STUDENT-CONTROLLED TEXT MESSAGE REMINDERS WITH THIRD PARTY LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

摘要

A computing device and computer-implemented method to provide student-control short message service (SMS). The method begins with accessing, by a server, data in a third-party format from a third-party server. The server and the third-party server are controlled by different business entities. Next, the data in the third-party format is filtered, which has been accessed according to student preferences, the student preferences including a mobile device identifier. Next, the data in the third-party format is converted which as specified by the student preferences into a format compatible with the SMS protocol or an instant message for receipt by a messaging app. Finally, the data is sent in which has been converted into the SMS format or instant message to the mobile device as specified by the mobile device identifier.