Is There a Mobile App For That? presented by: Christopher Akin, Associate Director, Web Services USF Information Technology Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association August 8, 2013

About USF A high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success Serves more than 47,000 students Ranked 50th in the nation for research expenditures, among all U.S. universities, public or private, for FY2010. Annual budget of $1.5 billion and an annual economic impact of $3.7 billion

About USF Information Technology USF IT Strategic Plan’s 8 Goals: 1: Student Success 2: Customer Service 3: Research 4: Administrative Effectiveness 5: Communication Strategy 6: IT Infrastructure 7: Governance and Funding 8: Employee Recruiting, Retention & Development

Web Services – Goal #5 Communication is a key component in the successful delivery of technology solutions and services... Projects supporting goal #5: – Content Management System – Portal and Ecommerce – Mobile Application

iUSF – USF’s Enterprise Mobile App Needs assessment – Leadership mandate – History lesson Feedback from students – BullMarket – Working w/interns for design and branding concepts Partnership with AT&T – Reviewed in-house technical abilities – No app development experience – “write once” publish to all devices – to stay as vendor agnostic as possible

iUSF – Lessons Learned Know your campus devices – iPhone, Droid, and to a lesser degree: Blackberry Publishing to the various stores – Timelines – Different requirements – Marketing blurbs – Apple submission process User issues – Critical reviews – Taking criticism and improving the product

What’s next for iUSF? Student Advisory Committee Added functionality Technology upgrade

Questions? For more information: – Visit – Download iUSF! – Like us on Facebook – HEEMAC – Contact info: – Christopher Akin