Prototyping mobile interfaces with Axure

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Overview: Prototyping mobile interfaces with Axure

This course is for people who want to develop interactive prototypes for mobile apps and mobile friendly web sites. It is based around the iPhone version of a Mobile Axure Simulator. Delegates attending this course get a free copy of the simulator which will retail at £500.

"A good training course is linked to a good trainer. And an experienced trainer like Ritch leads to a useful course. Having used Axure for about a year, this course improved the efficiency of my practice along with interactions for on-going projects using tablets."
– Xavier Castan, NIWA.

The simulator consists of a set of templates and widget libraries that are designed specifically to aid the prototyping of mobile apps and mobile friendly web sites using Axure RP Pro. The simulator has three main features:

• A way and synchronising portrait and landscape version of app pages within a device chrome.
• Three different ways of modelling mobile gestures, such as long press, swipe, pinch, flick and shake.
• A set of widgets designed to enable the simulation of complex animations and interactions such as Y-axis rotation and dragging and dropping of screen areas.

These widgets are designed to be used in conjunction with other mobile widget libraries that are available for Axure RP Pro. The current version of the simulator models the iPhone. Future versions will model Android, Blackberry and other iOS devices such as the iPad. Upgrades to newer versions of the simulator are free for 2 years.

Want something more general? Try Advanced Prototpying with Axure.

This seminar is aimed at

You'll benefit from this course if you are part of a user experience design team that creates mobile apps or mobile friendly web sites.

This is a hands-on course and is most effective for delegates who have day-to-day responsibility for creating mobile prototypes. Typical job titles include: Mobile User Experience Designers, Mobile Information Architects, Mobile Interaction Designers, Mobile Usability Engineers and Mobile Interface Developers.

This is an advanced course for people who regularly create Axure prototypes and now want to learn how to produce interactive mobile prototypes.

Pre-requisites

To attend this course, you must first attend Advanced Prototyping with Axure.

You must bring with you a laptop with the latest version of Axure RP Pro installed.

You will learn how to

• Use the Apple iPhone version of the mobile Axure Mobile simulator templates.
• Use the Apple iPhone version of the mobile Axure Mobile simulator widget library.
• Model device orientations.
• Simulate events triggered by mobile gestures, such as long press, swipe, pinch, flick and shake.
• Build an Apple iPhone app from start to finish.

Axure RP pro features covered

• Dynamic panels.
• Advanced interactions using global variables.
• Using widget libraries.
• iFrames Management.
• The Axure Mobile simulator.

Seminar content in more detail

• An overview of mobile prototyping issue and concepts.
• An explanation of the Mobile Simulator architecture including how the simulator templates and Widget Library are designed to be used.
• A showcase of an example iPhone App built using the simulator called "Find My Friends".
• Hands-on building of the basic "Find My Friends" app.
• Hooking the "Find My Friends" app into the simulator, including: managing page orientations and modeling iPhone gestures.
• A seminar/discussion of advanced mobile prototyping techniques including a showcase of advanced mobile prototyping using the simulator.
• Brief review of the key topics.
• A Q&A session.

What delegates say about this seminar

• “I found this course incredibly useful. Ritch was very friendly and managed to teach me a lot without leaving me feeling overwhelmed at the end of the day.” – Charlotte Nijssen, Dynamis.
• “A great course consolidating both the Advanced training we previously received as well as providing a solid introduction into prototyping for mobile devices. It was also useful to realise the outputs of the exercises as a take-away mobile simulator that can be repurposed and reused.”

What do I get when I book this course?

• 1 day training course with an Axure RP Pro approved trainer.
• A one-seat license for the Advanced mobile simulator.
• A pack of training materials including links to online resources.
• Example Axure RP Pro files to take away and re-use in your own prototypes.
• A proper, air-conditioned learning environment.
• CPD-approved "Advanced Mobile Prototyping" certificate.
• A 2-course lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
• A money-back guarantee.

More details on what you get.

Duration

This course lasts one day.