Mobile USOS UŚ

Mobile USOS is the only official mobile application developed by the USOS team of programmers. USOS is the University Study System used at many universities in Poland. Each university has its own version of the Mobile USOS, depending on the USOS version currently implemented at the university.

The Mobile USOS UŚ is designed for students and employees of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Application version 1.11 provides the following modules:

Class schedule - by default the class schedule is shown for today, but there are also options 'Tomorrow', 'All week', 'Next week' and 'Any week'.

Academic calendar - the student will be able to check when the important academic year events occur, for example registrations, holidays or exam sessions.

Class groups - information about the course, lecturers and participants are available; the location of classes can be viewed on Google maps, and the dates can be added to the calendar used on the mobile phone.

Attendance lists - the employee will be available to create attendance lists for course, fill them and then check students' attendance statistics.

Grades/Exam reports - in this module the student will see all the grades obtained, the employee will be able to complete the grades in the exam report. The system sends notifications about new grades on a regular basis.

Tests - the student will see points from tests and final assignments, and the employee will be able to enter points, grades, comments and change the visibility of the test. The system sends notifications about new results on a regular basis.

Surveys - the student can complete the survey, the employee can see the up to date number of completed surveys.

Registrations for courses - the student can register to and unregister from a course and check their pins.

USOSmail - you can send a message to participants of one or many class groups.

mLegitymacja - a student who has an active student ID card (ELS) can order and install an official electronic student ID card in the mObywatel application, i.e. mLegitymacja, which is the formal equivalent of ELS, entitling to statutory concessions and exemptions.

Payments - the module shows list of settled and unsettled payments.

My eID - PESEL, index, ELS/ELD/ELP, PBN code, ORCID etc. are available as QR code and bar code. Library card can be presented in the library via NFC.

Letters - the student is able to view and receive letters, for example decisions about their applications.

QR scanner - the module allows to quickly jump to other modules by scanning QR codes.

Useful information - this module shows information that the university deems particularly useful, e.g. contact details of the student dean's office and student government.

News - messages sent by authorized persons (dean, student section employee, student self-government, etc.) are delivered to the mobile phone on a regular basis.

Search engine - you can search for students, employees, courses.

The application is still being developed, further functionalities will be added successively. The USOS programmers team is open to user feedback.

For proper use of the application, an account is required at UŚ websites (so-called CAS account).

Mobile USOS UŚ is available in Polish and English language versions.

The Mobile USOS application is owned by the University of Warsaw and the Inter-University Informatization Center. It is being created as part of the "e-UW - development of e-services of the University of Warsaw related to education" project, which is co-financed from the funds of the Regional Operational Program Masovia Voivodeship 2014-2020. The project is being implemented in 2016-2019.