Creating a separate mobile website is a great idea until someone changes a data source on you. Your users don’t care if your LDAP is down or why they can’t pull up next the class schedule for next semester. In this session you will learn how to plan for the worst; network outages, slow response times and unorganized data. The mobile Web isn’t very useful without content and often that content is gathered from many sources that are out of the developers control. Gathering, protecting and organizing that data is the job of a smart developer and a successful mobile Web presence. This is accomplished by adding an API layer to everything you do. This session will walk you through the ins and outs of creating and maintaining a Web API that can extend far beyond your mobile presence.
Experience Level:
Advanced - Assumes a solid grasp of topic and extensive experience.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
Being familiar with RESTful API’s
Skills/Knowledge Gained:
The ins and outs of creating and maintaining a Web API that can extend far beyond their mobile presence.
Going from a point and click desktop interface to a mobile touch interface dramatically effects how consumers interact with applications and web sites. Much has been written recently about Apple's human interface guidelines but what do Google, BlackBerry and Microsoft have to say about designing for their mobile operating systems? In this presentation you will be introduced to the world of human interface guidelines for mobile devices. What can we learn by comparing and contrasting the guidelines of these three mobile players and how can we incorporate it into our apps and websites? What are the main differences in developing for these platforms and what do user experience designers need to take into account before starting a project? Should you focus on building an app or make your website mobile friendly instead?
Experience Level:
Beginner - Assumes no prior knowledge of topic.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
Basic understanding of web design and user experience as well as familiarity with the mobile app marketplace.
Skills/Knowledge Gained:
Understanding how design patterns differ across different mobile platforms and how to change and tweak your site or apps to adapt to the various platforms.
This session will explore the World Campus approach to streaming video delivery on mobile device platforms such as iOS and Android. As more and more content is delivered to mobile devices, we need to develop strategies that ensure we are delivering a high quality product from a robust production environment. A brief presentation will take a look at the streaming environment we have developed based on the Flash Media Server platform including some insight into some of the choices we have made in its implementation and the processes we have developed to deliver high quality video to a range of devices, including mobile. The presentation will feature an overview of our development and delivery environment as well as our reasoning behind our mobile strategy. A demonstration of our encoding and delivery process will follow, featuring techniques that the audience can take away and implement immediately. We will wrap up with an audience discussion about the future of mobile streaming video in higher education and potential opportunities for collaboration and expertise sharing around the university.
Experience Level:
Intermediate - Assumes basic knowledge of topic and some experience.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
Interest in Video Support on Mobile Devices.
Skills/Knowledge Gained:
Audience will take away code for progressive mobile html5 iOS fallback video delivery (with Google Analytics for video usage tracking), as well as knowledge about strategies to consider when planning for mobile video support in Higher Education.
With current mobile technologies consumers can now capture high quality digital images with just a few finger swipes and clicks. This session will explore current digital photography trends using mobile devices and address how Apps can be used to capture, transfer, and store images. Uses of Adobe Cloud will also be discussed as a means for digital image file transfer and storage.
Experience Level:
Intermediate - Assumes basic knowledge of topic and some experience.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of photography and image file transfer.
Skills/Knowledge Gained: ·
Explore how to capture High Dynamic Range (HDR) images with an iOS device · Examine Adobe Cloud’s file sharing features using an iOS device · Review various current photography Apps for iOS devices.
Having a comprehensive mobile strategy is great but your users aren’t waiting around till you have have a pixel perfect solution. Your users are on their mobile devices right now waiting to access your content, having something up is better than nothing. This talk is a look at creating a practical, agile and ever evolving mobile Web presence. A mobile presence can be created on a small budget and without a lot of time. An introduction to the tools, frameworks and testing strategies needed to get a mobile website up quickly and moving in a more useful and usable direction each day.
Experience Level:
Beginner - Assumes no prior knowledge of topic.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
The creation of websites.
Skills/Knowledge Gained:
How to organize and prioritize content for mobile consumption. An idea of the frameworks and testing strategies used to maintain a successful mobile presence on a limited budget.
Mobile devices have opened a new world to the content developer and programmer. Should you use HTML5 or a native app? What screen size do you plan for? Which OS will win out? These are all questions that vex an application developer as they consider how best to create a project. During this session, we will give an overview of the questions and the answers that the Adobe Web Premium tools offer. Whether you want to deliver an app-like experience in the browser or you want to create a native app for a specific device, there are several way to do it. Come see what they and the best practices for creating mobile apps. The good news is that there is something for everyone—the long-time programmer or the non-techncial publisher.
