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Mobile Academy: Design & Marketing Guides
Practical OpenForge lessons on mobile product design, interface design in Figma, accessibility, user feedback, app marketing, and measurement.
Focused learning paths for the material available today
The current Mobile Academy library offers practical reference material for founders and product teams across mobile product design, hands-on interface design in Figma, accessibility, feedback, and mobile app marketing. It does not yet offer a dedicated software-development curriculum.
Three distinct paths
- Mobile product design — research, accessibility, feedback, and experience decisions
- Interface design in Figma — practical screen-design and prototyping lessons
- Mobile app marketing — launch, measurement, and growth guidance
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Explore all 34 Mobile Academy guides.
The library covers design, hands-on interface work, and marketing. It does not yet include a dedicated development curriculum.
Mobile product design
Research, accessibility, feedback, and experience decisions.
Mobile product design
Create Figma Prototypes with Microinteractions
Enhance prototypes with microinteractions in Figma. Learn how to add overlays & improve user experience with this guide.
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Mobile product design
Enhancing with Micro-interactions
Enhancing with Micro-interactions: Bring real-world experience to digital products. Learn how to provide instant feedback.
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Mobile product design
Hand-off phase
As a designer, during the hand-off phase clear communication is crucial. This guide will show you how to ensure a successful product launch.
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Mobile product design
Horizontal and Vertical scrolling
Design app navigation for intuitive and obvious path to user's desired goal. On this chapter we'll cover horizontal and vertical scrolling
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Mobile product design
Implementing Overlays to Your Screens
Implementing overlays to your screens and enhancing organic storytelling is the basis for successful interaction design.
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Mobile product design
Increase Interactivity with Videos
Boost engagement on your platforms by incorporating video integrations. Learn to Increase Interactivity with Videos & enhance user experience
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Mobile product design
Make your prototypes more realistic
Make your prototypes more realistic is required to take your design to the next level, make your prototypes as accurate as possible.
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Mobile product design
Designing for Mobile Accessibility
Create inclusive designs for mobile users with tips on enhancing mobile accessibility. Avoid common design mistakes & improve usability.
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Mobile product design
Incorporate Accessibility
Before you design any digital product, remember to incorporate accessibility into your plan, we hope that this guide will be helpfull
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Mobile product design
Design easy to find sticky states
Design accessible sticky states for better UX. Follow recommendations for buttons & states accessible to all users.
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Mobile product design
Have text alternatives for your image and media content
Ensure accessibility for visually impaired users with text alternatives. Learn how to add transcripts and descriptions to your images.
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Mobile product design
Make linked texts identifiable
Discover how to make linked texts identifiable and design easy-to-find sticky states for enhanced accessibility.
Open lessonInterface design in Figma
Practical screen design, systems, and prototyping lessons.
Interface design in Figma
How to design a Mobile Application from scratch (featuring a free wireframe kit!)
Mobile application design is hard. You’ll need to establish the branding & overall look and feel, define the design system, and more.
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Interface design in Figma
Build your prototype and document visual specifications
So you have created a product map and defined key elements of your design system, it’s time to build your prototype!
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Interface design in Figma
Choose a Design & Prototyping Software
This guide will show you the design and prototyping tools on the market that will allow you to create and maintain design systems.
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Interface design in Figma
Create a Product Map
This guide will help you to create a product map to visually represent every feature and screen of your product in one view.
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Interface design in Figma
Create a style guide based on your design system and the branding requirements for your product
Create a style guide, an important reference point, based on your design system and the branding requirements for your product.
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Interface design in Figma
Find a design system to form the basis for your designs
This guide will help you to find a design system to form your designs. Don't reinvent the wheel and give your developers a break.
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Interface design in Figma
Review accessibility guidelines
Before you rush out and start designing your product, it’s important to review accessibility guidelines. This guide will help you with this.
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Interface design in Figma
Start with research to inform your decisions
You should inform your decisions, first start by conducting market research, learning about your target audience, and identify pain points.
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Interface design in Figma
What is mobile application design?
Mobile application design can reduce customer acquisition costs, increase customer retention, and capture a higher market share.
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Interface design in Figma
How to Design User Interfaces for Mobile Games in Figma
In this guide we will show you how to Design User Interfaces for Mobile Games in Figma
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Interface design in Figma
Common Challenges When Designing (+ Solutions!)
The Mobile Game Design industry is linked to creative and artistic departments. This guide will show you common challenges when designing.
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Interface design in Figma
Researching Your Main Challenges
Want to get involved in mobile game design? You should start researching your main challenges and consider why people like mobile games.
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Interface design in Figma
Setting a Tone Through Identity
As with any other project, setting a tone through identity is important for you as a designer. You will have to define brand styles.
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Interface design in Figma
Gamification Strategies for Enterprise Applications
Gamification is one of the best strategies to increase user engagement, adoption, and customer satisfaction in enterprise mobile applications.
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Interface design in Figma
Using Anticipatory Design for A Better E-Commerce Experience
Users are looking for seamless experiences that guide them through the interface. Here is where anticipatory design!
Open lessonMobile app marketing
Launch, measurement, store presence, and growth guidance.
Mobile app marketing
App Store Optimization for Health and Wellness Apps
Plan a clear health or wellness app listing: match search intent, show real workflows, explain access requirements, and measure beyond installs.
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Mobile app marketing
Exploring app stores
Discover the essentials of exploring app stores. Gather valuable user feedback and insights to improve your app.
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Mobile app marketing
Friendly feedback methods
Discover friendly feedback methods for gathering valuable insights from users. Learn how to improve your app's user experience.
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Mobile app marketing
Gathering feedback from mobile users
Learn to use feedback from mobile users for your app. This guide will give you essential tips and strategies for utilizing feedback.
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Mobile app marketing
Drive Traffic to Your App with Content Marketing
Drive Traffic to Your App with Content Marketing to promote organic growth within your userbase. Help them find your content and your app.
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Mobile app marketing
Keep your app regularly updated and never miss an opportunity to keep your audience engaged
Keep your app regularly updated and never miss an opportunity to keep your audience engaged. Use feedback to know what you should update.
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Mobile app marketing
Measuring Feedback Success
Discover the best strategies for measuring feedback success in this guide, as we delve into KPIs, A/B testing, and continuous improvement
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