Released in 2009, iUsask was Canada's first iPhone app created for university students.[1] The app offered personalized class schedule, grades, news, library access, a campus map, final exam schedule, webcams and many other features.[2] The app creation was a collaboration between the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan Computer Science Department, and the team that later became Push Interactions.[2] The project required tying together many different systems, including Banner, Moodle, iHelp and eHandin, to offer the features. The app was covered nationwide by many news organizations[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] because it was the first of its kind for university students in Canada and it contained a wide range of features as a result of the collaboration across the University of Saskatchewan on the project. With the motto "iUsask puts the University of Saskatchewan in your pocket!", the work was a collaboration of many people from the University of Saskatchewan.

References

  1. 1 2 "U Saskatchewan in the lead? Check your iPhone - Macleans.ca". macleans.ca. 30 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 "App Development – iUsask". www.pushinteractions.com.
  3. ↑ "Maclean's University Edition" (PDF). usask.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. ↑ Push Interactions (3 November 2010). "CBC National- University Mobile App Demo" – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "On Campus News" (PDF). collegemobile.com.
  6. ↑ "iUSask – a Canadian first – The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper". www.charlatan.ca.
  7. ↑ "Sask. university teaches iPhone programming - CBC News". cbc.ca.
  8. ↑ "Globe and Mail" (PDF). collegemobile.com.
  9. ↑ "Marks now available online – The Sheaf – The University of Saskatchewan Newspaper Since 1912". thesheaf.com. 17 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "University gets its own iPhone app - University Affairs". universityaffairs.ca.
  11. ↑ "Green and White" (PDF). collegemobile.com.
  12. ↑ "U of S Team Wins Award of Innovation for iUSask Mobile App". newswise.com.
  13. ↑ "iUsask named top app in Canada for navigating universities (University of Saskatchewan)". article.wn.com.
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