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WEBD 2127 - App Design for Mobile Devices

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Course Description: Mobile app design has become arguably the fastest growing area of the Visual Communications Industry. This hands-on, project-oriented course explores the concepts, design issues, and techniques of planning and designing for the mobile app space or GUI. Projects include designing for the mobile app space for mobile applications with an advanced prototyping tool Axure-RP. The course builds on concepts covered in WEBD 2123, Interactive User Interface Design.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): WEBD 2123  with a grade of “C” or higher
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. The mobile design process
    1. creative visual process
    2. creative informational process
  2. Concepts of mobile app design
  3. Planning/Design
    1. determine apps primary task
    2. establish target audience
    3. research existing design solutions
    4. technical limitations
  4. HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile: building cross-platform mobile apps
  5. Designing the mobile app space GUI
  6. Designing for interactivity:
    1. Material Design guidelines
    2. iOS Design guidelines
  7. Wire framing and paper prototyping: designing for ergonomic interactivity
  8. Prototyping mobile application design with Axure-RP
  9. Design and technical problems
  10. Project presentation and critiques

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. employ a creative visual and informational process for mobile apps.
  2. discuss the concepts of mobile app design.
  3. use a process to plan and design mobile apps.
  4. evaluate the use of HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile in the development of a mobile app design.
  5. design for the mobile app space or GUI.
  6. design a mobile app GUI wireframe.
  7. design a mobile app GUI prototype.
  8. implement a mobile app design using Axure-RP.
  9. solve design and technical problems through the use of critical thinking.
  10. critique one’s own work and that of other students in group discussions.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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