Personalized chatbots on a new myCoyote app will provide automated answers regarding general campus information, advising, financial aid, and more. In approximately two years, AI Cody, through a smartphone app, will remind students what classes they have that day, as well as inform students of events and activities on campus based on their interests. “It knows you personally, what are your interests, what is your major, what deadlines are coming up, it will tell you everything,” explained Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Dr. Sam Sudhakar. Information on events happening that day will pop up when walking by campus buildings, mentioned Dr. Sudhakar. Information … [Read more...] about AI Cody Coyote soon to appear on smartphones
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Students respond to MyCoyote changes
By Jocelyn Colbert |Staff Writer| On Dec. 18, 2014, a brand new MyCoyote portal was launched at CSUSB. E-mails notifying the campus community about the revamped program were sent out before the launch. “The university has begun the process of planning for a complete redesign of the csusb.edu website. The process will take 18-24 months, will be pursued in phases, resulting in a complete redesign of the website that will be dynamic, user-friendly and focused on prospective students, parents and community constituents,” said Samuel Sudhakar, vice resident and chief information officer at CSUSB. Due to aging equipment and older technologies, MyCoyote has migrated to a newer platform … [Read more...] about Students respond to MyCoyote changes
Campus wireless needs improvement
By Ariana Cano |Staff Writer| CSUSB students should not have to deal with a faulty Internet connection because it is an essential asset and resource tool necessary to everyone in this day and age. There should be minimal interference and inconsistency when connecting to the Internet. Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in internet use as students are required to access academic sites such as Blackboard, MyCoyote, and EBSCOhost. I have never had any problems connecting to the internet on campus until the beginning of the Fall quarter. I had an issue connecting my iPod to eduroam, our current wireless network at CSUSB, mainly because I did not know the right way to … [Read more...] about Campus wireless needs improvement