Installing Ruvna on an Android phone

In the event of an emergency or drill, Ruvna is the tool we use to quickly identify which students/faculty are safe, and which require attention. Ruvna does not have an app in the Google Play Store. The Ruvna website has full functionality running in the browser. The instructions below describe how to save Ruvna to your home screen for ease of access, how to login to Ruvna, and how to set your notification preferences.

Step 1 - Open the Chrome browser
Open your device's web browser, preferably Google Chrome.

Step 2 - Navigate to Ruvna URL
In Chrome, navigate to https://westtown.ruvna.com.

Step 3 - Add Ruvna to your home screen
If you see a banner that says "Add Ruvna to Home screen", click on it.

If you don’t see a banner to save Ruvna automatically, you can select the ellipsis icon next to the URL bar and select “Add to Home screen”.

Step 4 - Confirm
In either way of selecting “Add to Home screen” in step 3, your device should prompt you to confirm that you want to add Ruvna to your home screen. Confirm by selecting “Add” or “Save.”

Step 5 - Access Ruvna from Home Screen
After confirming in Step 4, your device will say “Adding Ruvna...” while the shortcut is saved to your device. Once that message goes away, you can navigate back to your home screen to find Ruvna. Depending on your version of Android and device type, the Ruvna icon may be on one of your home screens, in the app drawer, or both.

Step 6 - Sign in with Google
With the Ruvna app/webpage open, tap on the “Sign In with Google” button to log in. Follow the prompts to log in with your Westtown email address and password (this may require 2-step authentication).

Step 7 - Set Notification Preferences

  • Once logged in, tap the user icon in the top right corner

  • Select "Notification Preferences" from the menu
  • Double-check to make sure the phone number matches the number of the cell phone on which you installed Ruvna.  If the number does not match, tap on the number, replace it with the correct cell phone number on the “Phone Number” screen, then tap the blue “Save” button to update the number.
  • Toggle all the notification options under “Emergency Start” and “Emergency End” to blue so you will receive all the notifications sent by Ruvna at the beginning and end of an emergency event or drill.  Leave the options under “Message Received” toggled off.