More than a million users have chosen the latest release of Blackboard Connect 5 for their mass notification service needs.
According to Blackboard, after just 90 days in the marketplace the service now serves clients in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. More than 200 school districts, higher education institutions and local governments have signed on.
Missouri State University has selected Blackboard Transact to implement a contactless student ID card. This enables the new system to integrate student identification, door security, commerce and campus payment into a single contactless card.
Blackboard Transact’s Campus Commerce and Security Forum will be held March 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET at the Blackboard Offices, 650 Massachusetts, Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. Registration is free.
Tom Bell offers expertise to campus card directors
Paraphrasing a famous comedian, Tom Bell says that campus card programs ‘get no respect.’ This is despite the fact that if a school’s card program were suddenly to go away, he believes the university would practically shut down.
OC Transpo, Canada is planning a new smart card system to roll out this year that will help reduce lost revenues due to malfunctions with the transit’s electronic fare boxes, according to CBC News.