Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: ***Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Family Preparedness Course. An NDSU Emergency Management graduate student wrote 20 fact sheets on various disasters and preparedness steps available with this online course at http://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/FamilyPreparedness/Pages/CourseMaterials.aspx. Most of the fact sheets are information about the disaster on one side (such as what do the categories for tornadoes or hurricanes mean) and how to prepare for that disaster on the other side. On Sept. 15 and 20, 2011, EDEN Family and Consumer Sciences Program Area Work Group members led national webinars to introduce the course to Extension educators and others. The course was promoted through the EDEN listserv and annual meeting. ***EDEN Ready Business Course. On March 2, 4 and 11, 2011, NDSU led national webinars to introduce Extension educators and others to the new EDEN Ready Business course materials at http://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/ReadyBusiness/Pages/CourseMaterial.aspx. Each webinar shared what Ready Business is and why it's important, an introduction to all the EDEN courses and an overview of the Ready Business teaching materials (downloadable PowerPoints, leader guide, disaster plan template and marketing video). Guests included two community development specialists who shared why business continuity planning is important and two Extension educators who shared their experiences teaching Ready Business. ***YouTube videos. After Minot, N.D., suffered extensive flooding in late June 2011, the videos NDSU produced focused on flood recovery. The 14 Flooded Home and Flood-Damaged Home videos are on the NDSU Extension Service YouTube channel at http://tinyurl.com/NDSUFloodVideos. Some featured an ag engineer, and others featured a local Research Extension Center researcher who shared how he went about cleaning his own home that flooded. ***Disaster Recovery Log Phone App. Part way through the original grant period, Dennis Kopp gave permission for part of the grant funds to be used for development of a smartphone app rather than getting the Family Preparedness course into eXtension's Moodle learning management system, so this grant also paid for a portion of the Disaster Recovery Log (DRL) app for Android smartphones. At http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/apps, people can learn how this app works. People can use the smartphone's camera feature to capture photos to illustrate the flood damage and key in descriptions of damaged items or use their smartphone's voice recorder to record an audio description of the damage. DRL also provides NDSU Extension Service information on how to clean or deal with flood-damaged appliances and electronics; carpets and floors; clothing and fabrics; food; furniture; gardens and landscapes; home structures; household items; mold; papers, books and photos; and water. Users can export what they've entered to a CSV file to allow them, for example, to download information about their losses to share with FEMA or their insurance agents. DRL information also can be shared via Facebook, Twitter and other social media. PARTICIPANTS: Not relevant to this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
***Family Preparedness Course. More than 3/4 of the participants who completed an online survey said the webinars were very good. Comments included "Easy to understand and to follow" and "Good examples shared from different states." However, no leaders or participants have completed the online evaluation yet. ***Ready Business Course. Of the 16 participants who completed the online survey, 14 rated the training webinars as excellent or very good. Comments included " The materials and resources look as though they will be easy to navigate and present" and "Informative and to the point!" However, no leaders or participants have completed the online evaluation yet. ***YouTube videos. The 14 videos on how to recover from flooding were viewed extensively after the Minot flooding. Even though the numbers aren't large, "Flooded Home: Entering for the First Time" has had nearly 1,000 view, while most other videos have had hundreds of views. ***Disaster Recovery Log Phone App. The app has about 2,000 active installs. In Google Play, the app has a 4.8 out of 5 rating. Comments include "Great app to help with this nasty flood recovery" and use this app to "document your property, house and belongings prior to a fire, flood, tornado or other disaster. This would provide a reference to any damage or loss."
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: A North Dakota State University Emergency Management graduate student wrote 20 fact sheets on various disasters and preparedness steps to be made available with the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Family Preparedness online course at http://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/FamilyPreparedness/Pages/CourseMateri als.aspx. Most of the fact sheets are information about the disaster on one side (such as what do the categories or tornadoes and hurricanes mean) and information about how to prepare for that disaster on the other side. On March 2, 4 and 11, NDSU led national webinars to introduce Extension educators and others to the new EDEN Ready Business course materials at http://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/ReadyBusiness/Pages/CourseMaterial.as px. Each webinar used the Wimba webconferencing system to share what Ready Business is and why it's important, an introduction to all the EDEN courses and their formats, an overview of the Ready Business teaching materials (downloadable PowerPoints, leader guide, disaster plan template and marketing video. Special guests included two community development specialists who shared why business continuity planning is important and two Extension educators who shared their experiences teaching Ready Business. This grant so far has paid for a small portion of the Disaster Recovery Log (DRL) app for Android smartphones. At http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/apps, people can learn how this app works. People can use the smartphone's camera feature to capture photos to illustrate the flood damage and key in descriptions of damaged items or use their smartphone's voice recorder to record an audio description of the damage. DRL also provides NDSU Extension Service information on how to clean or deal with flood-damaged appliances and electronics; carpets and floors; clothing and fabrics; food; furniture; gardens and landscapes; home structures; household items; mold; papers, books and photos; and water. The Disaster Recovery Log app is being expanded with these grant funds. Functions are being added so users can export what they've entered to a CSV file. This will allow people, for example, to download information about their losses to share with FEMA or their insurance agents. The ability to share DRL information via Facebook, Twitter and other social media also is being added. Videos on rebuilding after flooding are still being shot and edited. The Family Preparedness course is still being developed in eXtension's Moodle online course system, and webinars will share the resources this fall. PARTICIPANTS: Scott Swanson provided webconference support and is leading the video shooting and editing. NDSU is cooperating with the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) to make these course resources, webinars and videos available nationwide. With permission from Dennis Kopp to use some of the grant funds for the Disaster Recovery Log smartphone app instead of the original proposed projects, NDSU is cooperating with Myriad Devices, a start-up company in the NDSU Research and Technology Park incubator that has Computer and Electrical Engineering faculty and students as principals. The Ready Business webinars provided training for Extension educators and others, and Family Preparedness course webinars will provide the same opportunity on that course this fall. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences vary with project. The Family Preparedness course add-ons are for Extension educators and other trainers who will teacher the course to classes. However, the Moodle version will allow people to complete the learning on their own. The Ready Business webinars also were targeted to Extension educators and other trainers. The Disaster Recovery Log is for anyone with an Android smartphone who has experienced a disaster, though it is being used primarily for flooding. The videos will be online for anyone who has experienced flooding. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: An April 14, 2011, email from Dennis Kopp gave NDSU permission to use some of the grant funds for the Disaster Recovery Log smartphone app rather than all the deliverables in the original proposal.
Impacts
Webinar trainings for the EDEN Family Preparedness course will be led this fall, so there's no impact data on the supporting fact sheets, webinars or course yet. Participants and leaders are asked to complete online evaluations/reports, so impact data will be available in the future. Almost 2/3 of the Ready Business webinar participants who completed the online survey rated the webinar as "very good." Half said they would be able to use what they learned in the webinar "quite a bit." Online impact evaluations/reports by both participants and leaders will be available in the future. The Disaster Recovery Log Android app has been downloaded more than 200 times already. Since we assume most of those are in flooded North Dakota areas, we'll evaluate the app's impact after cleanup slows down.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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