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May 25, 2012
ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ web developers announce new mobile app feature
Life at the University of Louisiana at Monroe can now be experienced a new way—through user-submitted photos on the university's mobile app.
The app's new feature, "picture myÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½," stemmed from a meeting with ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ President Bruno and ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½'s Computing Center Web Development team.
Current students can now submit pictures from their mobile phones to the app's mobile photo gallery, which anyone can access.
Having photos submitted by willing students gives the photo gallery an honest representation of ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ life, said Richard Peacock, ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ web application programmer. "We wanted prospective students to see pictures of our students having fun and enjoying ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½," he added.
To use the "picture myÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½" feature, students can log into the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ mobile application and press the "Submit a Picture" icon. Students can then upload photographs from their phones. ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ staff members moderate the submitted pictures, and due to volume, only a few are selected each day.
ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ junior Hannah Wales is one of the students whose photography was selected for the gallery. "I really enjoy the picture myÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ feature because it gives me the opportunity to share my experiences around campus, and I feel honored to have my picture chosen on the gallery," said Wales.
The ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ mobile app for the Apple iPhones and Androids was revealed last summer, and the mobile application allows students, faculty, and staff to access instantly the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ systems they use most, including email, FlightPath, and Moodle. The latest feature "picture my ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½" gives ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ students a better opportunity to interact with the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ mobile app.
"We also see it as a fun and fairly unique feature. We are aware of only a handful of other college apps, nationwide, who have a similar service," said Peacock.
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