Education

Dorm Life, Campus Life, Social Life

Take the educational experience mobile

Today’s higher education landscape has never been more competitive. Colleges and universities must battle to attract and retain the best students and faculty, and are constantly searching for cost-effective ways to increase efficiency, improve campus operations, and deliver a richer learning experience. An institution-wide mobility strategy that provides mobile access to information, services, and applications from across an institution’s ecosystem can deliver on these goals, and help schools reach out to their key constituents – students, parents, alumni, faculty, and staff – in a whole new way. Pyxis Mobile’s solutions for education allow you to do just that.

Student-Life Applications

Mobile student information application for BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, or Windows Mobile that connects to a university’s existing data systems and provides the following functionality (broken out by user type):

For the Students:

Alerting: Class changes/cancellations, Emergency situations (with the ability to track receipt of message)
GPS: Track location of students in emergency, Click to map for class locations
Schedule: Access class schedule and detailed class information, Sports schedules/News/Events
Co-Op Work: Log/Edit work hours, Track work hours
Campus Spending Card: Add money to card, Monitor balance
Registration: Register for classes, Track GPA, Loan Balance, Tuition
Security: Request escort for campus security, Real-time edit of request
Dining Hall: View what's on the menu at each location
Announcements: Keep up with campus announcements - good for commuters and students who might not regularly log in to campus systems
Student ID info: Quick access to this important, hard to remember information
Contact directory: Access University departments & staff

For Faculty:

Updates on assignments
Change of class schedule
Reminders using alerts
Updates on assignments
Change of class schedule
Reminders using alerts

For Alumni:

Track campus news & events
Buy/reserve tickets for sports/concerts etc.
Respond to solicitations

The UpperClass Application

Pyxis Mobile’s UpperClass application package provides your school with a rich-client mobile application that runs across BlackBerry, iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile smartphones. The package supports two user groups and includes connection to up to four data systems. Standard package pricing is designed to deliver low cost and high value to schools with over 2500 students.

Mobile Learning Applications

Boston University MS in Investment Management

Professor Scott Stewart joined Boston University in 2001 after a 16-year fund management career, including founding and leading a $45 billion global investment team at a major investment firm. Scott teaches two MS in Investment Management (MSIM) "portfolio management" courses. His MSIM mobile application extends critical data to the students allowing them to collaborate and stay on top of real-time critical data and news.