{"id":12743,"date":"2017-11-24T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T23:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=12743"},"modified":"2017-11-25T19:05:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T00:05:42","slug":"college-launches-mymdc-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/college-launches-mymdc-mobile-app\/","title":{"rendered":"College Launches MyMDC Mobile Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College will soon be in the palm of your hands when the College launches a new mobile application on Nov. 29. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In partnership with MDC web services and the informational technology departments, the College will release the MyMDC app with 10 features including data such as alerts and notifications, financial aid, grades and class schedules, library information, financial aid awards, campus maps and building information. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou\u2019ll have a central place for most of the notifications the College has for you,\u201d said Frederik Creugers, associate vice provost at MDC\u2019s business solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To access all features, students must download it through Google Play or the App Store, and log in with your student credentials. Once logged in, the application shows customized information like financial aid, any holds on the student\u2019s account and checked out or overdue books from the library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s something we knew the students wanted, but we had to figure out the backends of the application first,\u201d said Andrew Seaga, the College webmaster and one of the MyMDC developers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The College hopes to expand use of the app to different audiences, such as faculty, staff and college visitors. Development of the product started in July of this year, but the process originally started four years ago. Plans were postponed due to the College\u2019s switch from Odyssey to PeopleSoft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the features the developers are excited about is the campus map feature, which shows \u00a0students where they are on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe campus maps have different pins and when you click on the pin, it has a photo of the building and a description of its respective services,\u201d Seaga said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seaga said the team hopes to have new features<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first update is planned for late February<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out every three months, which will depend on student feedback. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe want students to drive that; tell us what you would like to have and propose those features to us,\u201d Seaga said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff writer Corbin Bolies contributed \u00a0to this story. \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College will soon be in the palm of your hands when the College launches a new mobile application on Nov. 29. 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