Here is the retake policy:
- A 24-hour waiting period is required between the first and second attempt exam.
- If a candidate passes a CIW exam, he will not be allowed to retake that CIW exam.
- 30 calendar days waiting period from the date of the previous sitting before any third or subsequent sitting exam.
CIW certifications do not expire.