Author Hannah Whaley is a fourth-year English and Theatre Studies student from Mississauga, Ontario. This article was originally published on the blog.
Now more than ever, we鈥檙e relying on technology to help shape our university experience. So, there鈥檚 no better time for the new Dal Mobile app to be released! You can find it on the or the . It鈥檚 your one-stop shop for all things university 鈥� from academics to social life. Whether you鈥檙e a new student or more advanced in your university career (like me!), there are plenty of benefits to the app.
Join Orientation
If you鈥檙e a new student, you can use Dal Mobile to easily access all the events that Dal is putting on for Orientation. This includes the main Orientation, as well as specialized offerings like those from the International Centre and the Black Student Advising Centre. You鈥檒l be glad to have your events and deadlines all in one place!
Connect with your Faculty
Every Faculty has its own Group Channel within the app. Once you join yours, you can make posts, comment on posts made by others, and see who else is in your area of study! You鈥檒l also be able to see when Faculty events are added.聽
Get involved outside of school
Societies and clubs get their own Group Channels. If a group catches your eye, you can join the channel and learn more about it. The channels are also a great way to keep up with society events, even if you鈥檙e not a member.
Talk to friends
Maybe you had a friend in class but forgot to grab their number, and now you don鈥檛 know how to get in touch with them. Maybe you鈥檝e found someone who makes cool posts on the Student Feed and want to get to know them better. The app is perfect for this! You can search people through the home page or add them from a post and message them directly in the app.
Get your questions answered
Online learning brings a lot of changes, which means a lot of questions. During the week of August 24, the app acted virtual 鈥淎sk Me鈥� booth (look for the Ask Me channel in the "hamburger menu" at the top left of the Community wall). 色妹妹直播 staff and students spent time online to help answer any questions students had about the semester. And if you missed that window? You can always post on the Student Feed or in your Faculty channel and see if anyone else knows the answers.
Sort out all your student needs
The Community wall has its own channels for Buy & Sell, Lost & Found, Housing, News, Ride Sharing, and Ask Me. Whether you want to look for used textbooks, a place to live, or a carpool to the airport, it鈥檚 all there. No longer will you have to join a million Facebook groups to organize your university life! Just click on the 鈥渉amburger menu鈥� in the top left corner of the wall to get the list of channels.
Explore events
Clicking on the Events tile leads you to a list of on-campus and virtual programming. Get the deets on each event鈥檚 host, date and time, and description. And don鈥檛 worry about losing track of time and missing a fun opportunity 鈥� you can add events to your calendar and schedule a custom reminder.
Keep track of everything
Speaking of calendars, the app鈥檚 built-in calendar has a number of useful features. Along with adding pre-made events, you can also schedule your own events, add your courses, and input due dates! Plus, you can sync it with your personal calendar platform (like Google or Apple), so you don鈥檛 forget your friend鈥檚 birthday Zoom call while you鈥檙e planning for when to write your essay.
Find every campus resource
If you鈥檝e ever had trouble finding a resource on the 色妹妹直播 website, you鈥檒l love Dal Mobile. It has its own 鈥淐ampus Services鈥� tile that links to everything from Academic Advising to the Writing Centre. From there, you鈥檒l find each service鈥檚 phone number (direct dial from the app), email (direct send), and direct link to the website. Who knows, you may even discover something you didn鈥檛 know existed!
Stay in the loop
You should still be checking your 色妹妹直播 email for all official communications, but sometimes it鈥檚 easy for messages to get lost in your inbox. Luckily, Dal Mobile offers notifications to share important information! There are lots of customization options to make sure that you鈥檙e not bombarded with messages that clog up your feed, but you鈥檒l still get the important info from the university.