Type of Submission
Poster
Keywords
Web programming, digital signage
Abstract
Cedarville University has computer monitors located throughout campus in order to show advertisements and important information to students, faculty, and staff. The slides shown on these displays are scheduled using Concerto: web-based software which manages digital signage. Though the Concerto software is currently used to manage digital signage, Cedarville University’s IT department desires features which Concerto does not provide, including the ability to play videos, a better slide randomization algorithm, emergency broadcasting features, and an intuitive user interface. We have created a new solution for digital signage called CUSigns with the goal of providing the existing functionality of Concerto while also providing the additional features. Numerous in-depth interviews with members of Cedarville’s faculty and staff who are currently using Concerto have led to cycles of design and redesign allowing CUSigns to meet the user requirements necessary to replace Concerto. CUSigns is currently in Beta testing on three displays in the Engineering and Science building to ensure system stability as it is prepared to be released for widespread use at the end of April.
Campus Venue
Stevens Student Center
Location
Cedarville, OH
Start Date
4-12-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
4-12-2017 2:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
CUSigns: A Dynamic Solution for Digital Signage
Cedarville, OH
Cedarville University has computer monitors located throughout campus in order to show advertisements and important information to students, faculty, and staff. The slides shown on these displays are scheduled using Concerto: web-based software which manages digital signage. Though the Concerto software is currently used to manage digital signage, Cedarville University’s IT department desires features which Concerto does not provide, including the ability to play videos, a better slide randomization algorithm, emergency broadcasting features, and an intuitive user interface. We have created a new solution for digital signage called CUSigns with the goal of providing the existing functionality of Concerto while also providing the additional features. Numerous in-depth interviews with members of Cedarville’s faculty and staff who are currently using Concerto have led to cycles of design and redesign allowing CUSigns to meet the user requirements necessary to replace Concerto. CUSigns is currently in Beta testing on three displays in the Engineering and Science building to ensure system stability as it is prepared to be released for widespread use at the end of April.
