We heard about several mobile projects at the University yesterday. Let’s use the ‘Comments’ section below to document what’s going on out there. Please include a Division/Unit name, contact name, and a URL if available.
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Web.unc.edu offers free wordpress sites to anyone with an Onyen. You can activate a plugin on each of these sites that makes a mobile version of the content. It is a great way to share mobile information for a project, event, class, or portfolio.
The School of Law’s mobile site was launched in Fall 2010 and contains a subset of the School’s regular site with the intention of getting the most “need-to-know” information out there in the hands of mobile users. In February 2011, the School posted QR codes for individual room schedules outside of each classroom and conference room. The link from each QR codes points to the appropriate room schedule on the School’s mobile site.
We have developed, and are continuing to develop, a mobile app for the University, aimed primarily at an external user audience (for now). The app will run on the iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms.
The app that Keith is referring to can be accessed here: http://www.uncmobile.com/
The UNC mobile site works on Android, iOS and other platforms and can be found at http://m.unc.edu It is a web-based platform that provides a variety of services currently (mobile directory, news, events, nextbus connection) and we are looking to expand. Based on open source code, our new platform can support native apps as well as the web experience. If you are interested in the project or want to contribute, please contact me and we can see how we can work together.
The UNC Libraries’ mobile site launched in late ’09. We focused at first on providing basic info – hours, locations, etc – but soon added a mobile version of the catalog (which you can search via barcode scan too!).
I hope to soon add an option to get a book’s formatted citation by scanning a barcode.
The site was built using the iUI framework to handle the interface heavy lifting.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/m
I am developing a mobile application called FOCIS – Fiber Optic Circuit Inventory System. This app allows campus customers to request fiber optic circuits, routes those requests to Communication Technologies Engineering, and then dispatches technicians who can access build information on their smartphones in the field. It is written entirely in HTML5, with CSS3, and javascript over PHP/MYSQL.
I made a mobile version of the site Med Students use to choose their 4th year electives: http://clipper.med.unc.edu/electivesbook/m/. I grabbed the CSS from O’Reilly’s book on Building iPhone apps with HTML, CSS and Javascript. There is a free PDF of that here, if you are interested: https://wiki.molecular.com/w/upload/f/ff/Oreilly.Building.iPhone.Apps.with.HTML.CSS.and.JavaScript.Jan.2010.pdf
Some good slides and presentations from the IA Summit and from User Experience (UX) designers
DIY Mobile Usability Testing: http://www.slideshare.net/beleniq/diy-mobile-usability-testing-ia-summit-2011
Belen Barros Pena & Bernard Tyers – sometimes called the MacGyvers of mobile usability testing. Video of how to build the rig: http://www.slideshare.net/beleniq/diy-mobile-usability-testing-ia-summit-2011
Luke Wroblewski’s Mobile First: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1117
Luke W is most well known for his books/articles on form design but he has written/talked about many things including mobile UX
Mobile User Experience: What Web Designers Need to Know: http://www.slideshare.net/Rachel_Hinman/mobile-user-experience-what-web-designers-need-to-know
Rachel Hinman (note; Adaptive Path is a highly regarded UX consultancy)
Mobile is part of the cross-channel experience. How to design great cross-channel experiences. http://www.slideshare.net/sstarmer/create-cross-channel-experiences (presentation from Samantha Starmer, UX at REI)
UX Magazine has quite a few articles on mobile UX like http://www.uxmag.com/design/10-surefire-ways-to-screw-up-your-iphone-app