B8 – Navigation Menu Tree

 

Issue Definition

Hierarchically-based courses should reflect their structure in the Course Plan, usually placed in the Index Page. Whenever the course structure is wide enough, users can sometimes feel lost while navigating the course independently from the linearity degree of the course itself. A quick and easy access to the Course Plan can greatly improve users’ confidence in their own learning path awareness and progress. The Navigation Menu Tree is the best way of representing a Course Plan.

Guideline Text

  1. The Navigation Menu Tree should be placed in a fixed and well defined position in the page structure
            1.a Use the left side of the page
  1. The Navigation Menu Tree should be clearly visible and easy to be accessed
            2.a Font size should be carefully taken into account in order to provide good readability. A too compressed menu list does not provide the correct information if the user is not able to really read where the current page is placed in the Course Plan and what it is