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Ellucian Mobile: Build, Customize & Launch Connie Minnick Technical Solutions Consultant, Sr. Ellucian

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Agenda

What is Ellucian Mobile? Deployment Flavors Mobile Device & Cloud Demo Roadmap & Summary

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Ellucian Mobile – What is It?

• A complete mobile solution that can be

easily integrated with existing—and constantly evolving—IT platforms and

• strategies. Delivered on an mobile

framework that supports native and web applications.

• Institutions can choose to implement an

easily configurable application that can be fully launched in hours or opt to build, customize, and manage their own mobile environments

N A T I V E A P P L I C A T I O N S H T M L W E B A P P L I C A T I O N S B e s t P e r f o r m a n c e B e s t U s a b i l i t y N a t i v e O S F e a t u r e s

• G e o l o c a t i o n
• C a m e r a
• M u l t i - t o u c h

B e s t L o o k i n g E a s i e r t o D e v e l o p W r i t e - O n c e - R u n - A n y w h e r e A d d D y n a m i c a l l y E a s i e r t o M a i n t a i n T h e B e s t o f B o t h W o r l d s

NATIVE APPS DIRECTORIES GRADES NEWS SCHEDULES EVENTS TWITTER/FACEBOOK MAPS COURSES CAMPUS BOOKSTORE

• Best Performance
• Best Usability
• Native OS

Features

• Seamless

Integration Ap p lic a tio n Ed itio n P la tf o r m Ed itio n

I n s t i t u t i o n D o w n l o a d A p p S h a r e d D o w n l o a d A p p

ADMISSIONS

• BANNER
• COLLEAGUE
• POWERCAMPUS
• PARTNER/LMS
• COMMUNITY SOURCE
• Ellucian ECOSYSTEM
• NON-Ellucian APPS
• Multi-Entity Support
• Dynamic Configuration

T h e C o m p l e t e E l l u c i a n M o b i l e S o l u t i o n

Architecture

Feeds Phone/Tablet Mobile App Institution’s Mobile Server Events LDAP …

Banner Power Campus Colleague

Licensing Services Configuration App

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Agenda

What is Ellucian Mobile? Deployment Flavors

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Ellucian Mobile Deployment

Mobile Integration Server  Pre-built integration to Colleague, Banner, and PowerCampus  Provides direct, real-time access to ERP data, news, events, maps, etc.  Deployed in university data center Configuration System  Simple, non-technical interface  Each university can fully brand and configure mobile app  NO mobile device programming required!  Deployed as a SaaS service hosted by Ellucian Application Edition  Single Ellucian mobile application in App stores  Full native support for iOS and Android devices  Ellucian responsible for all mobile OS maintenances and updates Platform Edition – All the above, PLUS  Source Code  Generate code for multiple devices  Client builds their own application

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Ellucian Mobile Options – Things to Consider

Advantages

 Easy-to-use Cloud Configuration Interface  Dynamically add content  Manage Multiple Institutions/Entities

Application Edition Platform Edition Deploy in Hours Full Branding in App Store Maintained by Ellucian Add your own Custom Apps Considerations “Ellucian GO” App in stores Higher Skills & Resources Required (Objective C & Java) Limited to Delivered Modules Institution Maintains App

(requires developer’s license)

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Agenda

What is Ellucian Mobile? Deployment Flavors Mobile Device & Cloud Demo

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Installation Overview

• Install the public facing Mobile Server

− Deploy a WAR file to a Tomcat server − Uncomment/Modify several lines in Groovy configuration file

• Log into SaaS cloud configuration server
• Enter link to mobile server
• Configure plugins
• Brand the app
• Add modules
• Test and publish

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Agenda

What is Ellucian Mobile? Deployment Flavors Mobile Device & Cloud Demo Roadmap & Summary

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Roadmap Highlights for 3.5

(Targeting June/July 2014)

Highlight

Value

Enhanced Registration

• Banner 8.x registration support
• Direct integration with Banner XE

new registration module

• Colleague “Add to Plan”

improvement

Persona Support

• Ability for institutions to configure

the availability and access of all services based on persona, i.e. roles and permissions support

ADFS Support

• Support for Single Sign On using

ADFS

Expandable Menu Headers

• Menus can be collapsed and

expanded

• #1 vote getter on IDEAs portal

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Roadmap Highlights for 4.0

(Targeting Q4 2014)

Highlight

Value

Student Finances

• View Account Balance, Pay My Bill
• View My Financial Aid
• Add $ to Payment Card

Partner Enablement

• Deliver partner solutions to Ellucian Mobile
• Supports single point-of-entry for institution

Ellucian HUB Integration

• SSO from Ellucian HUB to cloud Configuration
• Use Roles from Ellucian HUB to secure

individual fields and configurations, especially for multi-institution environments

Local Establishment Marketplace

• Enable local establishments to “advertise” and

promote time-based deals/info directly to students and campus

• Institutional revenue opportunity

Ellucian Portal Integration

• News, Announcements and Events from

SharePoint Portal

Full ILP Enablement

• Aligns to ILP for Banner and D2L release

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Roadmap Highlights for 4.5

Highlight

Value

New OS

• Support for Windows (Mobile and Tablet)

OS Updates

• On-going updates to Android and iOS

Advancement Integration

• Development officer dashboard
• Major donor profile

Registration Enhancements

• Registration for PowerCampus
• Registration for Quercus
• Add/Drop
• Waitlist notifications and acceptance

Recruiter Integration

• Prospect can submit basic information to

start recruiting account

• Basic Search

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Why Ellucian Mobile?

• Out-of-box support for Colleague, Banner & PowerCampus
• Next Generation User Interface
• Flexible Implementation Options
• Fast Deployment
• No Programming Required
• Deep Branding and Customizable
• Multiple Entities/Configurations
• Multiple Language Support

− French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, & Localization for date/time, …

• 650+ institutions and counting

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What Others are Saying…

• “Everything is done for you. We

spent more time talking about mobile in meetings than it took for me to deploy it. You can tell that Ellucian put a lot of effort into this product, and I get the sense that they will keep expanding it.”

• - Reuben Marcus, Manager of Portal and Web

Services Fashion Institute of Technology

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Any Questions? connie.minnick@ellucian.com Questions

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