Capella Mobile

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I don’t think the Capella app is intended to be a desktop replacement. It is useful for looking up quick information, and can even be used for discussion posts if you are desperate. My main complaint is the app isn’t updated for the iPhone X user interface so it only fills half of the screen. I think for an all online university, this is a little surprising. I have been impressed with recent updates, and I hope that Capella will update the user experience soon.

Much improved over the past year. They’ve made a commitment to updating the app and it shows (initially left a 1 star rating). I like the blue dots that show discussion posts with unread replies-actually wish they had this feature from a desktop. Only issue is that the app crashes quite a bit. Will be in the middle of reading a post and it’ll crash. Wish you could see the text when you reply to posts rather than going into a new screen. Love being able to reply via phone and being able to see the text you’re replying to would be nice.

It has greatly enhanced the potential to maintain connectivity to the University. It is not an alternative to the full online classroom experience and should not be treated as such. It is campus “lite”. Check financial aide, check a grade, check campus email, check a discussion post maybe write a short discussion reply. Anything else best to utilize the main campus. The best way to provide feedback to the development team is through the discussion boards. The team desires feedback and the discussion board also has descriptions of workarounds and known issues.

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I just started using this app and I avoid it at all cost. Everything I click on sends me to a browser...I may as well just use the browser, even email goes to a browser. The information doesn’t always match what the website says and I should be able to reorder the what information is important to me, or at least acknowledge notices on the main screen so i don’t keep seeing them. This app is not in any way a time saver for me. I just go to the browser. This is not my first time in school. I have used other blackboard apps that were great, all the info in one place, rarely sending me to the browser.

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Developers should focus on the user getting information with fewer clicks. Instead of having to click on each course to see notifications, this information should be listed right with the courses when you click in to “courses.” Or, even better, make the home page show the courses so that you don’t have to click the menu then “courses.” The app randomly crashes pretty often. It does not allow you to edit posts on the discussion board after creating them. When you have a notification about an unread reply to you on the discussion board, you should be able to click on that and have the app take you right to the discussion reply instead of having to scroll through and find the unread reply. Also, my grades on the app do not match what is listed on the website. Lastly, In the app, you cannot read comments left on graded assignments. This would be a great function to include.