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Below is a series of videos that I made demonstrating the app features / flows as it currently stands. I split one larger video into shorter separate videos for convenience & faster downloading. The clarity of the video is not ideal, so keep in mind that the resolution of the app is not well represented in the videos. Please note that the videos do take a few moments to load the first time and there is no “Loading” icon displayed while the videos are loading.
Below is a series of screenshots that display all the present (6/19/12) functionality / interfaces of the app. Not every screen is fully functional yet, nor are all the functional screens implemented as they would be once complete. (See Rec. Center Hours or AU Directory for an example)
To decrease download time, the images have been optimized so their resolution is not as good as the actual application's resolution. Also note that the titles for each view in the app are the name of the file that is being displayed. This is left like this until the app is nearly complete because it helps to prevent getting lost in a multiple files.
Note: You can view each “group” of images as a slideshow by clicking on an image. You can use the right and left arrows below the images or right and left arrow keys on your keyboard to cycle through the group's images.
If users would like to be able to edit their subscriptions, or claim any privileges (e.g. authoring posts), they must create login details to associate them with.
Once the user has created login details, they can access their subscriptions and edit them. The first four groups (currently) do not require any verification and would not be able to access any privileged information. Those wanting to subscribe to the latter four groups would contact ISS in some way to give them their username so that ISS can authenticate them and “activate” the actual subscription.
The app provides access to the full color and black and white versions of the campus maps. They can switch between versions through the app menu. Single tapping toggles between full sized and “fit to screen.” The maps can be moved around touch. The maps are bundled into the app, so there is not downloading / wait time.
The people listed here are Adobe employees. I made these two pages for another app I built for following “Adobe Evangelists” blogs & tutorials. The finished app would simply reference an editable list of ISS / ACCESS faculty & staff.
Each button on this page will open a link to the person's Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn profile etc. (If available) If an email or phone number were supplied, buttons could be made to initiate a phone call or email for the user.
These simplified profiles / bios I thought would be ideal for app users that would like to share their information in an “AU Network.” Nothing fancy, something like a business card with keywords and an optional photo / bio. attached.
If on a mobile device with GPS navigation, clicking “Get Directions” will launch the device's built in navigation app with a marker already set to 401 College Ave., Ashland, OH. The URL scheme used to trigger the built in navigation does not have a way to directly request the directions, but with AU already selected on the map; it only takes a click or two to initiate actual turn-by-turn navigation.
The directory is retrieved directly from the server and was taken directly from the AU Online Directory available on the AU website. I only added the colors to the head of the table and column name for the 2nd & third columns.
The finished app would store this information in the database so that it can easily be added to and edited. Sending only the raw information to the user's phone would save data usage and allow the app to render / use the data in an unadulterated format. This would facilitate launching the phone or email utilities and the content could easily be filtered / searched.
The recreation center is only an example / subset of this feature. The completed version would provide a list of campus locations, services, etc. to choose from before viewing the actual schedule. The list could include the phone number / extension for the place of interest for convenience. The list of locations could be pulled from the server, and therefore, could be edited online.
This information was pulled directly from the AU website as well.
The app could provide a direct feedback mechanism for users to help improve the app or voice their thoughts anonymously. All user feedback would be viewable by authorized users via the online interface. The polled information would be at your discretion and easily modified. I simply thought that the app itself, being new, would be a good starting point.