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Mobile Applications: Meeting Students Where They Are Presented by: Deborah Ludford North Orange County Community College District CENIC 2012: Beyond the Network March 13, 2012
Mobile Applications: Meeting Students
Where They Are
Presented by: Deborah Ludford
North Orange County Community College District
CENIC 2012: Beyond the Network
March 13, 2012
Introduction to Mobile Apps at NOCCCD
Why Mobile Applications?
What Mobile Devices?
What Tools to Use to Develop Mobile Applications?
Development Environment
Lessons Learned & Best Practices
Marketing Strategies
Future Plans
Demo
Agenda
Introduction to Mobile Apps at
NOCCCD
Intro to Mobile Applications
at NOCCCD
Student Created Mobile Apps Video
Why Mobile Applications? Meeting Students Where They Live
Why Mobile Applications?
Source: K.C. Green, Campus Computing 2010
Student Monitor’s Spring 2010
survey of undergraduates reveals
that 90 percent of full-time
undergraduates in four-year colleges
and universities own mobile phones,
and almost half of these students
already own a smart phone, a
number certain to increase In coming
years. Student Monitor, 2010
Why Mobile Applications?
What Mobile Devices?
Types of Smartphones
iPhone 40%
Blackberry 36%
Android 22%
Other 2%
Source: University Colorado Boulder
Source: Google Analytics
What Tools to Use to Develop
Mobile Applications?
Develop In-house
Create exactly what you want
Use existing resources (i.e. people)
Commercial Options
Blackboard Mobile
SunGard Mobile Connection – the best fit for NOCCCD
Support multiple mobile platforms
Built on Open Source Software
Integrates with LDAP and Banner Data
Quick Start
m-Apps (Feeds, Grades, Schedule, Restaurant)
Solutions
Development Create an easy to use environment
Mobile Connection 1.0.1
Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.6.21+
Grails 1.3.6 - http://www.grails.org
Spring
Hibernate
Groovy
Rhodes Framework 2.2.5 - http://rhomobile.com/projects/rhodes
Ruby/Rails
Android SDK and NDK
Blackberry JDE
iOS SDK/Xcode
Technical Environment
Mobile Computing
Architecture
API
request
Portal LDAP
response
Enterprise
Resource
Planning
System
Mobile Server
NOCCCD Basic Configuration
Development Team
District/SCE
Cypress
Fullerton
TEST
Development: Collaborating
across the District
Lessons Learned & Best Practices The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Use a syntax aware editor (STS or RhoStudio)
Develop a realistic timeline
Plan for App Store membership (Blackberry, Apple, Android)
Get the community involved
Developers
Students
Contribute to Community Source Initiative
Monitor comments and downloads
Lessons Learned
Monitor Usage
Have an assigned Project Manager
Collaborate across your organization
Develop and use the public resources as much as possible
Create a convenient jump page
Develop a solid marketing plan
Best Practices
Marketing Strategies Get the Word Out
Promote yourself
App Stores
Campus Web Sites
Marketing Strategy
App Store = 3499
Android Market = 2462
Blackberry = 55
Total = 6016
Downloads to Date
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
Ver1.0
Do
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*Statistics from 09/01/2011 - 01/04/2012
App Store
Android
Blackberry
Future Plans Where Do We Go From Here?
Move to a newer version of the software for development
Add search feature and filtering to the Class Schedule
Increase collaboration
Add Analytics to the server
Improve User Interface design
Develop new applications including:
Financial Aid Status
Student Holds
Account Balances
Classes Cancelled
Order Transcripts
Future Plans
Demo or Screenshots Mobile App @ NOCCCD
News Feeds
Grades
Student Schedule
Courses (Class Schedule)
Campus Map
Staff Directory across the
district
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