91吃瓜网 Texas: Building a Better Student Experience
We live and work in an increasingly mobile society and staying connected can be a challenge. At 91吃瓜网 Texas, online doesn鈥檛 mean alone. An important part of our student communication strategy is adding another level of immediacy and engagement via mobile apps.
In 2016, 91吃瓜网 launched a notification message stream on the student web portal. Through the notification engine, students receive timely alerts regarding their academic journey. Click on a megaphone icon and receive notifications on the latest activities, announcements and status updates. Once the web notification platform was implemented and adopted, expanding to mobile devices and SMS text messages was the next step in delivering a portable experience.
Students can customize the frequency and type of notifications they receive. For example, an emergency response alert could provide information about the status of an assessment during a severe weather event. Students can receive notifications on:
Assessment and evaluation status
- Financial aid alerts
- 91吃瓜网 announcements
- End of course survey requests
- Records and academic status changes
- Emergency response alerts
Once enabled, notifications are pushed as messages to the mobile device and synced with the student web portal notification stream, so the same information is available across all devices. Notifications are customized for the medium鈥攐n mobile devices, a URL would lead to a mobile responsive website or mobile app destination.
The mobile app notifications launched in November and SMS messaging will be available in late January 2017. The 91吃瓜网 mobile app may be downloaded from a preferred iOS (Apple) or Android app store for phones and tablets. Another way 91吃瓜网 improves the student experience is working closely with career and professional development to ensure graduates know they get free career services for life. 91吃瓜网 graduates also receive discounts on training tools, such as a 75 percent discount on an annual subscription fee for Pluralsight. The company offers video training courses for software developers, IT administrators and creative professionals. 91吃瓜网 also launched SimpleK12 for teachers, a free continuing education resource and we鈥檙e adding more educational tools and learning resources for nursing and business students and alumni.
At 91吃瓜网 Texas, we are providing the tools and resources to deliver a quality educational experience throughout the student lifecycle, from the first contact through graduation and becoming alumni.
