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12 Tuesday September 8 2015 EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY Welcome college students FORT SMITH is a vibrant active town with many activities for families. We encourage you to make use of our trails walkways and recreational facilities over 20 parks playgrounds play spaces and green spaces including the new paved track ball diamonds soccer pitch tennis courts and the Thebacha Trail. FOR MORE INFORMATION about facilities and programs and details on volunteer opportunities please contact 867 872-4732 or 867 872-8400 and check our website at www.fortsmith.ca. WWW.FORTSMITH.CA We look forward to meeting you and we hope you will enjoy your stay in Fort Smith. Aurora College Locations Campus and Research Centre Locations Community Learning Centres Communities Great Slave Lake Mackenzie River Mac kenzie River Great Bear Lake SIXTIETH PARALLEL Inuvik Yellowknife Fort Smith Slav Sachs Harbour Ulukhatek Tuktoyaktuk Paulatuk Tsegehtchic Fort McPherson Aklavik Colville Lake Fort Good Hope Norman Wells Tulita Deline Gameti Wekweeti Whati Behchoko Lutselke Fort Simpson Fort Liard Fort Providence Hay River Dene Reserve Hay River Fort Resolution Ndilo Dettah Wrigley Trout Lake Nahanni Butte Jean Marie River Kakisa Enterprise NUNAVUT YUKON By DALI CARMICHAEL Aurora College is striving to keep up with the times with a new informative smartphone application. Available now the new software was de- veloped to keep the student body informed and to replace an agenda the school used to provide an initiative deemed to be too costly and stagnant to continue. We did a survey with the students and I found about 30 per cent of people were ac- tually using the agendas said Jeff OKeefe vice president of Student Affairs. We just decided that wed try and get really techno and forward and with the current genera- tion and see if students bought into an app. The pick-up has been slow but steady. As of Sept. 3 halfway through registration week more than 150 students had downloaded the app and created their own personalized accounts. The initiative is one of the rst major steps taken after Student Affairs representatives from the schools three campuses came to- gether in Fort Smith earlier this year and de- cided to reinvigorate student services. We developed a new vision mission and values OKeefe said. We recognize there are rules and policies and all but we also want to see things from the students perspective. Are our processes fair Are they easy to navigate Were always trying to think that way so we continually strive to improve. Were trying to enrich your college experience enhance your college life and inspire you to live healthy well-balanced lives while youre with us. The mobile program was built to help stu- dents across the territory. In addition to being used as an agenda with a dynamic calendar function the app was de- signed to help students get better acquainted with each of their respective new homes. We want the students who are moving into these communities - Fort Smith Inuvik and Yellowknife - to not just rely completely on the college for their life and their opportuni- ties but also to engage with the community and whatever we have on here gives more opportunities for them. Italsooffersanavenueforregionalbusinesses and organizations to share everything from events to deals and discounts with the users. Like many community Facebook pages the app serves to organize a plethora of ser- vices in one place. Within days of the apps release rideshare forums marketplace of- ferings housing options and job openings had already been posted. Students can use the program for academic purposes as well. Under a courses tab they can input information from course syllabi to keep track of important assignment and test due dates. I nd it convenient because it helps me it reminds me when I have a test or what my schedule is and what events are going on said Felicia Beaulieu a second-year business administration student from Behchoko. Its better than carrying that book because ev- eryone already has a phone. Its pretty easy all the courses you have you can put in there. The app was developed by OOHLALA a Montreal-basedcompanydedicatedtothecre- ation of apps for post-secondary institutions. TheAuroraCollegeappiscompatiblewithAn- droidsmartphonesiPhonesiPadsandtablets. Aurora keeping students in touch with new smartphone app PhotoDaliCarmichael Students can track courses and nd deals in town with the new Aurora College app.