It’s easy to get swept into the latest technology trends. With smartphones and tablets everywhere, mobile support has become an essential part of eLearning initiatives. If you’re thinking about creating an educational app for your course, it’s important to ask yourself a couple of questions: “What does mobile support mean to me? How will my students access their courses on their devices?”

At EDUonGo we help teachers, schools and organizations implement eLearning systems. EDUonGo’s system supports both native apps and Google’s Chromebook, which makes the deployment of the system much easier.

One of our customers has his students bring their own devices to class; because was have a 100% HTML5 with a responsive design, his students have access through their web browsers on any device. In such cases where students use their own devices, it’s easier to have everyone open their browsers rather than taking the time to instruct them on where to find and download a native app. However, if a school deploys Chromebook for each student, implementing a native app makes the most sense since everyone will be using the same operating system.

Another aspect to consider is the expense of building and supporting your system on mobile devices. The cost of creating native apps for multiple devices (e.g. iOS, Android, Windows) is often much higher in comparison to creating a mobile website with a responsive design. Before you even build a mobile site or app you need to make sure that your content will be compatible with it. If your content made from software like Adobe Flash, such content will not be compatible with today’s iOS in the first place.

Support for mobile devices is important, so spend time analyzing how your students will use their mobile devices to access your courses. Following the right development process for your mobile app will help generate a successful deployment.

The following are some screenshot of EDUonGo latest updates for smartphone support: