The Mobile UW initiative is a project that aims to establish an official campus mobile presence, as well as to nurture an environment for campuswide mobile development.

Goals

• Launch an official campus app — Mobile UW — on iPhone and Android that provides relevant content and features to students, staff, faculty, parents, alumni and visitors to campus.
• Launch a basic, mobile-Web-enabled version of the university home page that provides basic content and features to non-iPhone and non-Android users.
• Engage users in the greater campus community to provide feedback and ideas that influence future growth of mobile apps and websites on campus.
• Establish a campus community of mobile developers that benefit from collaboration, knowledge-sharing and access to open-data services.

Project leadership

The Mobile UW initiative is a joint project of the CIO Office and the Vice Chancellor for University Relations. A team consisting of representives from the CIO Office, the Division of Information Technology, the Registrar, University Communications and UW Libraries has been providing leadership and overall strategy for the initiative.

Project development

The official institutional iPhone and Android apps, as well as the mobile-Web-enabled version of www.wisc.edu are being developed jointly by the Division of Information Technology and University Communications.