Down in Nashville this past spring, secret Lectora® tricks were revealed, sneak peeks were given of future products, and the crowd went wild… especially during the presentation “How the LUC15 app was built in Lectora.” Sergey Snegirev shared his insights into the—sometimes frustrating, but ultimately rewarding—process of creating the 2015 Lectora User Conference app in Lectora.
Deliberately Designed
Sergey talked about the decision to make the app in a portrait orientation instead of landscape. He took inspiration from other utility apps, like Mail, Twitter, and others. Those apps are all naturally portrait, probably because it’s easier to hold your phone in a portrait orientation and scroll vertically through a lot of information. (As you may have noticed, the conference app had a LOT of information we wanted Sergey to include.)
It was important that the conference app have a “real app” look and feel—not like a course simply transferred to mobile. That included having an intro splash screen, pictured below.
Living in the HD World
Attendees learned about the importance of using vector graphics for mobile and a bit about flat design. Sergey pointed out that fonts are actually vector graphics! Icon fonts can be a great solution for graphics that resize well on different mobile devices.
Overall, Sergey’s session was a fascinating look into using Lectora for more than just eLearning authoring and a great insight into mobile design. Download a free 30-day trial of Lectora to start creating your own mobile courses and apps!
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