![\"screenshot1\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2016\/08\/screenshot1-281x500.png\")
The brand new Maties App was launched in the Neelsie last Wednesday. But before you experience serious FOMO, we have all the inside info for you.<\/p>\n[:en]The brand new Maties App was launched in the Neelsie last Wednesday. But before you experience serious FOMO, we have all the inside info for you.<\/p>\n
The Maties app is a collaboration between Information Technology and Maties Sport after they\u00a0envisioned a single place for staff and students to engage with hosted activities on campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among the benefits are the promotion of an active lifestyle and getting students and staff involved with\u00a0competition-based leaderboards. Users of the application will be able to follow their favourite Maties sports team to see the latest results, fixtures and news. Students will be able to keep track of their cluster or residence’s placing on campus-wide competitions.<\/p>\n
The goal was to provide a mobile application that can serve as the initial base for further development together with stakeholders and at the same time offer immediate value to the user and university alike. In the long term you will see a larger variety of events as they get listed on the Maties App. Users will be able to get a personalised list of events they are attending and interested in \u2013 just add it to a phone\u2019s calendar or share it with friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As with other social media platforms, you will be able to see\u00a0how many people are also attending your event or activity. You will be able to check in at events by means of a QR code.\u00a0No need for a paper ticket, just check-in at events using your app.<\/p>\n
On the other side of the user spectrum, event organisers can disseminate important events and get students involved and active. At the same time, organisers will get an idea of how many people are interested and who have indicated that they will attend an event. No complicated form is needed since the user is already logged in and we know who is attending the event.<\/p>\n
Additionally, users of the app will receive notifications of event information and changes, as well as campus-wide communique. Any message can be sent directly to users’ phones via the app and it can be targeted to a specific event, or to demographic (e.g. staff, students, or everyone) This function will be especially helpful during emergency situations when it is necessary to notify staff and students of important information and updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curious to see what it looks like? Watch the video here<\/a>\u00a0or read the article on the SU homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Maties App can be downloaded for free from the Google Play store.<\/a>\u00a0Please let us know what you think and how we can make it better?<\/p>\n [:af]Die blinknuwe\u00a0 Die Maties App<\/em>\u00a0is \u0149 gesamentlike poging tussen Informasietegnologie en Maties Sport. Dit het ontstaan met die idee om \u0149 enkele\u00a0platform te skep waar personeel en studente\u00a0interaksies kan h\u00ea oor verskeie aktiwiteite wat op kampus gebied word.<\/p>\n Die toepassing poog om \u0149\u00a0aktiewe lewenstyl te bevorder en personeel en studente betrokke te kry by kompetisie-gebaseerde leierborde. Gebruikers kan hulle gunsteling Maties sportspanne volg en ook die nuutste resultate, nuus en speelbeurte sien. Studente kan weer tred hou met hul\u00a0groepe (clusters)<\/em> of koshuis se plasing in kampuswye kompetisies.<\/p>\n Die doel\u00a0was om \u0149 mobiele toepassing daar te stel wat kan dien as \u0149 aanvanklike basis vir verdere ontwikkeling saam met belanghebbendes. Terselfdertyd moes dit\u00a0dadelik ewe veel waarde bied aan die gebruiker en die universiteit.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u0149 Groter verskeidenheid aktiwiteite\u00a0en geleenthede sal mettertyd op die Maties App<\/em> gelys word. Tans kan gebruikers reeds \u0149 verpersoonlikte lys van gebeure waarin hulle belangstel en gaan bywoon, sien. Dit kan dan bygevoeg word op jou foon se kalender en met vriende gedeel word.<\/p>\n Soos met ander sosiale media platforms, kan jy sien hoeveel mense \u0149 geleentheid of aktiwiteit bywoon. Jy kan selfs aanmeld (check-in<\/em>) by geleenthede sonder \u0149 papierkaartjie deur \u0149 QR-kode te laat skandeer.<\/p>\n Aan die ander kant van die spektrum kan organiseerders van geleenthede\u00a0maklik inligting oor belangrike\u00a0geleenthede versprei en vinniger en meer effektief studente aktief en betrokke kry. Organiseerders kan \u0149 idee kry van die hoeveel ge\u00efnteresseerdes en wie aangedui het dat hulle die geleentheid wil bywoon. Dis nie nodig om \u0149 ingewikkelde vorm te gebruik nie. Die gebruiker is reeds aangeteken en\u00a0sy details is sigbaar.<\/p>\n \u0149 Ekstra voordeel van die Maties App<\/em> is dat gebruikers maklik nuwe, opgedateerde inligting oor gebeure, sowel as kampuswye kommunikasie, kan ontvang. Enige boodskap kan direk na gebruikers se fone gestuur word en dit kan geteiken word tot \u0149 spesifieke geleentheid of demografiese groep (byvoorbeeld studente, personeel of almal) Hierdie funksie is besonder handig gedurende noodsituasies wanneer inligting vinnig by studente en personeel moet uitkom.\u00a0<\/p>\n Is jy nuuskierig om te sien hoe dit lyk? Kyk gerus die video\u00a0hier<\/a>\u00a0of lees die artikel op die US-tuisblad<\/a>.<\/p>\nMaties App <\/em>is\u00a0verlede Woensdag in die Neelsie bekendgestel, maar moenie FOMO ontwikkel omdat jy dit misgeloop het nie. Hier is alles wat jy moet weet.<\/p>\n