Students returning to campus this semester may notice SharkLink looks a little different.
Over the summer, the Office of Innovation and Information Technology updated SharkLink with a new look and more features. The new SharkLink took about a year and a half to update.
Manager of IT Applications Administrator Mark Malo in OIIT, said SharkLink was updated because the previous product that supported it went out of service.
“We no longer had support from the old software. If it was to crash for some reason, we can’t call the vendor to get it fixed,” Malo said.
Jacob Idani, IT business analyst in OIIT, said the new SharkLink has more personalizations.
“The student will be able to change and organize the contents. You can change the widgets. You will see everything is organized like a block of content,” Idani said. “We worked with all 14 colleges. We worked with a couple students to ensure what we were doing was useful. It was a group collaboration involving students.”
The new SharkLink has widgets, interactive displays for students to access financial aid, Canvas courses, NSU News and more. It also has emergency notifications from the Office of Public Safety, so students will be able to read them in SharkLink.
Josue Martinez, IT quality assurance analyst in OIIT, likes the new modern look of SharkLink.
“We had great work with our graphic designer,” Martinez said.
Malo said students took a survey in the portal where they shared their thoughts, which were mostly positive.
“I would like to think of the portal as a gateway. The portal doesn’t do anything for you in and of itself. The purpose is so you can find the resources that you need,” Malo said.
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