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AppDev OnDemand UX Design Library The most popular UX design tools in one comprehensive online library! Course Name Run Printable PDF * + Introduction to User Experience (UX) Design NEW Introduction to User Experience (UX) Design Tools NEW 1+ Hour 3+ Hours 2 N/A Only 2+ Hours 6+ Hours 2 N/A Only Introduction to Expression Blend 2+ Hours 6+ Hours 3 N/A Only Expression Blend Interaction Design: Animation NEW Expression Blend Interaction Design: Behaviors and Visual State Manager NEW UX Design Best Practices with Windows 8 Style Applications Coming September More Coming Soon 2+ Hours 6+ Hours 2 N/A Only 1+ Hour 3+ Hours 2 N/A Only Information Coming Soon *Library contents are subject to change
Introduction to User Experience (UX) Design Instructors: David Kelley is a Silverlight MVP with over 10 years of experience building Targeted Customer experiences. He is currently the Principal User experience Architect for [wire] stone specializing in touch experiences such as digital price tags and Silverlight-based kiosks for retail. David publishes a blog called Hacking Silverlight, and helps to run the Seattle Silverlight User Group and Interact Seattle, Seattle s Designer Developer Interaction Group. Target Audience:/Prerequisites: This course assumes that students have some programming and a background in building user interfaces on the Microsoft platform. : 3 hours run time is 1+ hours. This course can also be used as quick reference material, with the ability to access just the information you need in a matter of minutes. Course Description: Basic principles of UX (User Experience) design as applied to UI (User Interface) design and Microsoft tools including everything from basic wireframing, UX design in the abstract, how to write a user story and Information Architecture. The UX design course also covers what makes a good UX design team, from the roles of each member to design inspiration. Introduction User experience or UX Typography What is Typography UI More UIs User experience Design is ROI Discoverability The User Involving the Users Wire Frame Example Build a Wire Frame Demo: Building a Wire Frame Demo: A Simple Wire Frame Demo: More Customization Involving The Users ROI Why Software Fails ROI a scenario Involving The Users Abstract UX Design in the Abstract Ideas from things like UX Design in the Abstract Phase 1: Requirements That Demographic Phase 2: Our Persona: Hanna Phase 3: The Story Writing Your Stories Writing this Story User Story Information Architecture The User Study - Set 1 The User Study - Set 2 The User Study - Set 3 The User Study - Set 4 Understanding the Results The UX Team The UX Team Roles inside our UX Team The Role of the Designer The Role of the Developer The Role of the IA The Role of the Integrator The Role of the Manager The Role of the Persona The Role of the Sponsor Taxonomical Taxonomy Team Dynamics and Communication As Seen By Each Other The Composite Team Composite Team Anti-Patterns UX Design Implementation UX Design Inspiration Yes but... Mood boards? Run 2 1+ hours 3+ hours N/A N/A Yes Yes N/A
Introduction to User Experience (UX) Design Tools Instructor: David Kelley is a Silverlight MVP with over 10 years of experience building Targeted Customer experiences. He is currently the Principal User experience Architect for [wire] stone specializing in touch experiences. David publishes a blog and helps run the Seattle Silverlight User Group and Interact Seattle. Target Audience:/Prerequisites: This course assumes that students have some programming and a background in building user interfaces on the Microsoft platform. : 6 hours run time is 2+ hours. This course can also be used as quick reference material, with the ability to access just the information you need in a matter of minutes. Course Description: In this course you will learn about the full spectrum of UX design and working with UX inside a variety of tools and techniques and more importantly focus on understanding the principles of UX design as applies to software applications. Paint Mood Boards to Programming Design World Tools Demo: Paint.NET Demo: Layers Demo: Tools Demo: Magic Wand Demo: History & Tools Demo: Color Picker Tool Demo: Menus Demo: Saving Balsamiq Blend Balsamiq Demo: Control Types Demo: Containers Demo: Toolbar Primer Demo: Design Surface Demo: Layout Properties Demo: Transforms Demo: Copying Styles Importing Adobe Gluing Adobe and Microsoft Best Practices Design Deliverables Demo: Selection Browser Demo: Split View Where Do We Go From Here? Where do we go from here? Back to the mood board The UX Design and QA... On Designing Examples Creative Process The Creative Process Understanding Emotions Using Behavior Response Emotional Experience Build Robert Pluchiks Emotional Wheel Emotional Experience Build Usability Design vs Emotional A Scientific Approach to IA How do we do it? Getting Feedback A/B Testing Application Heat Maps Decomposing Results Applying to the Design Design Addiction The Design Process The UX Process Run 2 2+ hours 6+ hours N/A N/A Yes Yes N/A 2012 AppDev Products, LLC. All rights reserved. The AppDev logo is a registered trademark of AppDev Products, LLC in the United States and/or in other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Introduction to Expression Blend Instructors: David Kelley is a Silverlight MVP with over 10 years of experience building Targeted Customer experiences. He is currently the Principal User experience Architect for [wire] stone specializing in touch experiences such as digital price tags and Silverlight-based kiosks for retail. David publishes a blog called Hacking Silverlight, and helps to run the Seattle Silverlight User Group and Interact Seattle, Seattle s Designer Developer Interaction Group. Target Audience:/Prerequisites: This course assumes that students have some programming experience and a background in building user interfaces on the Microsoft platform. : 3 hours run time is 3+ hours. This course can also be used as quick reference material, with the ability to access just the information you need in a matter of minutes. Course Description: The user experience is very important in creating any application. Part of the experience is how well the user is able to use the application with the interface. User Interface building has become a vital role for any developer. One of the tools for creating a user interface is Expression Blend. This course will introduce Expression Blend and Expression Suite. It will show the basics of using this tool to create interfaces that can be hooked up with the Visual Studio to create an application. Expression Suite What is Expression Blend? Expression Suite Expression Encoder Expression Web Expression Design Deep Zoom Composer Expression Encoder Demo: Expression Encoder Demo: Editing Video Demo: Settings and Controls Expression Web Demo: Expression Web Demo: Design Properties Demo: Super Preview Demo: Preview App Expression Design Demo: Expression Design Demo: Properties Demo: Text Demo: Layers Demo: Objects Demo: Arrange Demo: View Settings Demo: Menu Bar Demo: Export Format Deep Zoom Demo: Deep Zoom Demo: Pyramid Demo: Export Blend Demo: Default Design View Demo: Importing Demo: Menu Items Demo: Design Surface Demo: Objects and line Demo: Snap To Grid Demo: Results Pane Demo: Properties Blend Tools Demo: Blend Tools Demo: Adding Color Demo: Color Properties Demo: Controlling Colors Demo: Appearance Demo: Paths Demo: Transforms Demo: Rotate Transform Demo: Working With Transforms Demo: Reflection Blend Tools Demo Demo: More Drawing Demo: Finish House Demo: Simon Building UI Building UI Demo: Building UI Demo: View Demo: Set Background Demo: Adding Text Demo: Controls Demo: Layout Controls Demo: Control Labels Demo:Button Demo: Check Box Demo: Text Box Demo: XAML Demo: Styles Demo: Editing Styles Demo: Preview UI Demo: Edit in Visual Studio Run 3 2+ hours 6+ hours N/A N/A Yes Yes N/A