{"id":1315,"date":"2012-09-13T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2012-09-13T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:22:31","slug":"inorthampton-release-2-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2012\/09\/13\/inorthampton-release-2-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"iNorthampton Release 2 – now available"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce the latest release of iNorthampton<\/a> which has been updated in response to staff and student feedback. This release builds on many of the requests which have been made, along with providing an excellent foundation for further development.<\/p>\n

\"icon<\/a>General Improvements based on feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Need to be able to personalise the app more”<\/p>\n

We have included the ability to define your role when using the app from the first launch. This puts a framework in place to enable us to deliver more personalised information in the future.
\nYou are now able to rearrange the tools on the springboard to move the ones you use most to the top – or just to a new page (currently only available on iOS).<\/p>\n

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Specific improvements to current tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"iNorthampton<\/a>You want updates\/improvements to Maps. “And maybe a campus walkthrough, using video or augmented reality”<\/p>\n

The main campus maps have been updated and will continue to be updated as new maps are released.<\/p>\n

We have made augmented reality functionality available for iNorthampton on the iPhone 4 and 4S. Users of these devices can now lay a map of key buildings on top of the picture they see on screen through their camera lens. This dynamically updates as the phone moves to reflect each building and its distance from the phone.<\/p>\n

We are currently looking at a tour to be included in a later release.<\/p>\n

You would like “to be able to check your library account and renew books”<\/p>\n

The library website has become more ‘mobile friendly’ and you will be directed to this when you have conducted a search. You will see a link termed “View availability on Library Site” which will take you to the library site and allow you to login to check your account and renew books. We’re still looking into ways to bring these links into iNorthampton.<\/p>\n

“There should be more content from the Students’ Union”<\/p>\n

We have worked with the \u00a0Students’ Union to add SU news, the SU Youtube channel and SU photo galleries. You will see these when\u00a0viewing\u00a0the ‘news’, ‘videos’ and ‘images’ links from the springboard whilst in either the ‘Current Student’ or ‘Prospective Student’ profiles.<\/p>\n

“I want to\u00a0get\u00a0notifications\/reminders from NILE”<\/p>\n

This is now available as part of a separate download of Blackboard Mobile Learn rather than being part of the app at this stage – we hope to bring it into iNorthampton very soon. The separate Mobile Learn App is recommended for iPad users in any case as it has been\u00a0optimised\u00a0for this device.<\/p>\n

The link to NILE within iNorthampton will still provide mobile access to all of your sites on NILE and has been used in a number of pilot projects in The School of Arts<\/a> and also Science and Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Why can’t I get NILE on my Blackberry?”<\/p>\n

You can – but you have to get the separate Blackboard Mobile Learn<\/a> app. It’s not possible to build this into another app on the Blackberry platform as it stands. We’re hoping that upcoming changes to the Blackberry operating system<\/a> will\u00a0allow us to improve the iNorthampton experience for Blackberry users.<\/p>\n

\"iNorthampton<\/a>Improvements to the timetable module – “I don’t want to have to log in every time, and should show more of my timetable when I do”<\/p>\n

The iNorthampton link to timetables has been completely redesigned for Phase 2 and now allows:<\/p>\n