Design process of a website

Abstract

In the subjects’ Digital Sign Production II and I the students of the seventh and eighth semester of the Bachelor of Graphic Design at the UPAEP have the learning of web design as aim, in which they must follow a logical and meticulous process, starting with the investigation of the problematic, followed by the users profile’s inquiry to obtain enough data to execute the design proposals that satisfies the user’s needs regarding a website. In these two subjects, the students have the investigation, information organization, planning, sketching and programming a website as a goal’s course including the user testing to corroborate the website’s usability, to finish with the publication in a hosting. In this way, instead of learning only the web design tools, the students learn the whole design process to generate user-centered websites based on Jakob Nielsen and Alan Cooper theories.