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Prep for tonight

• Week 1, course goals:
  Andrew, Jackson, Katie, Nicole, Raisa
• Week 1, design work:
  Andrew, Jackson, Katie, Nicole, Raisa
• Week 2, Reading: Foreward, Preface, Ch 1 and 2 in Mobile Design Pattern Gallery
  Andrew, Jackson, Katie, Nicole, Raisa
  
• Week 2, Reading: Top 9 questions asked by new mobile app developers (2011) 
  Andrew, Jackson, Katie, Nicole, Raisa
• Week 2, Find three online resources for the designer who wants to “stay up” on developments in mobile.
  Andrew, Jackson, Katie, Nicole, Raisa

Tonight’s discussion

• Mobile App v Web App (PPT on DropBox)
  • Mobile web best practices (W3C)
  • Mobile web (W3C)
  • Barriers common to mobile and those with accessibility issues (W3C)
  • Mobile accessibility (W3C)
  • Developing web accessibility use case for your organization (W3C)
  • Making and Breaking UX Best Practices
• Signing up for second half of course student-led discussion
  • Session 7, July 13: Getting to market, iOS – R
  • Session 7, July 13: Getting to market, Android – N
  • Session 8, July 15: Speaking the lingo: CDMA/GSM – J
  • Session 8, July 15: Speaking the lingo: 3G/4G/LTE networks – K
  • Session 9, July 20: Speaking the lingo: API, SDK – A

Lab

• Slack – a working case study
  • I’ll invite everyone using SB email addresses
  • As you sign up and become familiar with the tool, do so with an eye towards your own app. Think about what works and what doesn’t — and why — both on the website and in the app
  • Install the app on your phone or tablet
• Expand/refine app tasks
  • Common task that all apps should include: account signup
  • Let’s talk about email addresses, FB, Twitter, usernames, register/login screen options
• Find and begin analysis of three new competitor apps. Pay special attention to the app website design.

Next session assignments

• Details on new tasks/competitors.  Post to SB Design Students on WordPress.com (category: project) by 5 pm Wednesday