Rapid wireframing with Balsamiq
With this free course, PMs, founders, developers, business analysts, and other multiple-hat-wearers will learn to rapidly create wireframes that bridge the gap between concept and reality — perfect for presentations, user testing, and aligning their team. This course is their secret weapon to making informed, clear design decisions, whether refining a product feature or pitching a new idea.
Across multiple videos, Billy Carlson, co-author of Wireframing for Everyone and UX educator at Balsamiq, will go from the initial phases of the design brief and low-fidelity wireframes to a clickable prototype and a more polished version for presentation or user testing. Each video is packed with practical tips about user experience and UI design, and tricks on how to master Balsamiq Cloud.
10 video lessons, 85 minutes total.
1. Course overview
Discover rapid wireframing with Balsamiq Cloud in this free course. Learn to transform ideas into wireframes with expert tips.
By Billy Carlson
2. The design brief
This lesson is about the first step when starting a project: making a design brief. It helps clarify the problem you’re trying to solve and the target audience.
By Billy Carlson
3. Using Balsamiq: key concepts
Learn Balsamiq Cloud with a wireframing tutorial focused on fast tools like drag and drop, quick add, and quick draw.
By Billy Carlson
4. Beginning to sketch ideas in Balsamiq
Learn to sketch initial wireframes in Balsamiq Cloud with a food app example, covering user flow and customer journey mapping.
By Billy Carlson
5. Diving into wireframes in Balsamiq
Elevate to medium-fidelity wireframes in Balsamiq Cloud, focusing on key screens of a food ordering app.
By Billy Carlson
1. Course overview
Discover rapid wireframing with Balsamiq Cloud in this free course. Learn to transform ideas into wireframes with expert tips.
By Billy Carlson
2. The design brief
This lesson is about the first step when starting a project: making a design brief. It helps clarify the problem you’re trying to solve and the target audience.
By Billy Carlson
3. Using Balsamiq: key concepts
Learn Balsamiq Cloud with a wireframing tutorial focused on fast tools like drag and drop, quick add, and quick draw.
By Billy Carlson
4. Beginning to sketch ideas in Balsamiq
Learn to sketch initial wireframes in Balsamiq Cloud with a food app example, covering user flow and customer journey mapping.
By Billy Carlson
5. Diving into wireframes in Balsamiq
Elevate to medium-fidelity wireframes in Balsamiq Cloud, focusing on key screens of a food ordering app.
By Billy Carlson
6. Exploring alternate versions in Balsamiq
Discover Alternates, a powerful Balsamiq Cloud feature to create variations on a wireframe. It helps explore more potential solutions during the project’s early phase.
By Billy Carlson
7. Creating links between screens and presenting them
Learn to link Balsamiq wireframes together to create a clickable prototype that resembles how the app would work in real life.
By Billy Carlson
8. Making polished wireframes in Balsamiq
Learn how to polish your Balsamiq wireframes to be presentation-ready, perfect for clients and stakeholders.
By Billy Carlson
9. Exploring mobile design in Balsamiq
Dive into mobile design with Balsamiq Cloud: Learn to adapt UI elements for optimal mobile user experience.
By Billy Carlson
10. Summary and final thoughts
Finish your Balsamiq wireframing course with additional resources and insights into digital product design.
By Billy Carlson