6-week design training

One of Grinnell Appdev's primary goals as an organization is education. Previously, a development training track has been available, but no such resource has been available to designers before now. As Design Lead and one of two active designers at Grinnell Appdev, I brought it upon myself to develop a design curriculum that would prepare students to enter a job at Grinnell Appdev as a UI or UX designer.

The curriculum began with a grounding in conceptual literature, covering topics such as human-computer interaction, designing for the screen, iOS design guidelines, and Material Design guidelines. The rest of the program consisted of projects, dedicated to allowing trainees to learn the appdev design workflow and giving me an opportunity to evaluate each trainee's design skills. The final assignment consisted of creating a working prototype with improvement through informal usability testing.