Happy New Year uCondition Fans! We are so excited for 2014. Looking back at 2013, we had all sorts of fun unveiling our room condition reporting solution, having a Photo Booth at trade shows, giving away an iPad Mini, demoing our software, adding new features, visiting some of our clients, listening to feedback and figuring out how to take uCondition to the next level. Well we are excited to announce some exciting things coming down the pike in 2014. uCondition Lite – Coming Soon We are extremely excited to be introducing, … Continue reading
Residence Life Family – A Love Story
It is no secret that after just a few weeks as a residence life staff member you become a family. The exciting, challenging, unpredictable times are what create this inseparable bond. Our founder, Ryan Vet, experience a very similar experience with his staff during his three years in residence life. Not only did he make friends that were as close as family, he made a very special friend. On his first day as an RA, he was going room to room meeting families and welcoming his new residents. While doing … Continue reading
#uVegas at ACPA 2013
Many go to Las Vegas in hopes of winning big! But playing the slots or trying your hand at Poker can be stressful, we get it! We have created a fun way for you to WIN in Las Vegas at the 2013 ACPA Convention. At booth 235, we will be giving away a brand new iPad Mini to one lucky winner! But here’s what makes it fun: you enter by taking a picture at our fun photobooth. So grab some friends or make some new ones, snap a picture with some … Continue reading
uCondition iOS App Version 2.0 Released
We just launched version 2.0 of the uCondition mobile app for iOS. In this new version we’ve: Added support for the larger iPhone 5 screen Added barcode scanning Updated the user interface Improved the speed and performance Download it now! Stay tuned for version 2.0 of our Android app!
Revamped Room Condition Form Functionality
Today we unveiled a major overhaul on our digital room condition form template page in our admin panel. We have simplified making room condition reports even more. Edit Text in Place: Now you can simply click any of the text in the “Edit Template” mode on the admin panel and have the ability to change text in place without leaving the page. (See “Mattresses” on the image on the left). Heading Text Element: Add a new element by using a colon (:) at the end of the word or phrase … Continue reading
Enhanced Security Measures – SSL Encryption
Security is extremely important to us here at uCondition. We fully understand that student data and information is extremely sensitive and needs to be kept totally confidential. In an effort to make sure that uCondition is safer than Fort Knox, we have taken excessive measures behind the scenes by using state-of-the-art encryption techniques to guarantee security. All username and password combinations are encrypted with the SHA1 hashing algorithm created by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). As of today, we have furthered our security by adding a Secured Socket Layer … Continue reading
Officially a Digital Room Condition Form App
We are excited to announce that you can officially access uCondition on your iOS and Android devices as well as your desktop or laptop. And yes, we have different versions for both the iPad and iPhone! Managing your electronic room condition reports has never been this easy. Record notes, take photos, update room conditions all from the palm of your hand. Download this revolutionary tool for free today!
Meet uCondition
After much deliberation, our team has finally developed a name for our app – uCondition. We are extremely excited about our new name and logo. Here’s our thought process: the “u” comes from university. Since we are going through the Condition of the rooms in a university we came up with University – Condition. Or simplifying it, uCondition. It’s that simple! So as of July 13, 2012, uCondition is officially the name of the first and only digital room condition reporting system available to residence life departments around the globe!
Behind the Scenes – Admin Panel
We are cranking out some new designs for our admin panel in the RLA. To the right, we have the general RCF page. This allows administrators to go into the control panel and add brand new RCF templates, edit templates, etc. One of the features we are most excited about is the ability to go in and edit the elements on the individual RCFS. You can create and edit elements that are totally custom and unique. Creating electronic room condition forms is going to be so easy, a first grader … Continue reading
Introducing RLA
Walking around to several hundred rooms, using a whiteboard and my iPhone as a camera I began taking photo documentation of every single stain, scratch, tear, hole and mess left behind by the 750+ residents living in the residential area for which I was responsible. That was just the first walkthrough. Then I had to go around and manage work orders by inputting things that needed repaired into a Google Doc from my iPad. That’s when the idea for the RLA (Residence Life Automation) was born. Using paper room condition … Continue reading
