Skip to main content
Add as a preferred source on Google


OOHLALA App Adds Smart Calendar

Lindsey Wilson College's OOHLALA app

Mobile student assistant app OOHLALA today introduced a smart calendar feature designed to help users track their activities on and off campus. Students now can access class and work schedules, course assignments and exam schedules, campus events and other activities in one integrated calendar, helping them manage their time more effectively.

OOHLALA integrates with an institution's learning management system and student information system and uses machine learning, customizable alerts and self-regulation tools to guide students through the college experience, helping them build effective study habits, keep track of coursework, manage campus activities and access student services. Students can also set daily alarms and navigate to class with GPS technology.

The new calendar feature was designed in collaboration with OOHLALA's university partners, including McGill University and Lindsey Wilson College, where early pilots of the app have shown a positive impact on retention. At Lindsey Wilson, for example, data suggests that the app helped to reduce the number of first-year dropouts by 17 percent.

"Since introducing OOHLALA on campus, we have seen an immediate uptick in our first-year semester-over-semester retention rate," said Chris Schmidt, dean of Lindsey Wilson College, in a statement. "By providing a one-stop platform for academics and campus life, OOHLALA helps incoming students make an easier transition into college and stay engaged, which we know is critical to their future success."

For more information, visit the OOHLALA site.

About the Author

Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

Featured

  • digital data protection and cyber security

    White House Launches New AI Security Framework

    President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order aimed at maintaining United States AI leadership while addressing the security risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems.

  • woman

    Microsoft Discovery Platform Brings Agentic AI to Scientific Research

    Microsoft has moved its Discovery platform into general availability, calling the service a production-ready environment for scientists and researchers that want to apply AI agents.

  • A glowing digital brain with neural connections and light trails

    AI Giants Warn It May Be Time to Slow Down

    For years, leaders in the artificial intelligence industry have warned that increasingly capable AI systems could eventually become dangerous, all the while continuing to race to build them. Now, their sentiments have changed.

  • CIS Sandbox Tutor Eli Blouin at Bentley University imagines a future technology learning partner that supports curiosity, critical thinking, feedback, and personalized learning.

    Student Voices: Technology as a Future Learning Partner

    A data analytics and marketing major at Bentley University and a distinguished lecturer at the university explore the future of "technology learning partners" — technologies that participate in the learning process by asking questions and giving feedback, not just information search results.