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IU in Your Pocket: The Latest on IU Mobile

IU in Your Pocket: The Latest on IU Mobile. Brian McGough, Director of Enterprise Systems Integration and Delivery, UITS. On your computer…. On your phone…. Choose a campus view. Login with Mobile CAS…. Oncourse…. Messages & Forums. Find People…. Click to call Click to email.

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IU in Your Pocket: The Latest on IU Mobile

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  1. IU in Your Pocket: The Latest on IU Mobile Brian McGough, Director of Enterprise Systems Integration and Delivery, UITS

  2. On your computer… On your phone…

  3. Choose a campus view Login with Mobile CAS…

  4. Oncourse… Messages & Forums

  5. Find People… Click to call Click to email

  6. News… Browse the headlines Choose a campus Read the story

  7. Events… Read the details Browse events on any campus

  8. Computer Labs… Classifieds… IT Notices…

  9. Campus Maps… Searching… Locating…

  10. Emergency Information Emergency Contacts… Campus Status Alerts… Campus Status Alerts…

  11. Library & KB Search…

  12. Campus Branding

  13. What’s next? Maps for All Campuses Athletics Dining hall menus Parking Additional Oncourse functionality Users’ Choice!

  14. Feedback wanted! • Evolution Strategy • Feedback from users will be the cornerstone upon which we will base future investment. • Your feedback counts, and all feedback will be reviewed. • Mobile Steering Group being formed that will evaluate feedback as well as University and Campus Mobile aspirations, and will be the governing prioritization group for mobile at IU going forward.

  15. Mobile Strategies • Confronted with Options for Investment • IPhone Specific client applications • Blackberry Specific client applications • Android Specific client applications • Nokia Specific client applications • Palm Specific client applications • SMS Gateway for SMS based services • Device agnostic browser based applications • Single vs Multiple aggregation points

  16. Weighing the options • Device specific development and deployment • could allow for an optimal user experience on a given device • potentially the quickest response times • Defining the platforms we would develop for • Spend of resources to maintain multiple source paths for each device we would code for. • Device independent development • allows for us to deliver a set of services to a myriad of devices • Quickest path to product for most devices • One source repository is maintained • Leverages existing investments in web infrastructure

  17. Weighing the options • Survey done to gather representative statistics of Types of phones in use at the University. • Still dealing with many classic phones most of which offer basic web browsing • From the survey of the respondents the highest percentage phone was the Iphone, but that topped out at 28%

  18. Making the decision • Evaluated options through practical prototype • Prototype development on Iphone • Prototype development on Bberry • Prototype development via Web Delivery • Option for leveraging/joining an open source higher education effort • MIT open sourced their Mobi web application • This offered us a well defined scope of services to begin with implementing • Device agnosticism

  19. Making the Decision • Given expense associated with client specific implementations, and the need to quickly take a step forward on mobile, we decided: • Usage of web delivered services from m.iu.edu would be primary focus and default option for delivery of mobile services we develop • When needed and justifiable, platform specific development would be done to fill niche needs that can’t feasibly be addressed in a usable way

  20. The work of the decision • Convert the MIT delivered code over to IU code to access IU specific resources, and make it deployable in our environment • Connect the converted services to IU data suitable to offer the services in IU’s environment • Account for the multi campus nature of IU in our port of the code from MIT, allowing for campus level branding, and service palette management.

  21. Ongoing work of the decision • Campus Branding and Campus Palette • Continued evolution of base service offering • Continued introduction of base service offerings • From a University Perspective • From a Campus Perspective • Evolution as new devices emerge • Campus and Departmental contributions

  22. Implications • Focus on getting content from applications to devices • Ability to leverage existing web based services (CAS single sign on, etc) • Evolutionary model for mobile application deployment that will allow for rapid progress on specific deliverables

  23. Next Steps • Solidify base offerings, and embrace campus localization support where desired • Further embracing of localized content into campus environments • User/Group/Role support for pushing of audience specific content through the mobile gateway • Completion of outstanding objectives • Campus Maps, Bus Schedule improvements, What's on the menu for dining facilities, IU sports information for the campus’s

  24. Next Steps • Develop standards and libraries for building mobile services that can be offered through the mobile gateway by units, depts, schools, and campus units • Review customer feedback, form steering group, prioritize new work as well as enhancement work to existing components • Evolve strategy, as the mobile phone marketplace evolves

  25. Get Involved! Contact: Mobile Team miu@iu.edu Tara Bazler tbazler@indiana.edu Brian McGough bmcgough@indiana.edu

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