CSULB Mobile app, YOU CARE!

It's no mystery that college students are glued to their smart phones! CSULB caught up with the times and made a mobile app for us!

The home page has two screens to swipe 

Version 1.0 was released back in November of 2012 by Desire2Learn Incorporated and has gotten some bugs fixed since then.

ASI members Duong Vuong, Aaron Elimelech, Rachel Hendrickson, Elizabeth Renteria, and Sahil Bhalla helped develop the app to tailor CSULB students.

The main features on the application surround basic student needs:

• News: ASI updates, sports coverage, campus events, and BeachSync access for organizations
• Dining: which includes all restaurants on campus and residential dining hall options.
• General info: access to BeachBoard, library services, weather, campus directory, police contact numbers, transit and 49er Shops bookstore shopping.

The neat thing is all windows are contained within the application.

Desire2Learn is the website that houses BeachBoard after the transition from BlackBoard happened a couple years ago.

The application has everything 49ers would need to know, at the touch of their fingertips.

Senior business major Michelle Herrara has it on her smartphone, "I love it for the shuttle times" she said.

The crazy thing is the times are accurate! CSULB mobile has arrival times for both campus shuttles and city bus routes near campus.

The mobile app also has updated campus news from all publications including the Daily 49er, ASI Newsletter, Inside CSULB, Beach Review, and EmeriTies.

Student publications are updated daily, so if you don't have time to pick up a hardcopy of the Daily 49er, not to worry! The same stories are available on the CSULB application.

For sports fans, there is an athletics menu that has headlines, scores and upcoming games so you'll never miss a beat.

The Dining button is very useless, simply because it serves little to hungry students that may want to look up menus or food prices. The ResDining menu is very helpful because it lists food options for each dining hall for each day. They had blueberry pancakes today! YUM!

Overall, it's a handy service to have for anyone armed with a smartphone. "It's a good tool to have. If you're on a wifi network, it's smooth" senior engineering major Alex Armas reminds us.

We have all struggled with BeachNet+ on campus, but with regular wifi the application isn't as slow.

Thank you ASI, Desire2Learn, Information Technology Services and Division of Student Services for such a great resource for students!

GO BEACH!