Before you can install the Ellucian Mobile components, there are several prerequisite software components that must be installed. Note that Grails is also required, but does not need to be installed separately because all Grails components that you need are included in the WAR file that you install later.
Install Colleague software that supports Ellucian Mobile
Ellucian Mobile requires Colleague Web API 1.8 or later.
This online help contains comprehensive information about how to install, set up, and maintain Ellucian Mobile.
Ellucian Mobile, powered by Ellucian Ethos, provides faculty, prospects, students, staff, and other constituents with access to key campus information and services from their mobile devices. This section provides an overview of Ellucian Mobile.
This section describes some advance preparations that you can make to help your Ellucian Mobile setup process to go as smoothly as possible.
Apache Tomcat requires Java Development Kit (JDK) 8.
Ellucian Mobile has been tested on Apache Tomcat 7 and 8.
Install Banner software that supports Ellucian Mobile.
Colleague institutions must install SU60901.19-1805 for Ellucian Mobile.
As you install and configure Colleague Web API, be aware of the following considerations that are specific to Ellucian Mobile.
Set up the Colleague proxy user that supports Ellucian Mobile access to Colleague using the Colleague Web API.
Colleague institutions should use the "/" character as a delimiter for their converted course section IDs, creating IDs such as "HIST/100/001".
Install PowerCampus software that supports Ellucian Mobile.
Install the Ellucian Mobile WAR file and perform basic configuration steps.
Set up the Ellucian Mobile Cloud Configuration System. Description of the process for signing from the Ellucian Hub, how to create and enter the configuration settings, and how to specify the SIS credentials.
You can give selected people access to modify specific elements of your mobile configurations, such as user management, configuration management, branding, or sending push notifications.
Set up the home screen, select background and text colors, and set up the About screen.
Set up Ellucian Mobile features that are location-aware; that is, based on proximity to a beacon.
Set up the application modules that are displayed in Ellucian GO.
To view your configuration on a device, you must place the configuration into test status. When you are ready to make your configuration available in the public list of institutions on Ellucian GO, you publish the configuration.
The Google Analytics Platform lets you measure user interactions across various devices and environments. You can use Google Analytics to view detailed usage statistics of your school's Ellucian Mobile implementation.
In addition to the ability to add a new configuration manually, you can create a new configuration by copying an existing one, export configuration information, import configuration information, and migrate a configuration to a different database.
If you want to have multiple active configurations at the same time, you need to set up multiple Mobile Integration Server web service apps.
Multiple Mobile Integration Servers can be set up for a single configuration. This can be done to scale the solution to support more mobile users, or for redundancy. Deployment of multiple Mobile Servers requires a shared data storage using either a Microsoft SQL Server or an Oracle database.
Users can view push notifications on their Android Wear and Apple Watch devices. Users with Apple Watches can also view ILP assignments and maps.
Send detailed information from Ellucian Mobile to the log file to support troubleshooting.
