Imperial mobile - our journey
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Presentation by Saul Batzafin (Imperial College London) as part of a Mobile Apps and eReaders Showcase at the Centre for Distance Education, University of London, on 20 September 2012.
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Imperial mobile - our journey
- 1. Imperial Mobile - our journey
- 2. *Lisa*
- 3. Project timeline Contract signature 24 June 2011 Discovery day 28 June 2011 Application installation 5 August 2011 System testing 24 August 2011 UAT 16 September 2011 Live 21 September 2011 Contract to live in 12 weeks
- 4. Stefan Tell
- 5. Requirements Locations - MUST Pocket guide - MUST Feeds - SHOULD PC availability - SHOULD People Search – SHOULD Announcements – SHOULD Blackboard – SHOULD Courses - COULD Friend finder - COULD Library search – COULD Alerts - COULD
- 6. Flexible requirements Locations Pocket guide Help finder Welcome week Announcements Feeds News Events PC availability People Search Announcements Blackboard Courses Friend finder Library search Alerts We’ll keep going until we run out of time iTunes U
- 7. The team Specialist content Specialist ICT developers e.g. technical Education, Content Technology teams e.g. Marketing, Linux, DBAs Research, (Lead: Comm’s) (Lead: ICT) Etc. etc. Central co-located web team – joint leadership/prioritisation
- 8. Roles and responsibilities Locations • Map - Dan Communications • Positions - Pamela Communications PC availability - Saul ICT Pocket guide - Emma Communications Help finder - Pamela Communications Welcome week - Pamela Communications Feeds - Saul ICT News - Dan Communications Events - Dan Communications People Search - Jas/Neil ICT Announcements - Pamela Communications Blackboard - Vlad/Jonathan ICT Courses - Vlad ICT Friend finder - Saul ICT Library search - Fereshteh/Heather ICT Alerts - Heather ICT iTunes U - Dan Communications
- 9. Light governance Initiation • WMB approval • PID Project governance • Weekly 15 min meetings • Rolling action/issues list Go live • Formal RTP and change control through CAB
- 10. Change control The app was the control Got together every day Team agreed changes
- 11. Testing Range of devices – team of 5 testers Constant release and testing Immediate feedback Issues list Formal system testing and UAT
- 12. Delivery Tom Roberts
- 15. Dynamic feeds
- 17. Online Ads
- 18. College homepage
- 19. Web and Social Media
- 20. Face to face promotion • Added to Comms Freshers’ Fair stand • Mentions of Imperial Mobile added to senior staff presentations on first day of term to all new students
- 21. Feedback Dave Guttridge, The Photographic Unit
- 22. Feedback Feedback from Students: • “I wanted first to congratulate you on the idea for the IC app! One suggestion: one very useful feature (from my point of view) would be to be able to check one's timetable directly there.” Philip Fol (Undergraduate – Natural Sciences) App store / Market place customer reviews: • Fantastic by Ali HB Like it :-) • Good stuff! by Very useful app that gives you useful infos when you have no access to your computer but only an iPhone in your hand! • Smooth running, location tool is brilliant, saves me having to carry a map with me wherever I go in order to get used to the campus.
- 24. Work in progress • VLE • Library • Timetable • Print Services • Self service
- 25. Then what? Siddie Nam
- 26. Targeted • Audience specific versions of Imperial Mobile e.g. staff, open days etc. • More granular group based access to apps, content and alerts e.g. department or even naixn course based access.
- 27. Any questions?