Going Mobile With <Replace - Your LMS>

Mobile technologies are playing an increasingly important role in college students’ academic lives. The New Media Consortium’s 2014 Horizon Report listed mobile apps and mobile learning as key emerging technologies that have potential relevance to teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in higher education (Johnson, Adams, Estrada, & Freeman, 2014). 

To appreciate the landscape of this emerging technology on campus, a comparative study on adoption of mobile learning and eTextbooks at the University of Central Florida (UCF) was conducted. In 2012, UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) distributed the first survey to students and 933 completed the survey. 

A follow-up survey was distributed in Spring 2014. A total of 1181 students completed the survey. These students were enrolled in 83 online, mixed-mode and face-to-face classes in Spring 2014 at UCF. The participants surveyed represented 12 different colleges with 91% being undergraduate and 68% being female. 

The results of the survey can be found at:

2014 UCF Mobile & eTextbook Survey Report: https://mobile.cdl.ucf.edu/2014/12/15/2014-ucf-mobile-etextbook-survey-report/

Some of the key findings are shared below.

Why is mobile learning important?

 

 

 

Learning Management System (LMS) Canvas Mobile Apps

 

Canvas by Instructure can be used on:

 

•        iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

 

•        Android Phone, Tablet

 

Supported Features on the Canvas by Instructure App

View Agenda

View Announcements

View Global Announcements

Create Announcements (Instructors)

Rely to Announcements

Delete Announcements (Instructors)

View Assignments

View Assignment Details

View Assignment Submission

View Assignment Rubric

Edit Assignments (Instructors)

Submit Assignments (Students)

Resubmit Assignment (Students)

View Assignment Comments

Add Assignment Comments

Schedule Reminders

View Course Files

Manage Course Files (Instructors)

Web-based LTIs

View Discussions

Allow Discussion Attachments

Create Discussions (Instructors)

Save Discussion as Draft (Instructors)

Reply to Discussions

Show Pinned Discussions

View Modules

View Notifications

View Pages

View People

View Profile Bio

View Quizzes

Take Quizzes

View Quiz Results

View Settings (Instructors)

Edit Settings (Instructors)

View Syllabus

View Grades (Students)

View What-If Scores (Students)

 

 

 

 

Other Canvas Mobile Apps, Devices, and Use

 

 

  

 

CANVAS MOBILE APP USAGE

 

 

 

 

HOW ARE STUDENTS GETTING THERE?

 

Most used devices to frequently access Canvas (Webcourses) Mobile app

 

 

 

 

 

HOW ARE FACULTY GETTING THERE?

 

Most used devices to frequently access (Webcourses) Canvas Mobile app

 

 

 

WHAT’S IMPORTANT?

 

Students

 

•    76%: Grades

 

•    66%: Assignments

 

•    55%: To Do Items

 

•    48%: Modules

 

•    46%: Announcements

 

 

 

Faculty

 

•        80%: Inbox

 

•        60%: Grading

 

•        52%: Assignments

 

 

 

Most important features with Canvas mobile apps

 

TOOLS FOR FACULTY

 

 

 

MOBILE DESIGN

 

“Mobile is what you do between doing things.”

 

MOBILE DESIGN: CONTENT CHUNKING

 

Chunked

 

Content

 

CHUNKING: AVERAGE TIME IN CANVAS

 

CHUNKING: THE NEVERENDING SCROLL
   

 

CHUNKING: TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

FILE FORMATS: USER EXPERIENCE

 

FILE
SIZE

 

MOBILE DESIGN:
MOBILE FRIENDLY MEDIA

 

MOBILE FRIENDLY MEDIA:
STANDARDS, SERVICES, & CANVAS

 

MODULE DESIGN: INDENTS

 

MODULE DESIGN: TEXT HEADERS

 

USABILITY: STUDENT PROMPTS

 

MOBILE DESIGN: INFORM

 

REVIEW YOUR COURSES

 

Even if you don’t use mobile devices, review your course on a mobile device.

 

MORE MOBILE

 

•        Mobile Essentials Course

 

–    http://online.ucf.edu/?p=4251

 

•        Mobile App Checklist

 

–    http://ucfmobile.ucf.edu/checklist/

 

CDL Mobile & eTextbook Blog

 

http://mobile.cdl.ucf.edu

 

 

 

QUESTIONS?

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