{"id":1212,"date":"2015-07-20T08:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T08:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2016-07-01T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T13:59:42","slug":"university-of-southampton-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2015\/07\/20\/university-of-southampton-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Southampton Mobile Apps for Pre-sessional Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students and staff will find the MySouthampton and Blackboard Mobile Learn applications improve their experience and save time. Right now at the University we are joined by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/humanities\/international\/language_support\/presess.page\" target=\"_blank\">Pre-sessional Students<\/a>, who are international students planning to come to the UK for undergraduate or postgraduate study at the University.\u00a0 The details in this guide are particularly useful for Pre-sessional Students right now, but are also useful to all other students and staff at the University.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bbml_announcement_image_blog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1224 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bbml_announcement_image_blog.png\" alt=\"bbml_announcement_image_blog\" width=\"452\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bbml_announcement_image_blog.png 452w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bbml_announcement_image_blog-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bbml_announcement_image_blog-450x240.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blackboard Mobile Learn allows anyone with a IOS (iPhone\/iPad) or Android device to access their courses on the go.\u00a0 Not all Blackboard functionality is supported so the app is best used to get a quick update on what&#8217;s new on your courses, read announcements, open course materials, read and post to discussion forums, post blog entries, and take mobile tests.<\/p>\n<p>To get the Blackboard Mobile Learn App:<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Search for and install &#8220;<strong>Blackboard Mobile Learn<\/strong>&#8221; using Google Play \/ Apple App Store on your device.<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; The app will ask you to search for\u00a0your University, so search for<strong> University of Southampton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; Login to Mobile Learn with <strong>your University username and password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/isolutions\/computing\/elearn\/mobilelearn\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/isolutions\/computing\/elearn\/mobilelearn\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The app itself should look similar to the image below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1205\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bb_mobile_learn_pre.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1205\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1205\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bb_mobile_learn_pre.png\" alt=\"Blackboard Mobile Learn\" width=\"480\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bb_mobile_learn_pre.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/bb_mobile_learn_pre-180x300.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackboard Mobile Learn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/07\/mysoton_announcement_image_blog2016.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/07\/mysoton_announcement_image_blog2016.png\" alt=\"mysoton_announcement_image_blog2016\" width=\"452\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/07\/mysoton_announcement_image_blog2016.png 452w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/07\/mysoton_announcement_image_blog2016-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MySouthampton app is the University of Southampton&#8217;s official smart device app for current students and staff giving you comprehensive information about the University and its services such as: email preview, maps, timetables*, contacts, library loans, workstation availability, latest news and important alerts to help you get the most out of your time at university.<\/p>\n<p>You can get the MySouthampton app <a href=\"https:\/\/my.southampton.ac.uk\/get\" target=\"_blank\">from this web page.<\/a> The app is available for all Android, iOS, and Blackberry users. \u00a0Web (PC\/Mac\/Linux) and Windows phone users can access the app by using the mobile friendly link <a href=\"https:\/\/my.southampton.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">my.southampton.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0130.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1532\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1532 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0130.png\" alt=\"IMG_0130\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0130.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0130-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personalise your app<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pre-sessional Students can get personalised information by following this path after installing the app on their device.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0126.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1528\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1528 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0126.png\" alt=\"IMG_0126\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0126.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0126-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0127.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1529\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1529 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0127.png\" alt=\"IMG_0127\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0127.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0127-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0128.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1530 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0128.png\" alt=\"IMG_0128\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0128.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0128-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0129.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1531 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0129.png\" alt=\"IMG_0129\" width=\"480\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0129.png 427w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_0129-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/welcometileselect.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1534\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1534 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/welcometileselect.png\" alt=\"welcometileselect\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/welcometileselect.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2015\/07\/welcometileselect-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><a 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Right now at the University we are joined by Pre-sessional Students, who are international students planning to come to the UK for undergraduate or postgraduate study at the University.\u00a0 The details in this guide are particularly useful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284875,471616,471615],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackboard","category-mobile-apps","category-mysouthampton","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}