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Screenshot of the Wallet menu

Wallet

Wallet

The Wallet feature has everything you need to breeze through the day. It’s right there in the bottom menu bar, so it’s easy to find.

If you’re having trouble accessing the Wallet feature:

  • Make sure you’re signed in with your NetID. At the upper right, click your avatar and go to Sign In/Sign Out.
  • Set your privacy level to at least 4. At the upper right, click the Settings wheel and go to My App Privacy Settings > Manage and Understand Your Privacy. Adjust the slider to change your privacy settings.
  • If your i-card isn’t active, check with the ID Center.

Bus Pass

Wallet > Bus Pass

The digital Bus Pass works just like your i-card. Show it to an MTD bus driver to travel off campus.

Meal Plan

Wallet > Meal Plan

The Meal Plan feature helps you keep track of the remaining meals in your University Housing contract, your Dining Dollars balance, and your transaction history.

Screenshot of the My Courses feature

My Courses

Home > Sections > Academics > My Courses

Instead of panicking at the beginning of the semester when you can’t remember the room number for CHEM 104, pull up My Courses. Glance at the location—don’t forget to double-check the time—and take a deep breath.

No matter if it’s your last semester before graduating or your first, getting lost happens. Make sure you land in your seat on time by mapping your route. Just tap the class location and follow the step-by-step directions.

Screenshot of the Illini Cash feature

Illini Cash

Wallet > Illini Cash

There’s no need for dollars or debit cards when you have Illini Cash. This handy digital form of payment can be used for food, printing, books, supplies, and computer equipment at various locations across campus.

Wallet > Add Illini Cash

When your account is dwindling, it’s easy to add money—and anyone else can boost your balance too. Once you fill out a simple form with the UIN, first name, and last name it takes only seconds to charge a credit card online or through the app to top up an Illini Cash balance.

Screenshot of the Events category list

Events

Home > Sections > Events

Use the Events section to see what’s happening. Apply filters to narrow the options by cost, location, category, or host.

Click the map link for directions and tap the star to add an event to your Favorites screen.

You can get your own event into the app in a few ways. All faculty and staff can use the Illinois app admin website.

Any group administrator can add an event to the main events list through the Groups feature. Go to My Groups, select a group, and scroll to Upcoming Events. Tap the ⊕ on the right to create an event.

Webtools calendar administrators, faculty, and staff have access to other tools to add an event.

Screenshot of the Illinois Health Screener feature

Illinois Health Screener

Home > Sections > Wellness > Illinois Health Screener

This question-based tool gives suggestions on the next steps to take to address the primary symptom that you’re wondering about.

Simply follow the prompts and you’ll get options such as resting and using the tool again, calling a medical professional, or contacting a crisis line. If you have multiple symptoms, you can start the screener over and choose another symptom to check.

Information in the Illinois Health Screener is completely confidential. Only you see your symptoms and responses. The app does not share this information with McKinley Health Center or anyone else.

You can decide whether to share your results with your health-care provider by showing your phone or a screenshot.

The Illinois Health Screener is not a diagnostic tool. Only a medical professional can determine your individual needs. Use your best judgment when making decisions about your health. 

The Illinois Health Screener is provided by McKinley Health Center and Student Affairs at the University of Illinois.

Screenshot of the Groups list

Groups

Home > Sections > Groups

Do you adore watching the squirrels scavenge for food on the Quad? You aren’t alone. Join the like-minded Sciuridae enthusiasts—or find people who are just as interested in your hobby or major or pet or anything else you can think of as you are. Locate your residence hall floormates, start a study group, challenge yourself to meet a wellness goal, or learn about campus resources.

Anyone with a NetID can create a group, and members can respond to posts and take polls. Plus you can use your group to alert members about university activities you want to attend together or create events of your own.

Screenshot of the Dining feature

Dining

Home > Sections > Dining

You have to keep your energy up for a day of labs and lectures and practices and discussion sessions and studying. Not only can you locate a spot to grab coffee (plus a hearty breakfast sandwich) or sit down for an evening meal, but you can also search menus by food preferences, order online, get directions, check the hours (yes, you can get a smoothie on your way home from the library), and pay through the app.

When you have guests in town, don’t forget that anyone can eat in the residence halls. Pull up the Dining feature, peek at the menus, and pick out a place you all can enjoy. Maybe someone will buy you a cookie, so be sure to double-check the dessert options.

Screenshot of confetti on the Daily Wellness Rings feature

Daily Wellness Rings

Home > Sections > Wellness > Daily Rings

The little victories count. Do you want to crochet a scarf? Track your progress by rows or inches. Are you interested in learning to play cello? Keep tabs on how you’re doing with those scales. Would you like to walk among the trees every day? Take note of each session.

The Daily Wellness Rings feature is a colorful way to make setting and reaching goals more fun. Just pick a goal—maybe a simple one like drinking more water or an ambitious one like saving for grad school tuition—and keep track of how you’re doing. You can select how big or small to make your steps toward progress, and you’ll even be rewarded with confetti when you’ve reached a milestone.