IU launches new mobile program

Need to check the bus schedule, grades or campus events? There’s a site for that.

IU Mobile launched last week. It’s a new service designed for cell phones with data plans, said Brian McGough, project manager and director of enterprise software for University Information Technology Services.

The site, accessible through smart phones at the address m.iu.edu, is part of IU’s information technology plan Empowering People. It provides students with access to online information, including IU bus schedules, classified ads, an IU student directory and Oncourse.

Sophomore Lauren Mosbey currently uses the Internet on her phone to check her e-mail and said she thinks this program will really benefit students.

“Students always have their cell phones on them, and being able to access the information we need without a computer is useful,” she said. 

Freshman Dystany Riley agrees. Though new to IU, Riley spent the summer here taking classes and said it was frustrating when professors uploaded new information on Oncourse right before class. 

“It’s hard getting those messages when you’re not in front of a computer right before classes,” she said. “This will be easier for those professors who send last-minute information through Oncourse.”

McGough hopes students take advantage of this new service and asks for feedback to improve the Web site.

“We want to make sure to have as much as the students feel is necessary for a site like this,” he said. “We want to know what students want to add and what they don’t like.”