The Complete App Design Course – UX, UI and Design Thinking

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to the App Design Course

Lecture 2: How to Get All The Free Stuff

Lecture 3: Download Your Massive Bundle Here

Lecture 4: Why design is important for an app entrepreneur

Lecture 5: Designer vs. Non-Designer Thinking

Chapter 2: Color Theory

Lecture 1: Understanding the Mood of Your Colour Palette

Lecture 2: How to Combine Colours to Create Colour Palettes

Lecture 3: Tools for Designing with Colour

Lecture 4: Tools for Designing with Color Resources

Lecture 5: Further Reading on Designing with Colour

Chapter 3: Typography

Lecture 1: Introduction to Typography

Lecture 2: The Serif Type Family – Origins and Use

Lecture 3: The Sans Serif Type Family – Origins and Use

Lecture 4: How Typography Determines Readability

Lecture 5: How to Combine Fonts Like a Pro

Lecture 6: Further Reading on Typography

Chapter 4: User Interface (UI) Design for Mobile

Lecture 1: What is User Interface (UI) Design?

Lecture 2: The Tour Guide Approach to UI Design

Lecture 3: What is Good Practice in Interaction Design

Lecture 4: The Importance of Alignment

Lecture 5: Colour in User Interface Design

Lecture 6: The Many Ways of Designing Text Overlays

Lecture 7: How to Be an Attention Architect

Lecture 8: Further Reading on User Interface Design

Chapter 5: User Experience (UX) Design for Mobile

Lecture 1: What is User Experience (UX) Design?

Lecture 2: Usability

Lecture 3: Asking for Permissions

Lecture 4: User Profiling

Lecture 5: Form vs. Function

Lecture 6: Consistency

Lecture 7: Simplicity

Lecture 8: Don't Make Me Think

Lecture 9: Onboarding

Lecture 10: Idiot Boxes

Lecture 11: Further Reading on User Experience Design

Chapter 6: Designing for iOS and Android – What are the Important Differences?

Lecture 1: Android vs. iOS Design

Lecture 2: Navigation

Lecture 3: The Devil is in the Details

Lecture 4: Differences in Icon Design

Lecture 5: Flat Design vs. Material Design

Lecture 6: Differences in Establishing Visual Hierarchy

Lecture 7: iOS and Android Design Guidelines

Chapter 7: Putting it All Together – A Step-By-Step Guide to the Mobile Design Workflow

Lecture 1: Step 1: Design Patterns and Colour Palettes

Lecture 2: Where to find design patterns and colour palettes

Lecture 3: Step 2: How to Create a User Flow Diagram

Lecture 4: Step 3: How to Create Wireframes

Lecture 5: Wireframing Resources

Lecture 6: Step 4: How to Create Professional Mockups

Lecture 7: Tools for Creating Mockups

Lecture 8: How to use Sketch (41) to Create Mockups

Lecture 9: How to Use Canva to Create Mockups

Lecture 10: Your Turn to Create Your Own Mockups

Lecture 11: Tools and Resources for Creating Mockups

Lecture 12: Step 5: How to Create an Animated App Prototype

Lecture 13: Tools and Resources for Creating Prototypes

Lecture 14: Prototyping with Keynote

Lecture 15: Protoyping with Marvel

Lecture 16: Your Turn to Create a Prototype

Lecture 17: Example Marvel Prototype

Chapter 8: Resources

Lecture 1: Where to Find Free-For-Commercial use Image Assets

Lecture 2: Where to Find Free-For-Commercial use Icons

Lecture 3: How to Keep Learning and Improving