Student input is wanted to design a more student-friendly replacement for PAWS.Students gathered in Frey Computing Services Center on Thursday to give opinions on a future program that could replace PAWS called myLSU.”We want an environment where you don’t have to go through PAWS for everything,” said Sherri Thompson, IT Communications & Planning Officer.Before replacing PAWS, myLSU will serve as a portal featuring links that student use every day from Moodle to Twitter, Thompson said.”Besides PAWS, Moodle and mail buttons, there could also be customizable widgets such as weather and games,” Thompson said.The largest agreed-on suggestion was the flexibility of a new portal that would allow students to customize every section of the site.Students also suggested creating a new, clearer campus map, similar to Google Maps, with links on myLSU.Brett Lemoine, computer engineering junior, attended the meeting after being informed about the session on Facebook.”I mainly want mobile applications so I can keep checking them,” Lemoine said.Thompson ran the focus group meetings, which were held twice Thursday from 1:40 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and from 3:10 p.m. to 4 p.m.”We are trying to better utilize various technology available to us because PAWS was created in 1999 and is not an expanding technology,” Thompson said.The focus groups are kept small, consisting of about six to seven people, to ensure everyone is heard, Thompson said.Thompson has held focus groups in the past, but without much student involvement.”I contacted Student Government this time and created a Facebook event because it’s important to get student input since they will be prominent users,” Thompson said.Two sessions run today from 9:40 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m, and students are encouraged to participate.”There is no set date to release myLSU because we are still collecting input on how it should be designed,” Thompson said.There will be more focus groups meeting throughout March, and times can be viewed on Information Technology’s Web site.____Contact Mallory Logan at [email protected]