Santa Clara University

Web Publishing @ SCU

SCU Mobile Web Project

Survey Results

A Mobile Use Survey was conducted in late summer, to gather more information from SCU faculty, staff and students.  Of particular interest are the results related to types of mobile devices being used (predominantly touch-phones) and the content thought to be most useful (ecampus and groupwise email access).

What type of mobile device do you use?

  • (of 111 total submissions)
    feature  1 ( 0.9%)
    smart  24 (21.6%)
    touch  86 (77.5%)

How often do you use your mobile device for Web access?

  • (of 111 total submissions)
    Daily  26 (23.4%)
    Occasionally  8 ( 7.2%)
    Several times a day  77 (69.4%)

What do you use the mobile Web for?

  • (of 111 total submissions)
    maps  78 (selected 70.3% of the time)
    news  76 (selected 68.5% of the time)
    other  22 (selected 19.8% of the time)
    search  102 (selected 91.9% of the time)
    social  88 (selected 79.3% of the time)
  • Other

    email, check email, email, e-mail, email, checking work email, email, SCU library calendar reservation, Email, mail, e-mail, Email, banking services, Email, E-Mail, E-mail, e-mail, SCU Links, Check email, email, email access, information

Which of the following SCU Web sites would you be likely to access with a mobile device?

  • (of 111 total submissions)
    angel  43 (selected 38.7% of the time)
    bookstore  23 (selected 20.7% of the time)
    catalog  49 (selected 44.1% of the time)
    ecampus  94 (selected 84.7% of the time)
    events  29 (selected 26.1% of the time)
    groupwise  94 (selected 84.7% of the time)
    library  38 (selected 34.2% of the time)
    map  43 (selected 38.7% of the time)
    news  25 (selected 22.5% of the time)
    other  6 (selected 5.4% of the time)
    phonebook  53 (selected 47.7% of the time)
  • Other

    ERES, Library room reservatio, ERes, eres, angels, Sporting events, Eres, ERes, Eres

Your SCU affiliation is:

  • (of 111 total submissions)
    alumni  6 (selected 5.4% of the time)
    faculty  5 (selected 4.5% of the time)
    family  1 (selected 0.9% of the time)
    grad  26 (selected 23.4% of the time)
    prospect  1 (selected 0.9% of the time)
    staff  16 (selected 14.4% of the time)
    ugrad  69 (selected 62.2% of the time)
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