{"id":32245,"date":"2014-08-05T08:33:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T12:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=32245"},"modified":"2014-08-05T09:46:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T13:46:31","slug":"wright-state-launches-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/05\/wright-state-launches-mobile-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State launches mobile app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/05\/wright-state-launches-mobile-app\/wright-app-newsroom-icon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32288\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/08\/wright-app-newsroom-icon-260x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s been a long time coming but it\u2019s finally here. Wright State University has launched a mobile application that enables students on the go to check their class schedule and grades, make payments and learn about campus events.<\/p>\n<p>The app is like having the WINGS portal in your pocket with a whole lot more. The new app should deliver immediate returns with student engagement and become a powerful and simple tool for staying informed about events and news on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s essentially another portal, a mobile portal for the students,\u201d said Marcus Milligan, manager of distributed information services with Computing and Telecommunications Services (CaTS).<\/p>\n<p>The Wright State App includes content for both the Dayton and Lake campuses and should help users stay connected to the\u00a0university like never before with mobile access to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grades\u2014Check grades on the go<\/li>\n<li>Courses\u2014Manage courses by accessing schedules and links to helpful resources, including class assignments<\/li>\n<li>Notifications\u2014Stay informed with customized announcements<\/li>\n<li>Payment Center\u2014Make tuition payments, review transaction history and check balances<\/li>\n<li>Departments\u2014Easily find phone numbers, websites and emails<\/li>\n<li>Maps\u2014Get directions and learn about how to get around campus quickly<\/li>\n<li>People\u2014Find faculty, staff, or student phone numbers and call them from the app<\/li>\n<li>News\u2014Learn about campus, local, national and international news<\/li>\n<li>The Guardian\u2014Read the latest articles from the Wright State student newspaper<\/li>\n<li>Events\u00a0Calendar\u2014Never miss another important event,\u00a0on- or off-campus<\/li>\n<li>Social Media\u2014Connect to Wright State\u2019s social media channels and engage with the campus community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/05\/wright-state-launches-mobile-app\/img_0512\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32248\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/07\/IMG_0512-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u201cThis makes us current with technology. Rolling out this mobile Wright State app has been a big priority for us,\u201d said Milligan.<\/p>\n<p>Milligan said the goal was to come up with a good platform with the 1.0 version of the app that could be built on easily, but still had value now that users would want. Much of that value Milligan believes rests in the users ability to customize the tool for their needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can go in there and customize your news feeds. That customization is what everybody wants these days. And why not? That\u2019s how it should be and I think we are delivering it with this new app,\u201d said Milligan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/05\/wright-state-launches-mobile-app\/img_0515\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32249\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/07\/IMG_0515-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Milligan said plans are already in the works to add access to Pilot \u2014 Wright State\u2019s online learning management system that students and professors use to share content and interact specific to each class.<\/p>\n<p>With a campus community of mostly existing and new students, but also faculty, staff, parents and alumni it\u2019s pretty hard to bake in value to all the audiences, but Milligan is confident that\u2019s what they\u2019ve done. He\u2019s also happy the app is enabling the university to meet the audience where it wants to be communicated with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s of the upmost importance. You should always communicate to your customer base on the medium or platform that they are on most regularly,\u201d said Milligan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/05\/wright-state-launches-mobile-app\/screenshot_2014-07-23-15-12-27\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32250\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot_2014-07-23-15-12-27-168x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u201cMobile is growing, especially with millennials, and that\u2019s not a trend, it\u2019s here. It\u2019s got it\u2019s feet in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tech corporations like Microsoft have bet heavily on mobile with an entire operating system designed around tablets and touch screens. That\u2019s the same direction Milligan believes Wright State should go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy belief is that we should be cloud first, mobile first, social first. To always look at that as a strategy moving forward, to implement solutions on campus, to help students matriculate, to help with the enrollment process,\u201d said Milligan. \u201cThose strategic decisions should focus on those three areas so that we are agile and have a scalable technology platform to move forward in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wright State App is available now at the Google Play and Apple App stores.<\/p>\n<p>Google Play store:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=edu.wright.mobile\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=edu.wright.mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple App store:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/wright-state-app\/id903198690?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/wright-state-app\/id903198690?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University has launched a mobile application that enables students on the go to check their class schedule and grades, make payments and learn about campus events. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/05\/wright-state-launches-mobile-app\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":32288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,733,729,748,2041,743,2040,2060,2017,744,725,2045,731,747,2114,2016,715,2042,2407,746,2117,719,2119,2061,2113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-alumni","category-around-campus","category-business","category-office-of-disability-services","category-engineering-computer-science","category-giving","category-graduate","category-nursing-health","category-education-human-services","category-home-news-sidebar","category-honors-program","category-lake-campus","category-liberal-arts","category-libraries","category-medicine","category-news","category-offices","category-professional-psychology","category-science-mathematics","category-service-learning-and-civic-engagement","category-special-categories","category-university-college","category-undergraduate","category-university-center-for-international-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32245"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32338,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32245\/revisions\/32338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}