Prototyping in the browser for content designers
Course overview
This course is for experienced content designers who want to learn how to build a web prototype to showcase their work.
Designing straight to interactive web pages can help make you a better designer. You’ll be able to update content quickly and see how changes affect the design without having to wait for a developer.
Presenting your content as it will actually be experienced by users will help you collaborate with your colleagues more effectively, get focused feedback and make more appropriate and quicker design decisions.
Delivery: in person
Class size: up to 8 people
Duration: 1 day
Cost:
per team from £4,000 plus VAT
per person from £500 plus VAT
What the course covers
The prototyping course will take you through the basics of creating web pages including:
how the internet actually works
what HTML is, common tags and how to structure a page with HTML
exploring cascading style sheets (CSS) and how they affect how elements look on a page
using forms to collect and store information
an introduction to the GOV.UK Prototyping Kit and how to set it up and use it
putting it all together by prototyping a new service to replace a paper form
how to demo and share your work
What you’ll learn
After completing this course, you’ll be able to:
write and edit HTML and CSS to create basic web pages
create form pages using elements such as text fields, checkboxes and buttons
connect forms together, then show users all their answers at the end
share your prototypes so your colleagues or users can try them out
We tailor all exercises in the course to make them relevant to you and your organisation.
If you’d like to focus on a particular area, we can adjust the course content to suit your needs. Or we can add elements from other courses, or create something completely bespoke for you. See how our training works.
Your trainer
Frankie Roberto is an experienced lead interaction designer and frontend developer.
He's got bags of experience working on digital services in government, including for the Department for Education, BEIS and Cabinet Office. Before that he worked at the BBC, Wellcome Collection and British Museum.
Frankie's been designing usable, accessible services that meet and pass government service assessments for 10+ years and is an active contributor within the government design community.
He's been making websites since 1999, back when the web was new and novel.
Feedback from this course
I really enjoyed the course, I thought it was brilliant and genuinely feel like I’ve learned something that’ll help me in my work. I think there was a great balance of theory and practical, and it was pitched at the right level. It didn’t feel like stuff was being dumbed down, and it also wasn’t too overwhelming.