MyStudy NZ WeChat mini programme gets a refresh

MyStudy NZ is our intelligent matching tool which matches prospective students to courses and institutions in New Zealand based on a set of questions and areas of interest. It can be found on www.studyinnewzealand.govt.nz for our western markets.

However, for our China market who predominantly use WeChat, we developed a mini programme for them in November 2018.

The new version of the mini programme continues the original smart matching, but is more user-friendly and personalised, making it easy for students to obtain official information about application.

How is 2.0 better than 1.0? We believe it’s better in eight different ways: 

1. Social sharing enabled – Prospective students who come across their dream school can now share it to a WeChat friend or group chat immediately. The recipient can open the mini programme and view the details of the school as well.
2. One-click authorisation – Students won’t have to fill in all the details to become a member anymore. With one click, prospective students can authorise their WeChat accounts to become registered MyStudy NZ members.
3. Clear living costs displayed – Once prospective students get a match, they can expand and view the annual living costs in a pop-up window.
4. You can see the latest content with added filter – Without registering, students can view the latest OA articles and filter based on views or posting date.
5. UX (user experience) optimisation – Users can now choose paths when entering the mini programme.
6. Complete UI (user interface) update – To remain consistent with the refreshed ‘I am New’ brand.
7. New notifications – Push notifications will be sent to remind students to register, do course matching, bookmark favourite schools and talk to them.
8. Speed optimisation and no more errors – We have done some coding optimisations and upgraded our server so the mini programme will load faster and users shouldn’t receive any more error messages.