About PocketWGU

Students at Western Governors University use many online systems in the course of their degree programs. Some of these systems work well from mobile phones and tablets, others not so much. PocketWGU was created to make life easier for the mobile student. Originally designed simply to allow students to view current community messages and degree information, PocketWGU has now grown to support a wide range of interactions with the student systems of WGU.

PocketWGU was created entirely by students of WGU for use by students of WGU. It is important to note that WGU does NOT endorse or support this application directly. This is not a product or service of WGU and no affiliation to that excellent institution should be inferred. Also, if you find bugs or problems with this application, they should be reported here (just send us an email); don't bug WGU with requests regarding PocketWGU.

With that said, WGU faculty and staff are aware of this effort and the PocketWGU team wishes to express their sincere gratitude for the assistance and enthusiasm provided. Special thanks go out to WGU's IT Department as well as the 2011 Program Manager of Information Technology Programs and the 2011 Chair of the Academic Standards Committee without whom PocketWGU could not exist. Thanks!

PocketWGU Construction & Copyright: PocketWGU was developed as a native application on each supported platform:

• For the Android operating system, it was developed using the Java programming language specifically for mobile devices running Android versio 4.0 or later. PocketWGU for Android will not install or run on previous versions of Android.  The PocketWGU DevTeam gratefully acknowledges use of the following third-party products, libraries, and tools in the Android version of this application:
  • EventBus under the Apache 2.0 License
  • FloatingActionButton under the MIT License
  • Font Awesome under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), 1.1 License
  • Gson under the Apache 2.0 License
  • HelloCharts under the Apache 2.0 License
  • Iconify under the Apache 2.0 License
  • JSoup under the MIT License
  • Material Dialogs under the MIT License
  • OkHttp under the Apache 2.0 License
  • Picasso under the Apache 2.0 License

• For the iOS operating system, development was performed using the Objective-C programming language.  The current iOS version of PocketWGU supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices running iOS version 7.0 or later.  It will not install or run on devices using earlier versions of iOS.  The PocketWGU DevTeam gratefully acknowledges use of the following third-party products, libraries, and tools in the iOS version of this application:
  • AFHTTPSessionOperation under the MIT License
  • AFNetworking under the MIT License
  • CNPPopupController under the Apache 2.0 License
  • CRToast under the MIT License
  • Font Awesome under the SIL Open Font License 1.1
  • FXForms under the MIT License
  • GDataXML-HTML under the Apache 2.0 License
  • JSONModel under the MIT License
  • MMDrawerController under the MIT License
  • PDKeychainBindingsController under the MIT License
  • PNChart under the MIT License
  • SVProgressHUD under the MIT License
  • TLYShyNavBar under the MIT License

• For the Windows Phone operating system, development was performed using the C# programming language.  The Windows Phone version of PocketWGU supports phones running version 8 and 8.1 or later of this operating system.  It will not install or run on devices using earlier versions of that OS.  The PocketWGU DevTeam gratefully acknowledges use of the following third-party products, libraries, and tools in the Windows Phone version of this application:
  • HTMLAgilityPack under the Ms-PL License.
  • Caliburn.Micro under the MIT License.
  • MyToolkit under the Ms-PL License.
  • JSON.NET under the MIT License.

• The acknowledgements above do not represent an endorsement of PocketWGU by any party.  All products and copyright remain the property of their respective owners.

• PocketWGU is Copyright (c) 2011-2015, David Bleicher.  All rights reserved.

The PocketWGU Development Team:

• Lead Developer: David Bleicher
• Graphics Design: Dash O'Color
• Website Development: Dru Pal
• User Documentation: Otto Writesum
• Testing: The PocketWGU DevTeam wishes to acknowledge and thank the many students, alumni, faculty and staff who have provided testing and feedback during the development of this application.  Their names are not listed here out of respect for their privacy but we, and they, both know who they are.  Thank you!