June 10 – 12 Austin, Texas

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1009 Mobile Devices and Apps Meet the Classroom

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Friday, June 12

Strategy

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More and more companies are creating mobile strategies and mobile applications to integrate with their existing businesses. Training groups are being tasked with getting users up-to-speed on mobile applications and are facing unique challenges with incorporating mobile devices and applications into the traditional classroom setting.

In this session you will examine a case study based on Salesforce’s new mobile-first strategy. You will explore how the Salesforce University curriculum development team needed to rapidly develop training for newly introduced mobile products and quickly integrate the company’s new mobile strategy and products into their entire existing instructor-led curriculum. You will discuss the issues the team faced, the pitfalls they encountered, and the successful techniques they developed in addressing this challenge.

In this session, you will learn:

  • Multiple methods of incorporating mobile applications in a classroom setting
  • How to handle logistical considerations and pitfalls of mobile devices in the classroom
  • How to execute BYOD strategies in the materials and the classroom
  • How to ramp or train instructors on utilizing mobile devices for classroom presentations

Audience:
Intermediate designers, developers, project managers, and managers.

Technology discussed in this session:
iOS phones and tablets; Android phones and tablets; Salesforce and its corresponding mobile applications; and mobile device screen projection in the classroom.

Mary Humphreys

Associate Curriculum Developer

Salesforce

Mary Humphreys is an associate curriculum developer with Salesforce, which she joined in 2013. Mary focuses primarily on developing and maintaining eLearning and instructor-led training for the Salesforce developer audience. Before joining Salesforce, she worked as a technical writer and copywriter.

Mersedeh Jorjani

Curriculum Developer

Salesforce

Mersedeh Jorjani has been a curriculum developer with Salesforce since 2011, developing and maintaining instructor-led training as well as eLearning, with a focus on administrator and end-user audiences. Her previous work experience included stints as a creative writer, a copywriter, and an architectural conservator.

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