Mobile Devices Workshop
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Course code
IFI7164.DT
old course code
IFI7164
Course title in Estonian
Mobiilirakenduste töötuba
Course title in English
Mobile Devices Workshop
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The purpose of the course is to provide:
• An overview of the field of mobile technologies
• How to establish an application concept
• How to draw sketches
• How to create mockups
• How to make interactive prototypes
Students are expected to work in teams and come up with a basic mobile application concept and a working prototype, which can be developed using either the native SDKs (Software Development Kit) or web technologies, such as HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Brief description of the course
The course will cover the following set of topics:
• The recent developments in the field of mobile devices and
changes in hardware as well as software
• Using concept mapping to establish application concepts and
gather feedback of peers to improve the initial application
concept
• Choosing a technology to develop a mobile application
• Drawing low-fidelity sketches of the application’s user interface and linking them together in a state transition diagram
• Drawing high-fidelity of the application’s user interface and
linking them together in a state transition diagram
• Creating an interactive application prototype using HTML5 and CSS3 or native software development kits.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
• The student is familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of mobile development.
• The student is able to choose an appropriate platform and technology to develop a mobile application.
• The student is able to design mobile applications and develop the most basic of them.
Teacher
Jaagup Kippar
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