A Caviteñan Application: A School Disaster Risk Reduction Management Mobile Application

Authors

  • Johan J. Villanueva

Keywords:

DRRM, Mobile Application, ICT

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, students are hooked into using their mobile phones as their primary devices to look up for information and with all the harms of fake news, it is hard to distinguish factual information from fake ones. Cavitenan is an Android Application designed to help students determine the right information they need. It features a simple user interface that gives the user recent news, suspension updates, and for the students' safety. The Application also has tons of offline infographics about the safety and security of themselves in case of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.

METHODS

The research utilized descriptive developmental design. The development of the mobile application went through several phases such as planning and designing phases, development phase, validation and evaluation phases, and try-out and finalization phases. The mobile application was pilot tested to the students of Cavite National High School and IT experts. The Cavitenan application was first designed in Adobe Photoshop CC and coded in Hyper Text Markup Language or HTML using Notepad++ and converted to APK through Web2Apk Builder.

RESULTS

The expert-evaluators of the Cavitenan application gave the application a high acceptability rating in terms of its user interface and design, features and contents inside as well as the compatibility and usability of the application to the user. The user interface of the application showed positive feedback to the users, other users pointed out that they like the color combination of yellow and maroon complimenting the schools color. In terms of the features, the feedback was overwhelmingly positive based on the results of the survey.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the rating of the IT experts and evaluation from the student-users of the mobile application, it was found out that the application has high ratings in terms of interface, layout and design, usability and compatibility. The application was also able to update students in the cancellation of classes, school news, and information about school events. It also informed and guided students on what to do during disasters. Hence, by providing offline infographics, the objective was fulfilled. The students were able to browse through the infographics, learn about safety and it was accessible even without an internet connection. In conclusion, the main objectives were accomplished in the research. The Cavitenan application is a DRRM application designed to give factual information to students and provide offline infographics.

Published

2019-01-18