📅 Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
💻 Delivered virtually
Want to build your first mobile application, but don’t know anything about coding? You might be surprised that you’ll be able to build a mobile application in this workshop, and without writing a single line of code! This workshop will introduce how you can actually build and use your first mobile application. Using MIT Mobile App Inventor, you will design and develop a mobile application ready to use in your personal mobile device.
At the end of this virtual event, participants will be able to:
Familiarize with MIT App Inventor.
Design multiple screens for their mobile application.
Develop a user’s interaction with the components (e.g., button, image, text).
Explore advanced features (e.g., taking pictures, using text-to-speech, navigating on maps).
Test the mobile application on their personal device.
Introduction and explaining the MIT App Inventor.
Participant registration with the development environment.Â
(*Please note that a Gmail account is required to use the MIT App Inventor.)
Downloading AI Companion to their personal device.
Designing the first screen.
Designing the second screen with visuals.
Designing the third screen with more interactive components.
Exploring advanced features.
Closing remarks.
Dr. Yusuf Yilmaz (@YusufYilmazPhD) is a postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University. He is situated within the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Program for Faculty Development (@MacPFD), MERIT (@MERIT_McMaster), and the McMaster Department of Medicine (@MacDeptMed). He is an avid scholar in health professions education, and conducts research and scholarship within education technology.Â