Proactive Safety: Designing & Implementing a Mobile Application

In Brief *Texas A&M Health Science Center needed a consistent, single access point to provide campus-specific safety and security information in an intuitive and user friendly manner across its geographically dispersed campus. *The mobile-centric nature of the campus user population called for t...

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Published in:Professional safety 2014-08, Vol.59 (8), p.37-42
Main Authors: Fruchtnicht, Erich H., Lutz, Leslie D., Fellers, John W., Hanks, Clay D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College campuses
Criminal statistics
Emergency procedures
Environmental health
Peer review
Program Development: Peer-Reviewed
Safety management
Security management
Security services
Software utilities
Students
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Summary:In Brief *Texas A&M Health Science Center needed a consistent, single access point to provide campus-specific safety and security information in an intuitive and user friendly manner across its geographically dispersed campus. *The mobile-centric nature of the campus user population called for the safety and security information to be presented by a mobile-friendly method. *The research team used focus groups to develop icons and layout, and present information in a way that would be intuitive and easy to navigate without formal training.
ISSN:0099-0027
2163-6176