If you could lower costs, increase revenue, and improve customer experiences.
Would this raise your status, power, and earnings?
Software Requirement: Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3 (Micosoft SharePoint Online Power Apps, Automate)
In the 1970’s I began my working life in hospitality. Paper admin processes prevailed.
With the introduction of PCs in the late 1990s admin began to change. Word, Excel, emails.
Frustratingly employees leave, PC data, paper files are lost or damaged.
Making decisions based upon incomplete data can be problematic.
In today’s highly competitive world Ill-informed decisions may lead to demise.
Using audits apps guarantees service excellence and consistency across all your locations.
Increase quality and consistency with more efficient & frequent inspections, spot issues and trends, react faster.
No more paper checklists or manual reports.
Ensure compliance with brand standards, from operating procedures to customer service
Evaluate facility quality, customer service, food hygiene, housekeeping, Covid-19 measures, health & safety and more
Daily self-inspections, monthly checks and readiness for external assessments
You don't have to put your life on hold to complete the course.
You can study at times convenient to you, at your own pace at home, at work, or on the move.
App Craft recipe is a practical concise online learning course. You will avoid the endless rabbit hole of trying to make things work.
Only to uncover two problems every time you solve one.
If you are really stuck, you can download the app.
Then choose to either reverse engineer or use the app without having to build the app for yourself.
Email, student forum, comments, and MS Teams. This is a recipe course.
View the video lesson, then read the accompanying step-by-step course documentation. With text and images.
You will find you won’t be rewatching the lecture to understand and apply lab objectives. Or reaching out for support.
Yes, internet tech links are provided. Not needed for this course. A resource provided for your own future projects.
The app recipe can be easily adapted and maintenance is a breeze.
In the past, you may have attended both residential classes and online webinars.
You may have felt frustrated and stressed by the bloated course theory.
To understand course material, you felt compelled to conduct internet research.
Time, you didn’t have. Even worse you couldn’t apply your learning to your real-world needs.
This is Not a “fit all app”. Modification is a certainty.
I’ve defined a very clear goal for the App craft course. To create an audit app that’s ready for pilot testing and then roll out.
It's useful to have a clear specific goal to aim for. And it’s important that you understand this.
It's about creating a real-world app, not providing you with an app components library.
Nothing on this page is to be construed as an app that does not need some adaptation to fit your needs.
There’s absolutely no guarantee that the app can be deployed without modification. An example of changes that may be required is the list of questions.
I know that ninety percent of people reading this get it and you can skip this part. But I want to be crystal clear for the other ten percent.
To fit your needs this app “will need alterations”. This is not an off the shelve app “trick”. This is not an alternative without changes.
I’m going to teach you a craft. The craft of creating valuable apps, like any craft, it’s all in the doing.
You can’t read a book about carpentry and expect a chair to materialise in your life. You can’t consume this course and expect an app to happen.
Buy this course if you want to act and learn a new skill or upskill from the ground up.
App Craft is not for you if you do not have the desire to acquire experience and knowledge.
I want to set the right expectations, here. App Craft is not what you expect from your typical, average online course.
This course is not about just sitting back. Learning a large quantity of theory, and then doing nothing with it.
This is an action implementation-focused course. The purpose isn’t to download a bunch of information.
It's to guide you through a system of exercise and actions to take, that lead you to the result.
Don’t sign up for this if you don’t want to do the real work. This product is not for “info product tourists”.
As you've probably guessed by now. This is not about some "opportunity" to implement a quick fix with as little work as possible.
It's not about copy-paste and voila a solution. If you aren't excited about creating a real, valuable high-quality app then App Craft isn't for you.
Creating an app, in isolation, is a waste of time. If you only focus on "how to structure an app and roll out"?
And you don’t involve users or choose to just ignore your users - you will end up with an app. But user adoption may prove problematic.
“To realise the full promise of citizen development. You need to be thoughtful. Take a holistically view. One that considers people and process in addition to technology.”
The elements of a citizen development program People | Process | Technology.
Establishing a strong foundation at the outset. Is essential to the success of any program.
Knowledge is locked up in people’s heads. In administrative paper passed systems.
Word, Excel spreadsheets, emails. Active and legacy files may be held by many departments.
Even in different geographical locations. Add lost or damaged forms to the mix.
Such factors can and do make it hard for management to understand what is really happening.
Office and field employees alike, know what’s valuable.
They have ideas, about what changes are required. The data needed, the processes involved, and what to prioritise.
Tech experts understand what platforms to use.
How to scale, structure the network, integrate, secure, and manage projects.
Citizen developers can bridge the gap between business units and IT.
Citizen Developers can help to reduce a backlog in app development. They know or can find the benefits to automation.
In today’s world, we are all overloaded with competing demands upon our time. You may have:
App craft recipe enables you to get started today.
Without the need for any previous experience or knowledge.
You can master the skills you’ve always wanted and kickstart your career.
Follow the recipe and you will have built a working app. Plus the knowledge to build apps on your own.
There are courses all over the internet that will teach you what Power Apps are and how it works.
But only a very few will teach you how to build real-life business solutions with Power Apps.
In this practical and knowledge-packed course, you will learn exactly that. You will learn and build at the same time.
A real-life Audit (inspection) solution with Microsoft Power Platform.
Specifically with Power Apps in a step-by-step way. Audit, inspection management solutions are very popular.
And in demand for all kinds of businesses and organisations.
So, learning building, and implementing the solution in your organisation will be a rewarding experience.
At the end of this course, you will have your very own Audit management solution.
Available and ready to deploy in your Office 365 environment. The course will also provide you with code templates.
SharePoint list templates. As well as partially built app templates.
You can use these resources to rapidly build the whole Power App. And quickly deploy into your office 365 environment.
Ideally, you should have some basic familiarity with Power Apps. If you do not, then don’t worry.
No doubt in the past you used a cookery recipe. App Craft is a recipe.
So, even if you have no experience or only used Power Apps for a little while you should be alright.
This course uses a practical approach. You build your Audit management solution with power Apps.
All the required files and resources to build your own solution. Are available for download from the resources section of the course.
Just follow the instructions provided in the lectures and illustrated documentation.
These resources will guide you to complete the labs.
Course content
The course contains step-by-step, proven, no-nonsense advice.
To walk you through my entire app build process.
SharePoint lists, Power App code, Automate (flows) from start to finish. An app your users will want to use.
Module 1
1 Chapter
Chapter 1
SharePoint Online
Can add and or amend questions that appear in PowerApps.
They may need to back up and move data.
Or remove historical data for example user comments, images, and audio recordings.
Module 2
2 Chapters
Chapter 2
Design home screen user interface.
Home Screen background image.
Screen navigation buttons.
Chapters 3
Build input Screen.
Screen label header, navigation icons.
Online status display.
Username display.
User department.
Floor slide (select floor number).
Combo box to choose room number. Display dependent upon floor slide choice.
A total number of images for audit.
Gallery control to display questions.
Radio button to select a pass, fail, N/A.
Camera Icon to navigate to the photo screen.
Image label count.
Comments box.
Submit button.
Submit Confirm Pop-up.
Module 3
2 Chapters
Chapter 4
Media Input Screen
Screen header label, title, hamburger menu, question label number & question text.
Create picture gallery (image).
Camera control and photo capture icon button.
Chapter 5
Audio button slide in screen. Audio playback, room number display & trash can delete recording.
Footer, submit button. Plus, screen navigation audio record icon.
Module 4
3 Chapters
Chapter 6
Maintenance Screen
Screen header label, navigation icon, and screen title.
Audit number & auditor name.
Audit date.
Room status label.
Room Number or Suite Name.
Chevon navigation icon.
Chapter 7
Maintenance Screen 2
Screen header label, and title.
Gallery to hold & show data items below.
Question ID & question label.
Name of auditor & date.
Comments (description of the issue).
Photo Icon & photo count number.
Audio icon and number of recordings.
Complete button.
Navigation back button.
Chapter 8
MediaInputScreen_Maint
Screen header label, Hamburger menu, title, and question number.
Two galleries, a picture gallery, & an audio gallery. Room number label. Trash can icons.
Image control.
Camera control and Icon button to capture a photo and footer navigation label.
Module 5
3 Chapters
Chapter 9
Report Screen.
Screen header label, chevron navigation icon.
Floor number label & floor number slider selection.
Room status label & drop down to select report, review, and maintenance.
Gallery to show drop-down choices for example reports for floor 1.
Chapter 10
Report Details.
Screen header label, chevron navigation icon & title.
Gallery displays question and numbers plus links to comments, recordings, photos screens.
Comments Screen.
Recordings Screen.
Photos Screen.
Pop-Up Screens
Chapter 11
Send Confirmation Screen
Users submit report details (previous screen). The screen displays a tick icon to submit and a cross icon to cancel the submission.
Module 6
2 Chapters
Chapter 12
Setup
Description of Power App collections, variables used.
SharePoint document library, lists, and column types.
Chapter 13
SharePointListScreen
SharePoint Site Image graphic showing the document & list column types.
Chapter 14
Power Automate - forward audit to SharePoint Online.
We focus on:
Lesson
Lab
App
The course modules include everything you need to know in the 3 key areas of app building success.
1. Watch video & text lesson.
2. Lab, downloadable illustrated hands-on worksheets.
3. Result App.
The course contains step-by-step, proven, no-nonsense advice.
To walk you through my entire app build process. SharePoint lists, Power App code, Automate (flows) from start to finish.
An app your users will want to use.
Software Requirement: Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3 (Micosoft SharePoint Online Power Apps, Automate)
Bonus
Bonus quizzes to affirm key learning points. Full lifetime access.
Okay, so I claim to be an expert and I claim to be able to teach you how to create an audit app for £200. But can you really trust me?
For more than thirty years I worked in five-star hotels in the UK, and Australia. Within weeks of starting my working life, I was training new employees.
I have owned and run a London IT support & training business for SMEs.
More recently I've been a 24/7, 365 days a year carer for my mother suffering from vascular dementia.
Being dyslexic requires a problem-solver approach. Hospitality, IT, and care call for a practical approach.
Creative, systematic attention to detail. All prerequisite traits to publishing training courses.
My chief security officer is important member of staff and she keeps me focused.
John R. Rymer
Vice President/Principal Analyst at Forrester Reserach
"Stated his mind was blown away by the slide below. The connection between professional developers and low code developers’ priorities. The significant factor is the support for innovation in particular customer-facing software."
Source: How Low-Code Platforms Let Developers Drive Business Innovation
The elements of a citizen development program People | Process | Technology
Yes, that's right. People, Process, Technology. It's important.
If all you do is the "app build" part, you're making an age-old mistake of thinking "build it and your users will use it".
You need to start with “people” because you need to understand both business and user needs.
You must have a real understanding of what is it that makes an app solve business and people’s problems.
Something they actually want to use. And you need to build your entire app with that in mind from day one.
Then, you need the “App Creation” part to ensure.
You actually solve the problems you identified in your user research. And that you don’t create any solution. But a high-value, practical, actionable solution that is well presented.
Then, you need the “technology” part to build, pilot test, and launch your app into production.
This is what an attractive user app is about.
It has user adoption “baked in” which makes user adoption 100x easier.
And at the same time a high-quality, value-delivering app.
That helps office and field workers achieve the results they want.
If you’ve been itching to create an audit app.
But you felt that your knowledge is too scattered or you’re not expert enough or you just don’t know how to go about it.
App Craft will provide a clear, jargon-free, well-structured, high-value audit app.
If you’ve been chasing “opportunities” and working your butt off for pennies (or nothing).
App Craft is the path forward for you. You finally have status, a career based on a real skill that brings real value to real people.
If you been struggling to acquire knowledge or any kind of opportunity?
Apply App Craft to turn yourself into a recognised expert. You‘ll suddenly find that it’s so much easier.
You will be recognised as the go-to person to tackle organisational issues.
£200
The course modules include everything you need to know in the 3 key areas of app building success.
1. Watch video & text lesson. 2. Lab, downloadable illustrated hands-on worksheets. 3. Result App.
The course contains step-by-step, proven, no-nonsense advice. To walk you through my entire app build process. SharePoint lists, Power App code, Automate (flows) from start to finish.
An app your users will want to use.
Software Requirement: Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3 (Micosoft SharePoint Online Power Apps, Automate)
There's absolutely NO RISK with our 30-day Money Back Guarantee.
Don’t waste your money this course isn’t for you.
I empower EVERYONE to start and create positive change. "Low-Code" means anyone can turn challenges into profits.
The only way to keep up with the speed at which the world moves today.
Is to empower everyone from the front-line worker to the executive.
To answer the question of what you learn can be applied to as many apps as you care to make.
Think about all your paper forms, procedures, excel spreadsheets and legacy systems.
All are possibilities for automation.
If you have MS Office 365 E3 plan, then no.
To take this course you will need MS Power Apps. Automate (Flow), SharePoint.
Don’t buy this course if you do not have access to this software or don’t have plans to purchase.
Yes, ‘App Craft’ is step by step at your own pace Microsoft Power App training program.
You’re right selling off the shelve app would return more.
Another factor £12 to 24k may inculde setup for example creating database, connectors possibly to legacy systems.
With this training you need to apply what I teach and what I teach is freely available.
All you have, to do is locate the material and put it all together and save yourself £200.
I’ve assembled, collated, tested and presented what you need in one place to build an audit app.
Depending upon your level of expertise it could take you months, certainly weeks.
If you do not have the time, then you shouldn't buy this course.
There are many SAAS providers. Generally, their pricing model is per-user monthly or yearly charge.
On average per-user £288 a year.
If you want a fully managed solution, then this may be a better choice for you.
What do I mean by fully managed?
The provider design manages both the front (user form) and back end (database).
They provide support. Any changes you may choose to make they may do this for you. They may or may not charge.
Most courses if not all focus on theoretical features. Let me explain.
Yes, what they teach can be applied in practice.
However students more often than not are left to discover how to knit together what they’ve learnt.
This course flips that by building a working app. In my experience, many people learn more this way.
IIf the theory is your preferred learning approach do not buy this course.
Yes, we have a Flarum group. Alternatively you can use comments option at the bottom of each module page.
If you prefer to contact Cloud Hound then email support@cloudhound.co.uk
A question I’ve been asked a few times.
While the course can be described as advanced training it is easy to follow.
It’s a bit like a recipe for your favourite food. If followed precisely you produce a perfect dish.
Take a look at previous training lab.
An illustrated step by step recipe guide.
Power Apps innovation is continuous. What you see now might not be quite the same when you take the course.
I will do our utmost to regularly revise the course. If changes are too great, we will retire the course.
If you experience difficulties then reach out via Flarum group.
Alternatively use comments section at the bottom of each module page. Or email me at support@cloudhound.co.uk
You will have access to course updates.
The Big Picture - app development costs are difficult to estimate.
Even a basic bespoke app can cost £15,000 and enticing end users to use your app can consume even more of your budget and time.
General rule the more complex an app the great your budget need.
User research will reveal a business need. Involve users before you even start.
The general rule is the more you involve your users. The less user adoption resistance you will experience.
If you do not intend to involve users do not purchase this course. You are wasting your money.
Reasons for app failure,
If you listen and address user concerns at each stage of development. Your app is more likely to experience positive adoption.
Charles Lamanna
Corporate Vice President for the Low Code Application Platform (LCAP) at Microsoft
App Development backlog
Paper processes
Accelerate digital innovation and transformation
The course modules include everything you need to know in the 3 key areas of app building success.
1. Watch video & text lesson. 2. Lab, downloadable illustrated hands-on worksheets. 3. Result App.
The course contains step-by-step, proven, no-nonsense advice. To walk you through my entire app build process. SharePoint lists, Power App code, Automate (flows) from start to finish.
An app your users will want to use.
Software Requirement: Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3 (Micosoft SharePoint Online Power Apps, Automate)
