New mobile app tracks grades, account balance

As the fall semester comes to a close, students will be able to access their finals grades and view their class schedule for next semester on an iPhone or Android.

The myGV mobile application, a free app launched earlier this semester, provides campus news, class schedules, grades, housing assignments, and account balances and transactions.

The framework to get started on the app was provided by SunGard, a software and information technology company that specializes in higher education. A team of staff members from Grand Valley’s Information Technology department designed and developed the features and functions of the app.

“We’ve noticed a demand for something like this for a while,” said Brian Snyder, web programmer in the IT department. “We want to provide an easy and convenient way for the campus community to retrieve campus information and personal account information from myBanner.”

Snyder said an updated version of the app will be released by the end of December, and new features for faculty members will include class lists, students enrolled in each class and meal plan balances.

The app is available on the Android and iPhone; more than 600 copies of the app have been downloaded. To log-in to the app, select “Sign In,” then enter a G-number and Personal Identification Number (PIN).

Students in Grand Valley’s Mobile Applications and Services Lab in the School of Computing and Information Systems developed the Laker Mobile app, a free app that features news, maps, multimedia content and a directory.