Martin MorreyWeb Integration

Manager2nd March 2012

The Universityof Edinburgh’s

Mobile App

• Why Mobile• Selecting a Solution• What is U@Ed?• Demo• Future Plans

Why Mobile

Can’t Ignore It

Recent mobile survey (Dec ’11):• 95%* had a smartphone• ~50% Apple, ~30% Android• Up from 67% in Oct 2010, 50% March 2010

* voluntary selection bias…?

Nov‘09

Feb‘11

Mobile visits day-1 to *ed.ac.uk

Selecting a Solution

Possible Solutions

• Home build apps• Mobile web, e.g. uPortal Mobile• Vendor Solution

– Blackboard Mobile Campus– Ombiel CampusM

What is U@Ed?

What is U@Ed?

• Smartphone app– #1: students

• UoE info on the go• Location based:

– Maps– PC availability– “Friend Finder”

• Courses (WebCT)• Timetable (MVM)

Apps + Web

• Apple (iOS)• Android• Blackberry

Management Console

Integrations

RSSNewsFeeds

CampusMManager

VoyagerOPAC

MapData

PC Availability

BusTrack

Alerts

Demo

U@Ed on iPad

Future Plans

Expected Additions

• Blackberry support (March ‘12)• Usage tracking (from March ’12)• Bus Timetables (tbc)

Longer Term Additions

• Integrated Announcments (Alerts)– U@Ed and MyEd

• Course Timetables are MVM only– Awaiting central timetables

• Student Diary (Office 365)

Other Ideas

• QR Codes on Library Shelves?– Search within shelfmark range?

• Job Shop– vacancies for students, drawn from

SAGE database

• DropBox-style integration to shared file system

• Freshers module

More Infowww.ed.ac.uk/is/mobile-campus

Martin.Morrey@ed.ac.uk@martinmorrey

Web Integration ManagerApplications Division, Information Services,

University of Edinburgh

0131 651 5233