Reviewing Principles of Web Design
An effective development of course elements should be accompanied by effective Web Design
of its elements. Applying effective principles of Web Design will help will help in making your
course appealing and accessible to all students.
Illinois Online Network recommends the following Web Design principles:
How Users
Browsers Affect http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/browsers.asp
What They See
Using Links in
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/links.asp
Web Pages
Building
Navigatability http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/navigibility.asp
into Web Pages
Frames and Your
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/frames.asp
Course Web Site
Graphic & Design
Tips For Online http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2000_02.html
Courses
Guidelines for
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/academguideline
Academic Web
s.asp
Sites
Practical Uses of
Technology in http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/practical.asp
Web Pages
Accessible Online
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2000_12.html
Course Design
Creating
Printer-friendly
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2001_01/index.asp
Documents for
Online Courses
American With http://www.ada.gov/
Disabilities Act
Home Page
Colors for the
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/index.asp
Color Blind
Designing Pages
Accessible to
Limited Textual http://www.awarecenter.com/tips/ltcu.html
Comprehension
Users
Simple Web Page
Style Guide
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/webdesign/styleguide.asp
Web Design Principles (Instituciones reconocidas en el tema)
http://www.life.illinois.edu/edtech/html/tips.html
https://webmasters.illinois.edu/index.php/webmasters-forum-2011/
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/webdesign.htm
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/udesign.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/ucd/designconcepts/designbasics.html
Explore further activities and readings about design principles to incorporate for online class:
http://www.instructionaldesign.org, Instructional Design Organization
The site offers history, background, models, strategies, and techniques of instructional design.
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/module1/strategies.html, University of Maryland
University College's Center for Teaching and Learning.
The page explores several activities for online courses that follow effective instructional design
and actively engage learners.
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/col/id/index.php, Georgia Southern University
The page provides with descriptions for best practices and sample activities that follow
effective online design principles.
http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde13/articles/toporski.html, Turkish Online Journal of Distance
Education-TOJDE
The article “Design Principles for Online Instruction: A New Kind of Classroom” explains
evolution, needs, strategies, and challenges of designing online courses.
http://www.edtechleaders.org/documents/OCD/Social_bookmarks.htm, EdTeach Leaders
Online
The site offers guidelines, recommendations, and examples of how to get started with social
bookmarking.
Web Design Workshops at FIU:
http://uts.fiu.edu/faculty_teaching_resource.html