USciences’ Mobile Strategy
Rodney B. Murray, PhD
Executive Director
Office of Academic Technology
Presentation Agenda
•  Discover USciences
•  Why a mobile strategy?
•  What is our mobile strategy?
•  What lessons did we learn?
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Do you use audience response
systems at your institution?
Go to http://rwpoll.com
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Enter Session ID: usciences
1.  Yes
2.  No
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DISCOVER USCIENCES
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Which Domain belongs to
USciences?
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pcps.edu
usip.edu
usp.edu
usciences.edu
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Discover USciences
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President Helen Giles-Gee
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WHY A MOBILE STRATEGY?
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#1 Our Students are Digital
Natives
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#2 We Need to Reach
Students Where They Live
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#3 It’s a Post-PC World
Tim Cook
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#4 Apps are Taking Over
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Does Your Institution Have a
Mobile Strategy?
1.  Yes - it’s in production
2.  Almost - it’s in development
3.  Not really – it’s being planned
4.  What’s a mobile strategy?
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WHAT IS USCIENCES’ MOBILE
STRATEGY?
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USciences Mobile Strategy
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Strategy #1
MIGRATE FROM ANGEL TO
BLACKBOARD
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Migrate from Angel
to Blackboard
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Which LMS Do You Use?
1.  Angel
2.  Blackboard
3.  Desire2Learn
4.  Moodle
5.  Sakai
6.  Other
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How Did We Migrate?
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Strategy #2
DEVELOP MOBILE APPS
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Develop Mobile Apps
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Blackboard Mobile Learn
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Develop Mobile Apps
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Bb Mobile Central
6 months
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Bb Mobile Central Milestones
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USciences
App
3 minute video
m.usciences.edu
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Strategy #3
ENABLE CAMPUS-WIDE
VIDEO CAPTURE
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Do You Use Video/Lecture
Capture?
1.  Yes – Echo360
2.  Yes – Mediasite
3.  Yes – Panopto
4.  Yes – Tegrity
5.  Yes – Other
6.  No
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Campus-wide Video Capture
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Campus-wide Video Capture
1. Your students will love you for it
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60-Second Lecture Contest
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Dr. David
Graduate
Assistant Program
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Strategy #4
IPAD PILOT
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Do You Have an iPad
Program?
1.  Yes – All Students
2.  Yes – Selected Depts/Programs
3.  Yes – In Pilot Mode
4.  Not Yet – In Planning Stages
5.  No Plans
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iPad Pilot: 100 Students in
Chemistry & Physical Therapy
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iPad Pilot: “Must-have Apps”
Bb Mobile Learn
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Panopto iOS App
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Strategy #5
BUILD ITUNES U PUBLIC SITE
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Do You Have an iTunes U
Site?
1.  Yes – Private Site
2.  Yes – Public Site
3.  Yes – Public & Private Site
4.  Not Yet – Planning Stage
5.  No Plans
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USciences iTunes U
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WHAT LESSONS DID WE
LEARN?
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Key Lessons Learned
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Selection and migration to Blackboard
Working with Bb Mobile Team
Campus-wide video/lecture capture
iPad Pilot
iTunes U
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Acknowledgements
•  Mark Nestor, CIO
•  Academic Technology
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Andrew Esposito
Joseph Evanick
Rich Cosgriff
Amy McLaughlin
•  Information Technology
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Bryan Emmanuel
Steve Stratoti
Thomas Horton
John Masciantonio
•  Marketing
–  Angela Buchanico
–  Amy Christian
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Questions?
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Rodney B. Murray, PhD
r.murray@usciences.edu
www.usciences.edu
Twitter: @rodspods
•  www.InsideHigherEd.com/thepulse
•  www.RodsPulsePodcast.com
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