Sanmita is pleased to welcome the College of Saint Rose as its newest client. The college, located in Albany, NY, has selected Sanmita to make its website responsive on mobile devices, which will improve the presentation and user experience.
Sanmita will use its exclusive Smart Filter tool to adapt the College of Saint Rose’s website for mobile. The responsive site is expected to launch in late December.
As more consumers upgrade to smartphones and tablets, it is essential for universities and colleges that their websites function seamlessly on any mobile device. Users routinely complain that desktop sites are difficult to view and navigate on hand-held devices. Responsive websites adjust to whatever device is being used to access a site, improving the user experience.
Sanmita’s Smart Filter is a solution that works with any content management system (CMS). Our tool takes any current site and makes it responsive. This solution costs one-third less than building a new responsive website and is produced in one-third less time than it would take to build a new site. Sanmita can provide hosting, or it can be hosted on an existing server. The College of Saint Rose has elected use its own server for hosting.
Sanmita has already created mobile sites for major universities including Tulane University and UNT, Dallas.
It is more important than ever to be mobile-ready. Smartphone and tablet usage in the US is soaring. The latest figures show 74% of U.S. mobile phone users now own smartphones, up from 58% in 2012. Among mobile consumers, 52% now own tablets, up from 33% last year.
Young adults — the very demographic higher education targets with its marketing — prefer smartphones and tablets over desktop computers. Among adults 18 to 34 years old, 89% use smartphones and 63% own tablets. Prospective students want to be able to quickly access information, maps, forms and even submit applications through hand-held devices. Similarly, including faculty, current students and alumni, will benefit from mobile-friendly sites.
Contact Sanmita to see how we can improve your institution’s mobile solutions.