Rokwire

Rokwire is an open source mobile software platform developed by the Smart, Healthy Communities Initiative at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a cross-disciplinary network of students, researchers, and other professionals. Rokwire integrates diverse digital resources, data streams, and services into one comprehensive digital ecosystem that allows for information in different formats to be transformed and passed back and forth.

The Illinois App

The Illinois app is the official app of the University of Illinois and was built using the Rokwire platform. Available for iOS and Android, it offers access to resources and features including these:

• Digital ID
• Digital bus pass
• Illini Cash
• Course information and deadlines
• Maps and wayfinding
• Dining information and meal plans
• Illini sports schedules and team details
• Events
• Health and wellness information and tools
• Groups feature
• Illinois media

Other Projects

The Safer Illinois app was developed using Rokwire to help students safely return to campus in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other institutions built their own apps based on Rokwire and Safer Illinois as part of their mitigation strategies. Additional projects built on Rokwire include tools for OSF Healthcare, the Mayo Clinic, the Personalized Nutrition Initiative, and the City of Champaign. All these projects were developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign by the Smart, Healthy Communities Initiative.