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Keyboard navigation is a way of interacting with a web application using only the keyboard, without a mouse or a touch screen. Keyboard navigation is essential for users who have visual impairments, motor disabilities, or other accessibility needs. Keyboard navigation also benefits users who prefer to use the keyboard for efficiency or convenience. One of the aspects of keyboard navigation that can be tested for accessibility is the tabbing order, which is the order in which elements on a page receive focus when the user presses the Tab key. The tabbing order should be logical, meaning that it follows the natural reading order of the page and the expected user workflow. A logical tabbing order helps users navigate the page easily and intuitively, without skipping or repeating elements. A logical tabbing order also helps screen readers announce the elements in a meaningful sequence. Therefore, testing the tabbing order for logic is a way of verifying keyboard navigation for accessibility. The other options are not related to keyboard navigation. Keyboard actions do not provide audio feedback by default, although some screen readers may have this feature. Actionable items are not highlighted in a specific color, although they may have a visible focus indicator, such as a border or an outline, to show which element has focus. The color of the focus indicator is not a factor for keyboard navigation, as long as it is distinguishable from the background. References: Keyboard Shortcuts, Use Lightning Experience with a Screen Reader, Accessibility in LWR Sites

A sketch plugin is a tool that allows the UX designer to quickly mock up Salesforce user interface experiences using the Lightning Design System (SLDS) resources, such as base components, tokens, and design patterns. The sketch plugin is a free plugin for Sketch, a design toolkit that helps create wireframes, mockups, sample screens, and more. With the sketch plugin, the designer can search and drag the prebuilt components from the plugin into the canvas, and export the mockups as pdf, jpeg, or png files. The sketch plugin also supports synonyms and variants for the components, making it easier to find and use the desired elements. The sketch plugin can be downloaded from the SLDS website1 or from the AppExchange2. References:

[Create Quick Salesforce UI Mockups: Lightning Design System Plugin for Sketch]1

[Lightning Design System Sketch Plugin]2

An App Builder styling property is a feature that allows a Lightning web component to expose CSS properties that can be set by an administrator in the Lightning App Builder. This way, the administrator can customize the look and feel of the component depending on the context and use case. For example, a component can have a styling property for the background color, the font size, or the border radius. The administrator can then change these values in the App Builder without modifying the code of the component. References:

[Create App Builder Styling Properties]

 To improve the experience of the service team at Cloud Kicks, their UX Designer should do the following12:

B. Share list views to Public Groups and only add relevant users. This will help to organize and manage the list views based on the roles and responsibilities of the service team members, and to avoid cluttering their list view menu with unnecessary or irrelevant list views. Public Groups are collections of users, roles, or other groups that can be used to share list views, reports, dashboards, and other records3.

C. Remove irrelevant public list views. This will help to reduce the number of list views available, and to make it easier for the service team members to find the relevant ones. Irrelevant public list views are those that are outdated, duplicated, unused, or not applicable to the service team’s needs or goals.

Lightning console apps are designed to help users work faster and more efficiently by providing a workspace where they can access multiple records and their related records on the same screen. Users can complete actions with a single click, such as creating records, logging calls, sending emails, and updating fields, without losing context or switching tabs. Lightning console apps also support keyboard shortcuts, macros, and quick text to speed up common tasks. Lightning console apps are especially useful for sales representatives who need to provide quick, competitive pricing and close deals faster. They can also use Lightning console apps to view and manage their pipeline, collaborate with team members, and track their performance. Organizing items in the utility bar and adding records to Favorites are features that are available in any Lightning app, not just Lightning console apps. References: Salesforce Console in Lightning Experience, Create and Edit a Custom Lightning Console App, Create a Lightning Console App

The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) is a collection of design guidelines, components, and resources that enable developers and designers to build consistent, high-quality, and responsive user interfaces across the Salesforce platform. The SLDS provides UI kits and plugins for popular design and prototyping tools, such as Sketch, Adobe XD, and Figma, that allow designers to quickly create mockups and wireframes using the SLDS components and styles. By leveraging the SLDS, the designer can accelerate the visual design process and ensure alignment with the Salesforce brand and best practices. References:

[Salesforce Lightning Design System]

[UI Kits and Plugins]

[UX Designer Certification Prep: Visual Design]

Card sorting is a UX research method used to discover how people understand and categorize information. In a card sort, participants group ideas or information written on cards into different categories in a way that makes sense to them. The designer can use virtual cards, pieces of paper, or an online card sorting tool. Card sorting can help the designer to:

Assess the information architecture (IA) of a website or homepage

Learn how people understand different concepts or ideas, and how they feel about them

Understand where users expect certain content to be found

Get inspiration for labeling and grouping content or ideas

In this case, the designer wants to understand the structure and layout of the navigation menu for the Experience Cloud site. The designer can use card sorting to learn how users would group and label the pages or features of the site, and what categories or subcategories they would expect to see in the navigation menu. This can help the designer to create a user-friendly and intuitive IA that matches the users’ mental models and expectations.

To conduct a card sorting activity, the designer should:

Define the goal and scope of the card sort

Choose the type of card sort (open, closed, or hybrid)

Choose the format of the card sort (moderated or unmoderated)

Select the cards and categories to use

Recruit and screen the participants

Run the card sort sessions

Analyze and interpret the results

Apply the findings to the design

The correct answer is B, have users sort the cards based on similar categories or groups. This is the main task of a card sorting activity, where users are asked to group the cards (representing the pages or features of the site) into categories or groups that make sense to them. The designer can then analyze the results to see how users organize and label the information, and use that to inform the design of the navigation menu.

According to the Salesforce Lightning Design System, the minimum touch screen target size for interactive elements on mobile devices is 44 pixels wide x 44 pixels tall. This size ensures that users can easily tap the elements without accidentally hitting the wrong ones or missing them entirely. The touch target size also takes into account the average finger size and the device resolution. Smaller touch targets may cause frustration and errors for users, especially those with low vision, motor impairments, or large fingers. References: : Salesforce Lightning Design System - Sizing : Salesforce Lightning Design System - Accessibility

To track and measure the adoption of the new process, CK should use the following Salesforce tools:

User Engagement Dashboard and Report: This tool provides insights into how users are interacting with Salesforce, such as the number of logins, page views, actions, and time spent. It can help CK identify which users are adopting the new process and which ones need more training or support.

Salesforce Surveys for user Satisfaction: This tool allows CK to create and send surveys to its customer service representatives to collect feedback on the new process, such as their satisfaction, challenges, and suggestions. It can help CK measure the impact of the new process on the user experience and satisfaction.

Chatter polls: This tool enables CK to create and post simple polls on Chatter to gather quick opinions or preferences from its customer service representatives. It can help CK engage with its users and get their input on the new process.

 The best way to present Knowledge articles to different audiences is to use page layouts or permissions to display only the fields needed for each audience. This way, the same article can be reused for both internal and external users, but with different levels of detail and visibility. Page layouts can control which fields are shown on the article detail page, and permissions can control which fields are searchable and editable. This is more efficient and consistent than writing separate articles for each audience, which would require more maintenance and duplication. Topics and data categories are different ways of organizing articles, but they do not affect the fields that are displayed. Topics are used for external sites, such as communities or portals, and data categories are used for internal sites, such as the Salesforce app. They can be mapped to each other, but they do not have to be organized the same way. References:

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