OVERVIEW OF SERVICE
DrexelOne Mobile is a free app that lets to users access personal, academic, financial, and career information from phones running Android and iOS.
While the focus of the app is on providing quick information to the students, faculty, and professional staff at Drexel, it's usable by everyone interested in Drexel campus maps, a directory, local merchants and menus, shuttle bus information, Dragon athletics, and general campus news and events
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do I get DrexelOne Mobile?
Does DrexelOne Mobile do email?
DrexelOne Mobile is for smartphones and those already have really good built-in email apps. To help you, we made instructions for using those with your Drexel email account. Links to those instructions are built in to the apps (look in Settings).
Does DrexelOne Mobile work with Blackboard?
As a dashboard, the app shows course announcements, events, and gradebook entries; faculty also can see some student activity tracking data from the Photo Class List area. To get the most from Learn while on the go, you should install the Bb Student app from the app store for your mobile device. You'll find it for Android and iOS
What features does DrexelOne Mobile have?
A lot! The focus has been on creating a dashboard for time-critical information and a tool to find more information both from your own records and from public information sources at Drexel. The sections below shows the major functions; the tables dive into the nitty-gritty of features on each platform.
Academics
Shows students their courses, advisors, instructor contact information, schedules, and reported grades. Shows faculty teaching load and photo class lists.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Courses I'm teaching |
Yes |
Yes |
| Courses I'm taking |
Yes |
Yes |
| Class meeting time schedule |
List, Grid |
List, Grid* |
| Finals Schedule |
List |
List, Grid* |
| GPA and grades |
Yes |
Yes |
| Academic advisor contact info |
Yes |
Yes |
* For weekly grids on iPhone, turn the phone to landscape.
Photo Class Lists
Shows students currently registered in a class and ways to contact those students. Selecting a student provides student and advisor contact info, and the Blackboard Learn gradebook for the student in this class.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Basic student list |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email students |
Yes |
Yes |
Course Details
Shows students currently registered in a class and ways to contact those students. Selecting a student provides student and advisor contact info, and the Blackboard Learn gradebook for the student in this class.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Meeting times and places |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link courses to phone's calendar |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blackboard Announcements |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blackboard Calendar/Events |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blackboard Gradebook |
Yes |
Yes |
Instructors and Advisors
Shows students currently registered in a class and ways to contact those students. Selecting a student provides student and advisor contact info, and the Blackboard Learn gradebook for the student in this class.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Show title and department |
Yes |
Yes |
| Phone person |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email person |
Yes |
Yes |
| Show on map |
Yes |
Yes |
| Add to contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Notices
Shows key university announcements about your academic progress and status at the university. Student may choose to have notices "pushed" to their phone as the notices are posted.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Grade postings/changes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Holds placed on your records |
Yes |
Yes |
| Push notification |
Yes |
Yes |
Coop
Shows the schedule of upcoming on-campus coop job interviews. Tapping an interview shows details of it including the job number, employer, title, and description.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Agenda view of interviews |
Yes |
Yes |
| Details of job |
Yes |
Yes |
Balances
Shows dollars and meals remaining on DragonCards. For medical faculty and all professional staff, shows accrued leave time.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Funds available |
Yes |
Yes |
| List recent transactions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Meals available |
Yes |
Yes |
| Accrued leave time |
Yes |
Yes |
| Adjustable leave day estimates |
Yes |
Yes |
Campus Maps
Campus maps for University City, Center City, Queen Lane, and Sacramento.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Select campus |
Yes |
Yes |
| Markers for each building |
Yes |
Yes |
| Markers for other places |
Yes |
Yes |
| Search by name |
Yes |
Yes |
Directory
Find students, faculty, or professional staff at Drexel, the College of Medicine, or the Academy of Natural Sciences.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Select type of person |
Yes |
Yes |
| Phone person |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email person |
Yes |
Yes |
| Show on map |
Yes |
Yes |
| Add to contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Food and Shopping
List merchants who accept the DragonCard, provide contact and hours information, display menus where available.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Food and shopping categories |
Yes |
Yes |
| Merchant subcategories |
Yes |
Yes |
| Open/closed indicator on list |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hans & Club menus |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full/Vegetarian/Vegan menus |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full nutritional information |
Yes |
Yes |
| Menus for additional restaurants |
Some |
Some |
| Show on map |
Yes |
Yes |
| Add to contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Transportation
Shuttle bus schedules with GPS-enhanced walking time+distance estimates.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Quick view of upcoming buses |
Yes |
Yes |
| GPS walking time estimate |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full schedule of each route |
Yes |
Yes |
News and Events
Campus events calendar selectable by event category and sub-category. Feature stories from Drexel Now and news from The Triangle.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Two-week view of events |
Yes |
Yes |
| Selectable by event categories |
Yes |
Yes |
| Drexel Now feature stories |
Yes |
Yes |
| News from The Triangle |
Yes |
Yes |
Athletics
News about the Drexel Dragons, scores from recent Dragons games, and upcoming events with home games highlighted.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| News by sport/topic |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent scores |
Yes |
Yes |
| Upcoming games |
Yes |
Yes |
Candid Campus
DrexelOne's photo-of-the-day and alternate caption diversion.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Recent photos archive |
Yes |
Yes |
| Submit photo and caption |
Yes |
Yes |
| Write alternate captions |
No |
Yes |
| Vote on alternate captions |
No |
Yes |
Candid Question
DrexelOne's poll-of-the-day and commenting diversion.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Recent polls archive |
Yes |
Yes |
| Answer the poll |
Yes |
Yes |
| Write comments |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rate others' comments |
No |
Yes |
Miscellaneous
Additional functions pertaining to app settings or the app itself rather than the services that it accesses.
| Function |
Android |
iPhone or iPad |
| Virtual ID card |
Yes |
Yes |
| Privacy PIN for personal data |
No |
No |
| Feature request/bug report |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report unexpected quits |
Yes |
Yes |
| Release notes/update notices |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remember settings on logout |
Yes |
Yes |
| Live Tile/Widget |
No |
N/A |
| Enhanced offline use |
Yes |
Yes |