The myday platform leverages all existing IT investments by bringing them together onto one customisable tiled interface. This empowers your college to recruit, engage, connect and retain students and staff by using the myday app.

INTEGRATIONmyday proves successful because it easily integrates your IT systems and is based on leading technologies to guarantee an easy-to-use, easily managed, cost-effective and practical solution.

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“Because it’s an app and it’s in their hands on their phones, students bought into it and it’s so easy for them to use, that all of a sudden they started to take ownership for what was happening in their course thanks to the app.”

Students require access to all of the relevant information they consume at any given time, from any location and on any device. This element of the student experience is a priority when selecting where to study. myday enables students to be better connected even when on the go. This enhances their academic experience and drives results for your college.

Enabling targeted communications, myday’s intuitive design and practical use increases participation leading to improved retention whilst lowering IT and administrative costs.

The myday student portal software makes the end-user technology experience richer by unifying access to data and content. It also enables single sign-on when moving between systems. Students can customise their portal for optimum participation.

myday is built in the cloud enabling quick deployment with frequent updates to the platform. It is also built to the highest standards of security and availability giving you peace of mind on the deployment of your Digital Campus solution.

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“Barnsley College, an early adopter of myday, set out to undertake a project to bring all of the college’s digital resources into one, easily accessible place for students to access the college services they need most from their smartphones. Barnsley brought together a host of ‘external’ sites and an outdated intranet and delivered it in a user-friendly format via one myday log in.”

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The platform allows you to connect your existing systems without lengthy coding and resource requirements. Typical data sources include student records, timetabling, library, payments, attendance, individual learning plans, grade books and the virtual learning environment.

“As well as implementing myday for our existing students, we are planning to use it to take student engagement to the next level by enabling prospective students to pre-enrol whilst they are still at school and enjoy the experience and benefits that myday delivers before starting their course.”

“myday has helped to make our students’ lives much easier. Everything is all in one place with one password which makes things a lot simpler. It’s a good signposting portal

– students know where to go to and also what to ask for if they can’t find something. myday really helps with the interaction and engagement between students and staff.”

“myday is widely used at the college and really popular, with as many as 80,000 unique visits per month to myday.”

“the myday platform is really flexible for the college needs and users find that it’s extremely intuitive.”

Students want a dynamic, intuitive and engaging interface where they can find everything of relevance to their academic life. myday is a digital platform that delivers a personal experience to all users, optimised for phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. Fully engage with both staff and students using targeted notifications sent directly to their device of choice.

myday allows both staff and students to connect with a college and overcome any geographical or technological barriers. Students want the ability to manage their lives by having access to all relevant information at any given time, from any location. For many, this focus on the student experience is a key consideration when choosing where to study. myday enables students to learn even when on the go – any message, anytime, anywhere! Learners access the information they need to make a success of their learning whilst enjoying a simple app-like experience from the device of their choice.

myday is very simple for staff and students to use. Improving the learner experience and increasing engagement, myday will assist you in increasing satisfaction and ultimately, retaining your staff and students. Through a rapidly deployed mobile app, myday will ensure that staff and students can locate everything they need, all in one place. This leads to increased happiness, increased engagement and above all else, success.

RECRUIT ENGAGE CONNECT RETAINmyday allows for a fully branded online presence. Having your own branded app and portal enhances your college’s prestige which will be instantly recognisable and more attractive to prospective students and staff. myday lets you introduce your college and entice new students to the experience before they have even started their course.

Hugh Baird College, based in Bootle, Liverpool is one of the largest providers of education and training in the area, delivering over 300 courses to more than 5,000 students. Hugh Baird tailored the myday dashboard and mobile app to provide students with access to information systems and applications that are critical to their studies.

Integration was simple – the college IT team found it easy to integrate with the college’s many systems. Hugh Baird uses LearningPool as its VLE. Tasks are pulled and displayed from a variety of sources and the

students find the information easily and are better able to manage their workload. LearningPool is just one of a number of VLEs that can be integrated into myday.

Another benefit that Hugh Baird have celebrated since the introduction of myday is the ability for staff and students to easily find contact details for each other, using the myday staff search function – this has improved interaction between staff and students enormously.

Formed in 2010 as the result of a merger between two existing colleges, South Essex College has around 18,000 students including 1,200 higher education students and some 2,800 apprentices. Operations are across three campuses in Basildon, Southend and Thurrock. Like many of its contemporaries, South Essex had a desire to offer its students a digital campus environment and the ability to access college resources easily, via one log in, on a smartphone or other device.

myday was deployed as the homepage and presented as the first page students could open on a browser.

College resources such as timetables, email, calendars and attendance records – those things that students required numerous times in any day were delivered via myday with one easy access point – and via the app. Students could also easily raise a query within myday and feedback delivered with the same ease.

The customisable features of myday also means that the college can use the multiple dashboard functions for each type of student based upon any number of criteria – identity, subject, geography, campus etc.

Case study: Hugh Baird College Case study: South Essex Collegemyday delivers on student usability myday simplifies complex college life

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