1. Is There a Mobile App For That? presented by: Christopher Akin, Associate Director, Web Services USF Information Technology www.usf.edu/ITwww.usf.edu/IT Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association August 8, 2013

2. About USF A high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success Serves more than 47,000 students Ranked 50th in the nation for research expenditures, among all U.S. universities, public or private, for FY2010. Annual budget of $1.5 billion and an annual economic impact of $3.7 billion

3. About USF Information Technology USF IT Strategic Plan’s 8 Goals: 1: Student Success 2: Customer Service 3: Research 4: Administrative Effectiveness 5: Communication Strategy 6: IT Infrastructure 7: Governance and Funding 8: Employee Recruiting, Retention & Development

4. Web Services – Goal #5 Communication is a key component in the successful delivery of technology solutions and services... Projects supporting goal #5: – Content Management System – Portal and Ecommerce – Mobile Application

5. iUSF – USF’s Enterprise Mobile App Needs assessment – Leadership mandate – History lesson Feedback from students – BullMarket – Working w/interns for design and branding concepts Partnership with AT&T – Reviewed in-house technical abilities – No app development experience – “write once” publish to all devices – to stay as vendor agnostic as possible

6. iUSF – Lessons Learned Know your campus devices – iPhone, Droid, and to a lesser degree: Blackberry Publishing to the various stores – Timelines – Different requirements – Marketing blurbs – Apple submission process User issues – Critical reviews – Taking criticism and improving the product

7. What’s next for iUSF? Student Advisory Committee Added functionality Technology upgrade

8. Questions? For more information: – Visit www.usf.edu/ITwww.usf.edu/IT – Download iUSF! – Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/it.usf https://www.facebook.com/it.usf – HEEMAC – www.usf.edu/heemacwww.usf.edu/heemac Contact info: – Christopher Akin cakin@usf.edu 813-974-0898cakin@usf.edu