We also knew that the kiosks needed to be mobile… that is, easily moveable to various parts of the facility at any time.
We started brainstorming and changing bits of code to make it match our way of doing check-in earlier this summer, and knew from the start we wanted the kiosks to be iPad-based, primarily because a single iPad is about half the price of an Elo touchPC, which was our prior standard for our existing check-in system (yes, we know there are cheaper touchPC alternatives, but none of those options really fit our needs… and besides that, since we were implementing a web-based system we didn’t need full blown Windows machines at the kiosks, regardless.) We also briefly evaluated using cheaper Android-based tablets for this, but in the end decided that the ecosystem surrouding the iPads is far more pervasive and readily available (for example, where are you going to find a lockable enclosure for x-brand Android tablet?) Not only is this our newest campus, but it’s the first campus where we’ve decided to implement the CCCEV/HDC ArenaChMS check-in modules. Novemmarked the opening of our second multisite campus, The Crossing Mid Rivers.