iPhone App - December 14 Updates
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We have not submitted any new version this week. We are still working on the items listed last week. We are planning on submitting Version 1.4 Wednesday Dec 19th.
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We have not submitted any new version this week. We are still working on the items listed last week. We are planning on submitting Version 1.4 Wednesday Dec 19th.
1) Events:
A new unified display for My Registrations and My Events was pushed. Events listing and event details now have a unified look. Registration options can now be changed on the event details page. You can also see the number of "Likes" and "Comments".
We have not submitted any new version this week.
We are currently working on:
- Auto-login: logs user back in even after they have killed the App.
- Formatting: making sure the text size and paddings are all aligned.
- Notifications: event reminders, event updated.
- People section: allow users to browse pictures of students from their class and access useful information such as their email address.
2) Events:
On the event creation page we modified the "Save" button into "Create Event", because an event is created and visible on the calendar as soon as the button is hit. We also fixed the re-ordering of the Registrations Options. Moreover, when starting a new event registration without being logged on, a user used to see an empty Order Summary just after logging on successfully. We fixed this. Lastly, the timeslot issue for the duplicated events has been fixed. The same timeslot should now be displayed on the "Edit Event" page and on the "RSVP" page.
3) My Profile:
We improved each page's look and feel, keeping the same display for each type of content (title - borders - buttons).
4) Navigation:
The left menu has been improved thanks to the addition of Javascript. Pages are now being called in Ajax in order to speed up loading time. Additionally, the loading message has been improved to contain more text/details and be easier to read. Also, the Generic Privacy Messages (example: "This page can only be accessed by Group Members"), have been improved to better match the context in which they were displayed. Finally, we changed the search and status boxes default values and behaviors.
5) Notifications:
We fixed some display issues on the comment boxes of the Notifications page.
6) Discussion Board:
We fixed a display issue (i.e. We added poster info back to the right), and we improved this widget's loading time.
7) Tags:
We made the Tags look more similar across all pages.
8) Stats:
We are now tracking Google Analytics hits on ajax calls. Also, a small bug encountered when accessing school statistics has been fixed.
9) Security:
We ran an audit on our Web pages and have added security to a number of pages.
Version 1.3 currently waiting for Apple's approval will contain the following updates:
We hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Our next System Updates will be posted at the end of this week.
1) Navigation:
We changed the layout of the Settings menu under Manage Group. The school administrator Control Panel is now separated for the group settings options, and located to the right (in red). It is now easier to access and click for school administrators.Also, the Bookmarks button (little star on the right of the search box) was moved under My Profile and the Notifications button was made larger with "Notifications" written in order to make it more visible, like we did with the Manage button previously.
2) Media:
We reverted the feature which allows adding multiple tags to photos and documents. Moreover, if a user deletes all of a document's or photo's tags, default assigned tag will be "Unpublished". In addition, after clicking on the name of a tag (under My profile > My Documents, or Media > Docs), it is now possible to edit a document's tags from the popup. Once the popup is closed the list of tags is now refreshed to display any recent updates.
3) Website:
Unless granted permission under Settings > officers, officers will not be able to manage group website. Also, we fixed the website's "Colors & Graphics" section.
4) Events:
We fixed a bug where picked timeslots appeared twice in RSVP email confirmations. Additionally, from now on if an officer is not allowed to manage events, he/she cannot delete them anymore.
5) Group Emails:
Under sent emails, the "Not verified" Button enables to display recipients who have not read the email. A signature has to be included at the end of the sent email for this feature to be enabled.
6) Money:
Zero dollar transactions can now be included when downloading the excel report of a club's transactions.
CampusGroups by Ready Education help build community by encouraging active participation of all students, not just those who are the most engaged
In July 2020, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) America's first research university launched CampusGroups at its Homewood and Peabody campuses. Homewood is the university’s main campus and home to two major undergraduate schools.
A year after, it rolled out the community platform university wide. Spread over nine campuses and three continents, JHU has over 30,000 students, including over 20,000 graduate students.
Due to the university’s structure, JHU implemented the CampusGroups Portal feature (“Hopkins Groups”) with multiple Community Hubs. One for each campus.
This has enabled each campus to have a custom landing page and menu, creating a personalized experience for students and administrators.
According to Calvin Smith, JHU’s Director of Student Leadership and Involvement, this rollout increased connectivity across JHU campuses. The biggest windfalls reportedly are:
Increased student engagement.
A better user experience.
More granular involvement stats.
Mobile apps increasingly drive how students gather information, learn, work, and socialize. It is therefore critical for colleges to have a dedicated campus app as an engagement tool.
The aim is to have a mobile app that is the go-to resource for students. Having a well-designed app is only half the battle. It is also important to implement a mobile app adoption and engagement strategy, targeting new and existing students.
As the providers of a campus community platform, serving 70% of the top universities in the United States, we have put together some tips for increasing campus app adoption.
On Friday, April 8th, the CG team was beyond thrilled to host our 2nd annual virtual conference with our wonderful campus partners!
We were delighted to gather together and connect with so many creative and innovative campus leaders at CampusGroups Rendez-Vous ‘22! It was such a pleasure to see and hear from the incredible members of the CG community! 💙
Over 400 attendees from 12 countries and 141 campuses around the globe joined us for an exciting day of discussions, inspiration, discovery and new connections!
11 presenters from 8 institutions shared creative ways they have been adapting and innovating to keep their students connected and engaged.