Understanding Student Perceptions Around Mandatory Use of Smartphone Apps for COVID-19

In this short paper, we present our findings from a survey (n=178) conducted on a college campus to understand student perceptions of the deployment of CoVerified app to regulate COVID-19 spread on campus by limiting access to on-campus locations and events to only those with a “cleared” status. We expect our recommendations could help with future deployments of smartphone apps for managing spread of COVID-19, should there be new variants. Additionally, we also highlight our innovative pedagogy of bringing research into the classroom by incorporating the study data into a class project.