Web and User Experience Design

This document is a summary of all of the lecture notes made during the 1st Year, Semester 1 of BSc Web & User Experience Design. It covers what UX Design actually means, principles of design, how to make and structure a good website (as well as the planning process), accessibility & inclusiveness, and some technical aspects such as using HTML & CSS to code the website.

This document is a summary of my notes from the lectures in the 1st Year, Semester 1 of UX Design Theories. It covers a lot of psychology behind design and what to do / what not to do when it comes to making a website. The topics include: usability, design principles & heuristics, human psychology & UX laws, persuasive design & dark patterns, and accessibility & universal design.

This section covers the different UX Laws that consider how human psychology affects the way we interact with design elements. Some of the laws include: Hick's Law, Doherty Threshold, Miller's Law, Postel's Principle, and more. Gestalt Principles are also covered as they explain how we view and group visual elements in design.

This section covers the different design considerations we should be making in order to have an accessible website. As UX / Web designers, it is important to keep these considerations in mind, because you will otherwise be restricting your audience.

This section covers dark patterns that are used in web design to often trick users into doing something they wouldn't have originally intended to do. There are many patterns that designers could employ that are looked down on, and these notes go over some examples of those patterns.

This is an introduction to User Experience Design, and how it differs from Usability. The two terms often get mixed up, but these notes explain how they are separate concepts, but still connected.

This section covers the different design considerations that need to be made when creating a website. There are many principles and heuristics that should be adhered to (and can be user interchangeably) - these notes focus mainly on Nielsen's 10 heuristics, which are commonly used in UX Design.

This section covers what UX Design actually means, along with some key terms that may be used alongside UX Design. It also goes over some design principles and examples of what a good and bad website would be.