Mobile App Building and Augmented Reality: An Introduction

BeginnersPrerequisitesNew

This introduction to building mobile apps explores the basic elements and options for an app, from the simpler menu-driven and webpage rendering approaches, to some of the possibilities involved in orientation and location-sensitive data inputs and augmented reality techniques. The course will include a review of some existing apps which help demonstrate many of the options available for apps, and provide the opportunity to design a basic app incorporating some of those elements. There will also be an overview of important security considerations, and ways to share and distribute a more polished app, either independently or via existing app repositories and stores.

• All current University members (departments and colleges)
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

• Attendees should be confident computer users, comfortable with editing HTML documents, and experienced with publishing pages on a web server
• Attendees should provide their own mobile device (Android or Apple/iOS, smart phone or tablet)
• Attendance of the Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners or equivalent knowledge

Number of sessions: 2

Instructor led, demonstrations and practical activites

Two half day sessions

Once a term

• Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners

• Programming and Scripting
• Techlinks & IT Support Staff