App Development Standard
Create a working prototype of an app in 10-12 sessions
- Student work in teams or individually to design and build an app that solves a problem they care about
- Students work their way through a range of activities, split across 10-13 sessions
- Optional sessions to support development of team working and presentational skills
- See below for the scheme of work, student workbook, and learning objectives
Primary, Secondary and FE
10-12 sessions
In class or extracurricular
Basic to advanced programming
App Development Standard course workbook for students
- Printable student A4 workbook containing practical activities.
- Guides you and your students through the course.
- Fully editable, making it easy for you to adopt to meet your needs.
Scheme of Work
- Get a quick overview of the course structure
- Review the learning objectives and otucomes for each session
Expert Feedback Tool
This video explains how to use our brand new Expert Feedback tool to obtain personalised feedback on your project from our Industry Expert volunteers.
Course sessions
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Session 1: Course Launch
Objective: To understand how problems can be solved using technology
Session 2: Team Building (Optional)
Objective: To understand the importance of teamwork
Session 3: Spotting Problems
Objective: To be able to identify the communities you belong to
Session 4: Screening Ideas
Objective: To be able to expand and develop initial ideas to create a better understanding of the problem to be solved
Session 5: Industry Engagement (Optional)
Objective: To be able to convey the key concepts of your app idea in a 30 second pitch to an industry expert
Session 6: Understanding Your Users' Needs
Objective: To gain a better understanding of the technical requirements of your app
Session 7: UX Design
Objective: To understand how the design of your app can affect the user experience
Session 8: Click-through Prototype
Objective: To gnderstand how to create screen layouts using App Lab
Session 9: Planning Your Build
Objective: To understand how to use pseudocode and flowcharts to plan out your app
Session 10: Build Your App
Objective: To understand how to add functionality to your app using App Lab
Session 11: Test Your App
Objective: To understand the importance of testing in the app development lifecycle
Session 12: Pitch Your Ideas
Objective: To understand potential ways you can fund your app development