Creating a Mobile Phone App

Lesson 2

• By the end of this lesson you will: • Identify and summarise the features of an app that

make it popular/ successful

• Be able to identify the target audience for your app and develop ideas that meets the needs of your target audience

Lesson 2 Objective:

Starter - What Makes A Good App?

You have 2 Minutes to:

1.Identify one feature you think makes a good app

2.Write it on the post it note

3.Stick it on the whiteboard

5 Mins

5 Mins

Activity 1: Most popular apps

Discuss as a group why these apps are so popular? What do they enable you to do that others don’t?Try to link it to your answers on the whiteboard!

What Makes a Good Phone App?

Its easy to use

Its free

It has good graphics and

images

Its useful

Its challengin

gIts fun

The information is always up

to date

Its colourful and eye-catching

Its quick

What Makes A Good App – did you consider any of these factors?

• Using AppShed create an app for young people in the age range 11-16

• Its main purpose should be for information

• Design your app for one of the following 3 scenario’s:

1. Yeovil Town Football Club2. Sherlock Holmes3. Glastonbury Music Festival

Creating your app – the Design Brief

• As a minimum your app should include:

• A home screen or main menu

• An information screen with text and images (on your topic)

• A map screen showing points of interest/ location

• A gallery of images (of points of interest or people etc.)

• A contact option

Creating your app – the detail!

• Player Statistics:

• Name

• Age

• Squad Number

• Number of Appearances

• Goals Scored

• Assists

Scenario 1 – Yeovil Town Football Club - ‘Ideafication’

• Introduction / Biography• Character Profiles

• Statistics

• Number of novels

• Number of short stories

• Number of TV series/ films released

Scenario 2 – Sherlock Holmes - ‘Ideafication’

• History of the festival• Accommodation• Line-up• Ticket Prices

• Statistics

• Number of stages

• Number of visitors

Scenario 3 – Glastonbury Music Festival - ‘Ideafication’

• Create a mind map of ideas for your app - think about

the need/purpose ….. Remember your design brief!

Activity 2- ‘Ideafication’

colours

images

Easy to use

speed

Text PriceLinks

Forum/Twitter GPS

Video

20 Mins

• Create a mood board for your app - think about the

colours and styling you might like to use and how this

fits with the brand Image.

Activity 3- ‘Ideafication’20

Mins

Have we met today’s objectives?• By the end of this lesson you will:

  Identify and summarise the features of an app that

make it popular/ successful

Be able to identify the target audience for your app and develop ideas that meets the needs of your target audience

Additional/ Support Slides

• It is who the product/service is aimed at. It is usually defined by the following attributes:

• Age

• Gender

• Occupation

• Location

• Income/Wealth

• Level of education

• Interests

What is meant by target audience?