{"id":2091,"date":"2012-11-13T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T19:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2013-08-19T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T13:26:32","slug":"mobile-apps-group-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/2012\/11\/13\/mobile-apps-group-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Apps Group update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated 2012-11-26: <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldrive.scranton.edu\/xythoswfs\/webui\/_xy-28140937_1-t_xrXb70t9\" target=\"_blank\">Meeting minutes<\/a> are available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The University-wide <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/tag\/mobile-apps-work-group\/\">Mobile Apps Group<\/a> (chaired by Connie Wisdo from IR, with Ben Bishop and me as faculty participants) met yesterday. A few updates:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/about\/mobile.shtml#blackboard\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard Learn Mobile App<\/a> for Angel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now available for students and faculty.<\/li>\n<li>Available for iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices in their respective app stores.<\/li>\n<li>Once you install the app, search for University of Scranton and log in with your my.scranton credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Services Mobile Page<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mobile web page for student services (<a href=\"http:\/\/m.scranton.edu\/studentservices\" target=\"_blank\">m.scranton.edu\/studentservices<\/a>) went up in September.<\/li>\n<li>Feedback from students seems to be positive, although we did not have any analytics to review.<\/li>\n<li>One of the student representatives in the work group mentioned that the tools currently available on the web page (grades, schedule, channel guide, Library, Aquinas) aren&#8217;t compelling at this time of the semester. Grades will be more important as the semester ends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/about\/mobile.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">University App<\/a> (Straxis)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Straxis has scaled back\/slowed down their plans to include a Dining Services module in the University app.<\/li>\n<li>The next modules Straxis plans to release are Faith &amp; Service module, Enhanced Twitter, and GPA Calculator.<\/li>\n<li>Straxis will soon be sending out an update with iPhone 5 graphics and iOS6 enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Luminis Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will be upgrading to Luminis 5 over spring break 2013, which will be a major update to the my.scranton portal.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile access to my.scranton will likely be improved &#8211; testing will begin in January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Steps for Mobile<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We reviewed the results of <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/files\/2012\/04\/2012-mobile-survey-findings.pptx\" target=\"_blank\">last spring&#8217;s mobile survey<\/a> to consider what other mobile functionality should be developed.<\/li>\n<li>Ben suggested that mobile access to a list of faculty office hours or faculty schedules would be useful &#8212; it doesn&#8217;t seem like this data is available via an API, though.<\/li>\n<li>Student suggestions (via CTLE) included a GPA calculator and easy access to financial aid information.<\/li>\n<li>Students also asked if campus event feeds on mobile web pages could be iCal feeds (i.e., so you could easily add an event to your calendar on your phone.<\/li>\n<li>Students were interested in mobile access to course registration, but this is not supported at this time.<\/li>\n<li>Computer lab availability is a possibility due to the switch to thin clients in the Library and in Brennan.<\/li>\n<li>When the Royal Card system is upgraded, students will be able to use a free (to them) app from Blackboard Transact to add funds and check their balance. There is a university subscription fee, so ITDA has requested funding to support that feature. Transact would interact with Royal Card funds, not Flex or meals.<\/li>\n<li>No progress has been made on a LaundryView app.<\/li>\n<li>A graduate student in Computing Sciences is doing a project to track usage of the Pilarz Hall gym &#8212; so that students could check their phone to see approximately how crowded the gym would be.<\/li>\n<li>ITDA staff members met with Aramark to discuss mobile access to dining hall menus. Information from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusdish.com\/en-us\/CSE\/Scranton\" target=\"_blank\">CampusDish<\/a> (the web service Aramark uses) is not accessible to us via API. Aramark may be working on their own mobile app.<\/li>\n<li>The Library is experimenting with a mobile study room reservation system. There will likely be a pilot in January and February using two group study rooms on the 2nd floor. The Student Services mobile page could simply link to this system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><del>I&#8217;ll post full meeting minutes when they come out.<\/del> <a href=\"mailto:kristen.yarmey@scranton.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Let me know<\/a> if you have any questions or suggestions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 2012-11-26: Meeting minutes are available. The University-wide Mobile Apps Group (chaired by Connie Wisdo from IR, with Ben Bishop and me as faculty participants) met yesterday. A few updates: Blackboard Learn Mobile App for Angel Now available for students and faculty. Available for iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices in their respective app stores. 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