CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ex
Libris®, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce that
the Ex Libris campusM™ mobile solution and portal has powered the
University of Montana's campus app for
a full year, with resounding success.
The University of Montana (UM), an
early North American adopter of the internationally popular campusM
solution, launched the app in August
2016 and has received nearly 12,000 registrations in just
one year. The solution's ease of use and robust administration
interface led to a rapid implementation brought about by only a
small core team of four people, a few student employees, and IT
colleagues across campus to assist with some of the
development.
According to analytics available through the campusM solution,
the most popular services and functionality provided by the app
include the LMS integration with Moodle, food menus through the
Food Zoo option, and personalized class schedules and grades. Food
Zoo, which was developed with the campusM App Extension Kit (AEK),
displays cafeteria menus, nutritional information, and daily
updates for students.
In a particularly successful campaign, the UM team used the
campusM app, leveraging its push notifications mechanism, to host
voting in the annual student government elections. This voting
system, which resulted in an extremely positive turnout, replaced
the Ellucian Banner® system used previously.
Upcoming developments for the UM campusM app include a tutoring
service to help connect students with tutors on campus, an
International Development Studies (IDS) service to connect students
in the IDS program with scholarship, internship, and program
information, and integration with the university's Cascade Content
Management System so that content owners can more easily manage
their service content.
"The University of Montana wanted a
mobile infrastructure that is independent of any student or
financial ERP systems and that offers the autonomy to develop
interfaces to consume data from any internal or external systems,"
said UM Assistant CIO Jeff Abbott. "We also wanted to be able to
present relevant data to end users quickly and easily in a
UM-branded view. As we discovered, customization and connectivity
are a key strength of Ex Libris products. Our development team was
able to leverage the independent and robust integration
infrastructure of campusM and quickly deploy tiles and data to our
end user community with great success and adoption."
Ex Libris Mobile and Learning Solutions Director Derek Rathel commented, "The University of Montana leadership and Ex Libris have
formed an ideal partnership. As demonstrated by the popularity of
the app among students, UM has done an outstanding job of
leveraging the campusM development kit to best cater to the needs
of its community. The university is clearly striving to realize the
full potential of the campusM platform."
About the University of
Montana
The University of Montana is a place
where top-tier students, educators, and researchers from across the
country and around the globe come and thrive. UM is located in
Missoula, Montana's second-largest
city with a population of 80,000 residents. The University draws
a diverse population to Missoula and helps cultivate an
educated, engaged, and vibrant community. More than 12,000 students
attend UM and Missoula College, where they receive a world-class
education in a broad range of subjects, which include the trades,
liberal arts, graduate and postdoctoral study, and professional
training.
About Ex Libris
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is a leading global provider of
cloud-based solutions for higher education. Offering SaaS solutions
for the management and discovery of the full spectrum of library
and scholarly materials, as well as mobile campus solutions driving
student engagement and success, Ex Libris serves thousands of
customers in 90 countries. For more information about
Ex Libris campusM, see our website, and join us
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