Offering Expert Onsite Organisational Training in Axure, across Australia / New Zealand and Remote training globally

Axure is a decades-developed service design and UX tool that gives practitioners the ability to build data rich, interactive and transactional prototypes.

Cognitive Ink was Axure’s first official trainer for Australia and New Zealand. As UX practitioners, we have been using Axure to prototype complex systems and experiences for our own projects since its earliest release, and since 2012 we have delivered hundreds of onsite training courses and one-on-one mentoring sessions onsite with organisational clients across Australia and New Zealand. Past training clients include the Australian Department of Jobs and Small Business, Australian Tax Office, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Austrade, Danone, Appliances Online and more.

At present, we’re offering in-house training to organisations and teams. With focus on supporting corporations onsite, we can offer courses that cater to the specific needs of each organisation.

Beginner Course: Prototyping with Axure

This is a hands-on full-day workshop which will provide the necessary skills to create an intermediate-level interactive prototype in Axure, the intention being that participants can immediately apply the skills within the context of their projects. Training includes both presentation and hands-on learning examples drawn from real practice scenarios. Training materials will be provided.

Topics covered (customisable if required):

• Introduction to Axure

• Creating pages and the sitemap

• Widget behaviours and annotations

• Deploying masters for deep re-use

• Formatting and using global styles

• Basic page and widget interactions, including links, overlays and basic navigation

• Extended widgets via animations, audio and video

• Dynamic panels for more advanced interaction, including: menus, carousels and panels

• Generating and distributing prototype files

• Best practice tips for efficient prototyping

Details

• $450 per head (plus GST)

• 1 day course – Virtual or onsite as required (onsite courses may include extra travel costs).

• Minimum booking of 6 people.

• Includes pre-course survey and full course handouts.

Intermediate Course: Prototyping mobile sites with Axure

Building on the knowledge and experience gained from the introduction course.  This course will extend participants’ abilities to use advanced Axure functionalities and introduce timesaving techniques.

Topics covered (customisable, if required):

• Understanding mobile prototyping

• Preparing to build and test mobile Axure prototypes

• Handling touch on mobile devices

• Mobile navigation frameworks

• Forms on mobile

• Responsive prototypes versus dedicated apps

Details

• $475 per head (plus GST)

• 1 day course – Virtual or Onsite as required (onsite courses may include extra travel costs)

• Minimum booking of 6 people

• Includes pre-course survey and full course handouts

Advanced Course: Prototyping complex systems with Axure

Building on the knowledge and experience gained from the introduction course.  This course will extend participants’ abilities to use advanced Axure functionalities and introduce timesaving techniques.

Prior Learning: Beginner Course in Axure and/or prior project experience with Axure

Topics covered (customisable, if required):

• Axure and project methodologies

• Creating custom widget libraries for your project

• Conditional logic and variables for advanced prototypes

• Using repeaters for rich data prototypes

• Advanced interactions

• Masters with raised events

• Shared projects

Details

• $550 per head (plus GST)

• 1 day course – Virtual or Onsite as required (onsite courses may include extra travel costs)

• Minimum booking of 6 people

• Includes pre-course survey and full course handouts