Form design for business

R3 850

Do you use forms to gather information, and would you like your forms to be even more effective? Are you getting the results you need from your forms? In this practical and interactive short course, you will be guided to analyse and consider forms critically. You will subsequently analyse and test some forms and improve those forms based on the results of the testing. Enjoy learning from your peers and your passionate and competent presenter, an experienced form designer and communication specialist.

2025 course dates

Please contact the course coordinator for more information.

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Downloadable documents

– 2025 Info page
– 2025 Infoblad
– 2025 Comms Lab course calendar

Presenters

Prof Carel Jansen is an emeritus professor in the field of Communication and Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. In addition, he is an SU Language Centre research fellow. Read more about him here.

Location

Online on MS Teams or SUNOnline

This course will help you to –

create forms that balance content and visual design to communicate and gather information successfully; and
gain an understanding of what research has revealed as problem areas in form design, which will further inform your choices regarding the forms you create.

Our courses combine live online sessions, facilitated by the course presenter, with self-directed online learning.

This course opens before the first live online session and closes well after the last live online session. This allows enough time for you to activate your SUNOnline presence before the live sessions start.

Live online sessions
(10:00 to 12:00)

Course duration

(opening and closing dates)

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Course 1:

Please get in touch with the course coordinator for more information.

During this course, you will spend your time as follows (this may vary for individuals):

one online live session per week of two hours each
about eight hours per week of self-paced reading and completing tasks, quizzes, activities, and assignments

You will need access to a computer or laptop and a stable internet connection.

If you are faced with the task of creating, modifying or developing forms, then this course is for you. You do not need any previous experience or knowledge of form design. You will work with your own forms, or with any other forms requiring improvement.

Click on the ‘Start application’ button if you are interested in doing this course, and fill in the form. We will then send you a link to enrol for the short course.

You need to attend the face-to-face sessions and complete the given assignments. You will receive a certificate of competence after successfully completing this course.

After this course, you will be able to optimise the forms you use to gather information. This may improve the quality of the information you collect. The skills that you will gain in the process can lead to personal development and create opportunities for further career growth.

The course fee includes live online sessions, access to our online platform, SUNOnline, downloadable resources, assessments and online activities. You will have access to SUNOnline only if the full course fee has been paid before the course starts.

Any questions?

Contact Michelle Pieters at michellep@sun.ac.za or 021 808 2812 for more details.

You could also discuss your specific short-course and development needs with us. Enquire about our available short courses, course dates and options for tailor-making a course.

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