A new website that Kevin Schneider, Acting Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice-President of Information and Communication Technology, referred to as “All Things Mobile at the U of S” in the November 18 issue of On Campus News has been launched. This site lists and describes the university’s mobile-friendly websites, mobile projects that are in development, and other mobile services. The site also makes it easy for the U of S community to suggest ideas for iUsask or to volunteer to be on a focus group to improve iUsask.

If you have built a great mobile service, are working on something great or have mobile resources you’d like to promote, you can email its_mobile@usask.ca to have it showcased on the Mobile at the U of S website. To see the website visit: www.usask.ca/mobile

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Technology Week is October 31st - November 4th this year and we would like to invite students, staff and faculty to participate in the fun-filled slate of edutaining events!

Select highlights include:

• Retro Movie Night
• Internet Access Panel Discussions
• FREE Laptop Security Clinics
• Copyright Webinars
• Blackboard Demos
• Mobile Security Sessions
• Cloud Computing & SharePoint Presentations

Full details on these excellent Technology Week sessions (and more!) can be found at http://www.usask.ca/technologyweek/.

For more information, contact
Brad Flavell Office of the Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice-President Information and Communications Technology brad.flavell@usask.ca

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Demand for access to online services from mobile devices is increasing rapidly. For this reason Mobile Service Delivery has been identified as a priority by Rick Bunt, CIO and AVP Information and Communications Technology.

Since ITS plays a critical role in the ability of the U of S to provide the necessary ICT environment for mobility and to deliver mobile services, ITS has developed a Mobile Action Plan to identify strategies and initiatives that will move the U of S forward with its mobile initiative.

As part of this, a recently established ICT innovation fund has resulted in a call for proposals with the goal of supporting mobile and e-learning initiatives. Read the call for proposals.

Learn more about the ICT Mobile Service Delivery Initiative.

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Faculty, staff and students can now sign up in PAWS to receive timely information and need-to-know campus news on their text-enabled mobile devices. All members of the campus community will still receive these important messages by email, whether they carry mobile devices and have signed up for this new service or not.

This new service allows members of our increasingly connected campus community to benefit from timely information delivered directly to them regardless of their location.

• Phase one, launched today, allows designated staff to send high-priority notices about unexpected events, such as hazards on campus or weather alerts, by text message.
• Phase two, beginning in early January, will allow instructors to send time-sensitive information to students taking their courses. Instructors are invited to explore text messaging as a way to communicate with their students at the beginning of the next academic term.

To sign up for PAWS text messaging:

• log into PAWS and choose the “Mobile” link in the PAWS Announcements channel;
• enter the 10-digit telephone number associated with your mobile device and click “Save”.

For more information about this new service please visit the text messaging FAQs or contact the ITS Help Desk .

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