A One-Button System will be put in place, essentially allowing MSU police to quickly send out a pre-programmed message about a particular type of emergency, without specifics. The specific location and details will be sent out later, following the current MSU alert system.

The second enhancement is a new platform, ReadyState, "a webpage that allows the user to access important emergency preparedness information," according to a police statement.

Information on the site will include things like what to do during "violence/shooting, fire, severe weather, hazardous material release, flooding, medical emergency, behavioral threat, power outage, transportation accident and criminal activity."

The site can be accessed at readystate.police.msu.edu.

MSU police has faced problems in the past, with both the timelines of different alerts and a gap of individuals not knowing what to do once they get them.

"We're trying to figure out how to close all those gaps," MSU police Capt. Penny Fischer said. "The first gap closing is getting the message to them, the second gap is helping them get pointed to where some information is that will help them."

These additions are months in the works with $70,000 in funding for the project. MSU will be one of only a handful of schools using a system like this, and MSU police studied the system in place at Florida State University. 

The test itself on Monday will include an automated voice message with text sent through all devices in the Blackboard ConnectEd system that will say, “This is a test of the MSU One Button Emergency Alerting System for MSU campuses. This is only a test.”