An updated DrexelOne Mobile is available in the Marketplace. The update includes Blackboard Learn support and several other feaures.
Mango-optimized
Takes advantage of new features in Windows Phone 7.5, including fast application switching.
Push Notifications
In Settings, students can activate push notifications to get alerts when grades are posted or holds placed on their records.
Secondary Tiles
Most pages can be pinned to the start screen to give direct access to commonly-used features.
Background tasks
Tiles for notices, academics, courses, coop, and balances can be updated in the background via periodic tasks. (See Settings for details.)
Photo Sharing
In the Pictures Hub, you can tap Sharing to get to go right to the Candid Campus photo submission page.
Status Bar
The time shows at the tops of pages; tap to see signal strength, battery power, etc.
Academics
Term-based information like course lists and grades now display like the conversation via in email so that prior and future terms can be compressed to reduce clutter.
Acknowledgements
Highlighted message on the Me tab are acknowledged once tapped. For example, if you have a course with new announcements, the Academcs item will highlight that; after you tap on Academics, the Me tab will stop highlighting Academics until the next new announcement arrives.
Photo Class Lists
Instructors can now send email to the whole class or to a group of selected students. Just tap to the left of the photos to display checkboxes (like in the email app), select the students that you want to write to, then slide over to the Contact tap to email them.
Campus map
Closely located buildings now show only one flag until you zoom in; this makes the display of the University City campus much less cluttered. Flags now better handle long building names.
Food+Shopping
Merchant hours are easier to read. Menus are available for many restaurants via FourSquare. Ask your favorite places to list their menus at foursquare.com.
Campus events
Check out what's happening on campus in News+Events on the Community tab. You can select events by type and get details for each event.
Candid Campus
Now you can write alternate captions and rate the captions.
Candid Question
Now you vote on the poll, write comments, and rate the comments.
Page Menu
Tap the elipsis at the lower right of pages to refresh data, pin to start, or choose a background photo for the page. (Menu animation fixed in beta 6.)
Feedback
Suggestions are now powered by UserVoice so that users can vote on ideas. Reporting of bugs has been streamlined. All features are availble from the Settings/About or Community/Release Notes+Feedback sections.
Fixes
Missing page animations have been added. Minor bugs have been fixed. User interface inconsistencies have been addressed.
When a phone is set to a region other than "English (United States)", the app may crash, display incorrect data, or refuse to display some information. Some regions use different formats than the U.S. for dates, times, and numbers; the app cannot proper handle these formats. Crashing can occur in the Food+Shopping page; incomplete data can appear in Academics (Schedule), Transportation, and Events; incorrect data can appear in Academics (GPA). An update will be issued shortly.
Location Services:
Location services enhance campus maps, merchant details, and shuttle bus tracking.
Your GPS location information is never stored or transmitted by DrexelOne Mobile.
Live Tiles and Push Notifications:
When turned on, your accent color and a unique identifier for your phone is sent to Drexel so that we can compose the right tile and alert information for you.