The document discusses the design principles of a learning management system called www.mylearningspace.com.au. It covers the appearance, navigation, accessibility, personalization, and structure of the LMS. Key topics include the theme, colors, fonts, and icon set used; breadcrumbs, menus, and blocks for navigation; supporting desktop, mobile, and tablet access; and customizing the user profile, dashboard, and course settings. Trends in mobile internet and device usage in Australia are also presented.

1. Learning management system
Design principles
www.mylearningspace.com.au
Presented by Chad Outten

2. Overview
Appearance
Navigation
Accessibility
Personalisation
Structure

3. Appearance
Theme
Colour
Font
Iconset

9. Font
Times New Roman
Georgia
Courier
Helvetica
Arial
Verdana
Sans-serif Serif

10. Iconset

11. Navigation
Breadcrumbs
Menus
Blocks

15. Trends
Australia 2011 (2010):
47% mobile wireless1 (+15%)
11 million mobile phone internet subscribers1 (+14%)
73% broadband for households2 (+20%)
18% tablet use3 (+80%)
4.2h per week mobile internet3 (+20%)

16. LMS

17. Accessibility
Desktop
Mobile
Tablet

25. Personalisation
User profile
Dashboard
Individual customisation

28. Structure
Course settings
Format
Layout

33. Reading web content
-eyetracking study
-scan in few seconds
-general F-shaped pattern
-80% time above page fold

34. Questions...
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問題
Pitanja
Otázky
Spørgsmål
Vragen
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Fragen
Ερωτήσεις
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Domande
質問
질문
Spørsmål
Pytania
Perguntas
Întrebări
Вопросы
Cuestiones
Frågor

35. Food for thought
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”.
-Leonardo da Vinci

36. References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif
Nielsen, J (2007) Breadcrum Navigation Increasingly Useful
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/breadcrumbs.html
1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, 8153.0 - Internet Activity, Australia, Dec 2011
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8153.0/
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics, 8146.0 - Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2010-11
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8146.0
3. Nielsen Online, 2012, New online activities services and devices bringing Australian more choices and new ways of
doing old things
http://www.nielsen.com/au/en/news-insights/press-room/2012/new-online-activities-services-and-devices-bringing-
australians-.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_icon
Nielsen, J (2006) F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html
Nielsen, J (2010) Scrolling and Attention
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html
http://en.wikiquote.org
http://docs.moodle.org
http://youtube.com/mylearningspace
Images sourced under Creative Commons license
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Desktop_icons_2.20

37. youtube.com/mylearningspace
twitter.com/mylearningspace
linkedin.com/in/mylearningspace
www.mylearningspace.com.au
info@mylearningspace.com.au
1300 438 567 (GET LMS)