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UGA Mobile App Enhances Student Experience: EITS Team Integrates eLearning Commons and Improves Accessibility

Friday, July 19, 2024

Over the past year, the Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) Web and Mobile Technology team has been working to improve the student digital experience. Their efforts include making multiple UGA applications more accessible to students by integrating them into the UGA Mobile App.

The newest improvement to the UGA Mobile App is the integration of eLearning Commons (eLC) to the student schedule view. With this new feature, students will be able to view upcoming assignments, test and quizzes in their schedule.

Students can find the newly integrated eLC assignments feature in the Mobile App by visiting the MyUGA Dashboard in the student view of the mobile app. eLC assignments, quizzes and tests are notated on the “My Week” and “My Day” views with a purple bar. Assignments, quizzes and tests can be viewed in more detail in My Day details.

To ensure all students can view their eLC assignments, quizzes and tests in the mobile app, faculty should make sure their course assignments, quizzes and tests are up to date in the web-based version of eLC.

 

eLC integration into the UGA Mobile App screen grabs.

 

The eLC integration to the UGA Mobile App is part of a multi-phase improvement plan where the EITS Web and Mobile Technology team has worked to expand the user experience for students, making the UGA Mobile App a one-stop shop to help students increase productivity by streamlining our services.

Additional improvements to the app:

  • A new Support Funds module in the app’s Well-Being folder allows students to request support funds in the student view and helps parents learn more about support funds in the parents and visitors view. The support funds, coordinated by Student Care and Outreach, are not scholarships, nor are they intended for tuition and fees, but instead provide emergency and/or temporary financial assistance to address specific temporary circumstances students may be facing. 
  • The EITS Web and Mobile Technology team has been working with the Disability Resource Center to help make the UGA Mobile App more accessible. The most recent accessibility update was to increase the text size in the app for those who are vision impaired.

For more information about improvements to the UGA Mobile App, contact David Crouch, dave@uga.edu.

This information was accurate and complete at the time of publication. Changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact the accuracy of the information.