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Braving Through Remote Work

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InVision (Cloud)

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 InVision is a prototyping suite that enables stakeholders and designers to ideate, collaborate, validate, and handoff specs to developers.

Link to InVision (Cloud)'s official webpage

Design Process

  • Empathise

  • Define

  • Ideate

  • Prototype & Reiterate

  • Test

Operating System

  • Web Browser

  • InVision for Apple devices:​​

    • Mobile/Tablet - IOS 11.0 or higher

  • InVision for Andriod (Early Access):

    • Varies with device

Registration

  • Link for Free InVision (Cloud) Education License

    • Contact support@invisionapp.com to request for student code 

    • Efficient support, gets back almost immediately

    • Support will instruct you to sign up via a given link

    • Takes about 1-2 days for support to expedite your free student upgrade

  • Some information to be provided for free student upgrade:

    • ​Do you currently have an InVision account? If so, what is the email address for the account?

    • What is your expected graduation date?

    • Are you using Invision for a particular class?

Best Used For

  • Brainwriting & Ideating

  • Mapping & Diagramming

  • Rapid Clickable Prototyping

  • Rough Sketching

  • Strategy & Planning

Useful Features

  • Built-in Timer

  • Built-in Voting

  • Built-in Video Conferencing

  • Photoshop & Sketch sync

  • Post-its

  • Pen Tool (comes with Smart Shape option)

  • Templates

  • Textbox (ability to wrap text)

Export Options

Downloading a prototype

  • PDF

  • ZIP

Downloading specific prototype screens

  • PDF​

  • ZIP (export screen images)

Pros

  • Can be used across devices

  • Simple UI

  • Flexible canvas layout

  • Smooth handover to developer when design is completed (Eg: access CSS code)

  • Ease of communication for design revision 

  • Instant sync updates to designs (Photoshop & Sketch)

  • Ability to shadow presenter

  • Infinite canvas

  • Unlimited users

Cons

  • Freehand cannot be exported

  • Limited customizability (text size and font unchangeable, colour choices limited etc)

  • Have to save work manually for the first time else it will not be saved

  • No support for reusable styles or libraries

  • Basic animation only

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