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Released in 2009, iUsask was Canada's first iPhone app created for university students. [1] The app offered personalized class schedule, grades, news, library access, a campus map, final exam schedule, webcams and many other features. [2] The app creation was a collaboration between the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan Computer Science Department, and the team that later became Push Interactions. [2] The project required tying together many different systems, including Banner, Moodle, iHelp and eHandin, to offer the features. The app was covered nationwide by many news organizations [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [ excessive citations ] because it was the first of its kind for university students in Canada and it contained a wide range of features as a result of the collaboration across the University of Saskatchewan on the project. With the motto "iUsask puts the University of Saskatchewan in your pocket!", the work was a collaboration of many people from the University of Saskatchewan.

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