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UX Class: User Experience for Mobile Devices and Touch Screens - Course Dates

All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.

Boston
American Graphics Institute
8 Cabot Rd
Boston - Woburn, MA
01801
$495.00
Boston
American Graphics Institute
8 Cabot Rd
Boston - Woburn, MA
01801
$495.00

Part 1: Designing UX for mobile devices

There are many factors to consider when designing UX for mobile.

 
Understanding the demographics of mobile app users to create a successful experience
  • Percentage of your user population accessing websites on mobile devices
  • Percentage of the population using only mobile apps
Defining mobile apps
  • Difference between devices
  • Differences in user needs and requirements
  • Working with physical size and orientation
  • Considering user postures and positions in design
  • Scenarios of use
Types of mobile apps
  • Responsive web sites
  • Understanding fluid layouts, media queries, and responsive media
  • Native apps
  • Understanding platforms and what additional features you can take advantage of
  • Hybrid apps
  • WebView apps and compiled hybrid apps
UX and Design approach to designing for mobile apps
  • Important components of mobile development
  • Building to multiple screen sizes
  • Popular screen resolutions
  • Options as a designer
Understanding the differences in user goals
  • Researching your mobile app user
  • Mapping out stories and scenarios for your mobile user (class project)
Building the information architecture for your mobile device
  • Establishing your features
  • Prioritizing features
  • Focus on where your user is, not where they can go
  • Testing you information architecture

Part 2: Designing UI and UX for touch

  • Touch requirements
  • Orientation
  • Patterns of interaction
  • Direct manipulation
  • Providing Visual feedback
Primary touch gestures
  • Tap, Tap and hold, Swipes, pinch and zoom and more
  • Understanding that touch is not exact
  • Compensating for the lack of a hover state in touch
  • Best touch experiences for users based upon physical limitations.
Touch requirements for the best user experience
  • Providing immediate feedback
  • Having content follow the finger
  • Keeping interactions reversible
  • Providing visual feedback
Designing a touchable user interface (UI)
  • Understanding common postures for touch devices
  • Designing for the interaction vs. reading on a touch device
  • Avoiding occlusion
  • Building touchable UI
Part 3: Creating your UI for your mobile and touch devices

Visualize the design of your UI to make it easy for users to reach their goals.

Understanding and using a typographic grid
  • Applying a grid to your mobile layout
  • Using typography to convey your information hierarchy
  • Taking advantage of metaphors in mobile design
Creating your wireframe
  • Creating and testing a wireframe for your mobile app
  • Adapting your wireframe for expanded breakpoints
  • Testing your wireframe
Creating a mobile prototype
  • Paper prototype
  • Interactive prototype of your mobile app
Testing
  • Usability-Testing your prototype
  • Refining the UX
 

UX Design course instructors

AGI instructors are UX Design professionals and skilled teachers. You'll learn from a live UX Design professional that brings years of experience that will help you learn UX Design quickly and easily.

Jennifer
Jennifer

MS, Human Factors Information Design

BA, Commercial Art

UXQB Certfied

Adjunct Professor, Boston University

Grace
Grace

MS, Information Design

BA, Digital Communications

Adjunct Professor, St. Olaf

Shirley
Shirley

MLA, Harvard

MS, Bentley

BS, Bentley

Custom and private UX Design classes

This UX Design course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. UX Design classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.

This course is also available as part of the UX Certificate Program offered at American Graphics Institute.

Mobile UX course prerequisites

Previous experience in the UX field or work in application or web development is useful. Those without prior experience should attend the UX design course before attending the mobileUX class.

UX certification

You can expand your skills and validate your user experience knowledge using the ISO international standard for UX certification. Learn more about UX Certification.

Mobile UX course format

This Mobile UX class is available online or in person. The online course covers the same material as in-person and is led by the same UX instructors that deliver this course in the classroom.

Available Delivery Methods For This Class

CLASSROOM
LIVE ONLINE
PRIVATE
MY LOCATION