Windows 10 UX Training Class

This Windows 10 UX training course is for app developers and designers that need to understand the design principles of designing successful Windows 10 apps that work naturally with touch, input devices, and keyboard.

Student attending Windows 10 UX training course, learning user experience guidelines of Windows 10.

This Windows 10 UX class teaches how to create appealing apps with great user experiences.
Learn to apply UX design principles to a variety of devices and understand how to use Microsoft's modern Windows 10 design language to create spectacular user experiences.
Engage with professionals that have delivered Windows UX courses at Microsoft's headquarters, and run Windows UX workshops across Europe, Asia, Australia, and in the U.S on behalf of Microsoft.
Work with UX pros that have extensive experience crafting modern apps for the Windows platform.
After this UX training session you will be able create more successful Windows 10 applications that deliver a better user experience.
The Windows UX training practice at AGI is led by Jennifer Smith, who has been awarded Microsoft MVP status three times for her work in Windows UX, design, and prototyping.

American Graphics Institute instructors have been hired by Microsoft to deliver Windows UX classes at Microsoft's headquarters, and run Windows UX workshops across Europe, Asia, Australia, and in the U.S. You'll be learning from UX professionals who have extensive experience crafting modern apps, including extensive work with Windows 10 UX. Our UX design practice is led by Jennifer Smith, who has been awarded Microsoft MVP status three times for her work in Windows UX, design, and prototyping, including her work with Blend for Visual Studio.

This is one of our specialized UX classes and is focused on Windows 10 UX and UI and is traditionally delivered to groups within an organization or enterprise rather than a public class for individuals. In this Windows 10 UX course teams discover how the modern Windows 10 design language provides an opportunity to envision applications on new devices, with new interaction models, new ways to present information, and access to new services using contracts. This UX training class takes you through the essential design considerations you need to know when creating applications that will be used for both desktop and touch devices, and different form factors, ranging from touch-centric devices such as the Surface, Windows 10 for Phones, along with desktop and notebook. After this UX training session you will be able create more successful Windows 10 applications that deliver a better user experience.

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Windows 10 UX Training Class

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Windows 10 UX design overview

Understanding user experience
How UX relates to success
How UX relates to productivity
Examples of great UX
Windows 10 user experience

Understanding Windows 10 UX and Universal Windows Platform

Commands
Content before chrome
Navigation

Value of great user experiences across Windows 10 devices

Constantly communicates with your customer
Brings order and clarity to information
Impacts a customer’s decision in a fraction of a second
Helps you stand out from others
Tidy equals trustworthy
Considers the goals and avoid distractions
Directs the user and makes complex tasks more manageable

Planning a Windows 10 app

Overview of UX process
Understanding the necessary tools
Matrix of UX roles and processes

Starting the app design process

Importance of user research
Types of research: Interviews, surveys and more

Preparing a UX brief for WIndows 10 apps

Review of a UX brief
Creating a project overview
Considering the deliverables
Results from research
Issues and risks

Recognizing what your app will be best at before you start

Focusing on scenarios and features that add value
Building scenarios
Prioritizing scenarios

Creating Stories

Collecting the background
Using a story matrix
Writing your story

Building a feature list for Windows 10 apps

Overview of Windows 10 commands and controls
Deciding best features based upon scenarios

Overview of information collection tools for Windows 10 UX design

Journey maps
Card sorting

Building Windows 10 information architecture

Focusing on the application statement, main scenarios and stories
Organizing features
Building your navigation
Testing your navigation

Understanding and applying touch in Windows 10 UX

Overview of usability studies related to touch
Controls used in touch
Avoiding occlusion

Applying animation in Windows 10 user experiences

Understanding animations within Windows 10 UX
Considerations for Windows 10 UWP apps
Resources for animation

Layout guidelines for Windows 10 UX

Using the grid for Windows 10 app design
Building the structure of your app based upon scenarios
Typography in a Windows 10 app
Suggestions for navigation and command placement
Building your layout for scalability and high resolution presentation
Using the grid to build scalable apps

Sketching a Windows 10 app

Guidelines for iterating
Reviewing and testing your sketches
Sketching screens that help your users complete scenarios, reach goals

Building a prototype of the Windows 10 UX

Overview of common prototypes
Testing your paper prototype
Building an interactive digital prototype

Visual design

Mood boards and Style tiles
Windows 10 UX specific considerations

Windows 10 development options

Overview Agile vs Waterfall
Understanding sprints, scrums, and minimal viable product creation
Using UX Brief and importance in retaining information

Testing & documentation for Windows 10 apps

Internal and external testing opportunities

How design, composition, and art relate to UX design practices

Art history from the industrial time period and how it relates to present design
Typography and how it relates to information design
Understanding the use of the typographic grid
Using the type ramp to create an information hierarchy
Practice in composition, Typography, and grid layouts

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Available delivery methods for Windows 10 UX Training Class

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UX Classes in Our Classroom

This Windows 10 UX course is offered either in our classrooms or on-site at your location with a live instructor in the same classroom with you. It is available at our classrooms in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia or on-site at your location globally. This course is typically delivered as a private UX workshop for a group or team.

UX Classes Online

This Windows UX course can also be delivered as a live, online UX training workshop. All online UX courses are conducted with a live instructor. You can hear and see the instructor and their presentation, talk with them, ask questions, and participate in individual projects. The online courses differ from the workshops offered in our classrooms or on-site, as group projects are typically not incorporated into the online UX training .

UX Course Prerequisites

While we have Windows 10 computers and tablets for use in this class, you are encouraged to use your own devices with Windows 10 for testing as well.

UX Course Materials

You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class developed by three-time Microsoft MVP and Windows User Experience expert Jennifer Smith.

AVAILABLE DELIVERY METHODS FOR THIS CLASS

CLASSROOM	LIVE ONLINE	PRIVATE	MY LOCATION	ON-DEMAND

AGI's team of experienced instructors are led by Jennifer Smith the design and usability expert and best-selling author of more than 20 books including Creative Cloud for Dummies, Creative Suite for Dummies, and Photoshop Digital Classroom. Classes are led by experienced professionals who have extensive professional and training experience, and also work in our consulting practice areas and as practicing professionals. For Federal agencies, American Graphics Institute classes are offered under GSA contract 47QTCA19D003Y.