40043 Windows 8 UX Design Workshop (2 Days)
About This Course
This workshop is created using the flipped classroom approach. In a flipped classroom approach, students learn the concepts at their own pace and outside of the classroom. They learn the concepts prior toattending the classroom. In the classroom, they apply the concepts by working on the labs.
Thehands-on labs will help designers and developers apply and reinforce their learning with respect to:
- Design principles underlying Windows Store applications
- Recommended approach and processes for designing the user experience (UX) of Windows Store applications
- Guidelines and requirements for designing Windows Store application user interfaces
The labs support the “Windows 8 UX Design Jump Start” materials found online at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=318041
Audience Profile
The primary audience of these labs is designers of Windows 8 store applications (user experience designers, interaction designers and visual designers).
A secondary audience is developers of Windows 8 store applications who are charged with user interface design, or who need to be familiar with the guidelines and processes of Windows Store application user experience design in order to work with designers, or designers’ deliverables.
All participants will have viewed the Windows 8 UX Design Jump Start materials (available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=318041).
At Course Completion
After completing this workshop:
- Describe and apply the recommended process and techniques for designing the user experience of Windows Store applications.
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Apply Microsoft User Experience guidelines to the design of Windows 8 Store applications. In particular:
- Determine the appropriate navigation pattern for an application
- Apply layout rules to application screens
- Apply correct commanding guidelines
- Effectively design for different form factors, including Snapped view
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Identify opportunities to leverage Windows 8 Charms and Contracts in an application user interface. In particular:
- Identify and design user interfaces for Share scenarios (source and target)
- Identify when it is appropriate to use the Windows 8 Search charm, and design compliant Search experiences
- Identify opportunities to use the File Picker and File Saver contracts, and design appropriate user interfaces for each
- Understand what user interface elements belong in the Settings charm and design compliant Settings user interfaces
- Identify opportunities to use application tiles, live tiles and secondary tiles to enhance an application user experience
- Describe theStart Screen tile design options.
- Describe the guidelines for usage of notifications and apply them appropriately.
Course Details
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Workshop OutlineSession 1: Introduction
In this module, students willget an overview of the workshop and the Windows design principles.Students will also become familiar with the application being used for the labs.
This module covers the process of identifying what your app’s unique offering is, and the right organization of features to deliver that promise. The first three steps of the user experience design process described here will result in a “Great At” statement, a set of User Flows and finally a set of application features they require.
This module introduces the two standard navigation patterns for Window Store applications, and the navigation devices available to users to find their way around your application.
This module describes the scaling and snapping strategies that you can use to
support a wide variety of screen sizes, resolutions, aspect rations and orientations.
Recap the topics covered in this workshop
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Additional Reading
To help you prepare for this course, please review the following resources:
Before attending this workshop, students:
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