TAKING COLLEGE CURRICULUM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM WITH A CUSTOM NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATION
THE CHALLENGE
Colorado State University wanted their adult learners to use the skills they learned in their Eating Smart • Being Active curriculum outside the classroom.
Colorado State University's (CSU) Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Department provides Eating Smart • Being Active(ESBA) as an evidence-based, healthy eating and active living curriculum to universities worldwide

The curriculum is designed to be taught by paraprofessionals to limited resource adult learners in one-on-one or small group settings. Lesson content includes physical activity, nutrition, healthy lifestyle choices, food preparation (cooking skill development), food safety, and food resource management.

Colorado State wanted to take the content out of the classroom and expand it to be part of the participants' daily lives but needed help determining the best way to do so.
THE SOLUTION
CSU partnered with Squarei Technologies to create a web application and highly functional, user-friendly native mobile apps for iOS and Android.
CSU's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition worked with the Squarei team to develop and manage a custom native mobile application and corresponding administrative web application to complement the curriculum. The mobile application was built using the latest technology and was designed with the flexibility to add new features and enhancements quickly. A clean interface and user experience were two of the must-haves for the app.
The mobile and web applications exceeded the team's expectations and were delivered on time and within budget.
Mobile application development
KEY FEATURES
  • Management of instructions and videos of physical activities in the Eating Smart • Being Active curriculum allows participants to learn and use these activities from anywhere.
  • Physical activity tracker allows participants to track progress toward their fitness goals.
  • An integrated app step counter tracks how many steps participants take each day.
  • Recipes from the Eating Smart • Being Active Cookbook and a photo of the prepared recipe.
  • A unit price calculator allows participants to easily and quickly determine the best price between two similar products at the grocery store.
Since the launch of the Eating Smart • Being Active app, the program has experienced:
8000+
285K
24%
mobile app users
user interactions
user growth rate
Technologies
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