Creating a Great User Experience for Mobile Apps – Online Course – FutureLearn
Discover the essentials of UX and bring products to life by designing your own mobile app with the University of Leeds Explore the core principles behind user experience and design From news and banking to shopping and social media apps have become an integral part of our lives but what makes a good one On this two-week course from the Institute of Coding youll dive into the world of app design and discover how to create a great user experience for your target audience Understanding how to create a great user experience for your audiences is crucial in creating customer satisfaction This is why learning about UX is a key skill for designers and marketing professionals alike Youll learn how designers go about designing the apps that make your life easier and how a great user experience makes all the difference Understand what influences app design To learn about the process of app design youll first examine how a smartphone works and how its features influence design Youll also understand how the interactive and visual features of a smartphone contribute to a great user experience of an app To apply what you have learned youll identify a problem that an app could solve and then go on to design your own clickable prototype app to see your ideas in action Learn from industry professionals to create your app Youll hear from industry professionals and people getting started in app design about how they go about designing and building apps for their users Youll learn directly from the experts about what it takes to make amazing apps By the end of this course youll have the skills and knowledge to design and test an app and the features you need to include for a great user experience How a smartphone works The features that make a phone interactive Looking for problems to solve with apps Designing an app Testing an app Meeting an app development team Identify the features of a smartphone that influence the design of an app Describe how interactive and visual features contribute to great user experience of apps Discuss the various roles and stages necessary to make a mobile app Identify and describe a simple problem that an app could solve Design screens and architecture of a mobile app using pen paper and your own smartphone Produce clickable prototypes from your sketches and test them