Finally, all the UWaterloo info you need to be a successful student can be found in the palm of your hand (or on your desktop) with the student portal. UWaterloo’s student portal has gained positive momentum as a mobile-friendly communication tool that delivers the information you need, just when you need it. Engineering students who logged in last term said, “This is a really cool initiative. Thanks for building this all-in-one-stop shop,” and “This is a great resource, I love it.” The portal’s fully customizable home screen delivers your personalized UWaterloo information, to make your life easier as a student. A few of the helpful and most features include:
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Clubs: your favourite club meetings or events
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Study space and campus hot spots: real-time availability and line-up reporter
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Athletics: your favourite fitness classes and varsity games, plus your personal intramural schedule
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Course materials: your personalized list of required and optional textbooks
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Food: campus food outlet hours, daily specials, vegetarian and halal options each plus nutritional facts
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GRT/GO Bus/Fed Bus schedules: real-time schedules for favourite routes to campus and out of town
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Upcoming events and academic deadlines: your preferred events and important academic deadlines
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Calendar: class, intramural and final exam schedules and can be customized with your important iCal feeds – LEARN events, Facebook, Google calendar
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Plus so much more!
Engineering students helped enhance the student portal last term in the portal’s first hackathon. More than 30 students competed to develop new tools for the portal and tested the portal’s student development environment. In the coming months, more student developers will have the opportunity to develop content for the portal.
For easy portal access, log into the portal using your smartphone or desktop at uwportal.uwaterloo.ca. You can easily pin the website to your phone’s home screen so it behaves like an app.
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