With the release of iOS 12, Apple has issued a revised version of its iOS Security Guide detailing new features and system improvements. Included in the white paper are details about Apple’s newly announced student ID functionality.

TouchNet’s Director of OneCard Sales, Fred Emery, speaks from the company’s first ever “cardless” booth about the latest advancements with OneCard VIP. Hear about some of the use cases for virtualized credentials on smartphones and see OneCard VIP in action with a live demo of a physical access use case.

It’s grown increasingly difficult to ignore the rise and impact of mobile apps on campus. Not all are relevant to the campus card space specifically, but an increasing number of mobile apps are reaching many of the same touch points that the student ID card does. This idea was the inspiration for our “Next-gen apps merge campus ID and student life” piece from 2015.

The University of Montana examines its card system data for wide variety of reasons, looking at nearly every function of the card system. To better shed light on the card data efforts at Montana, Blackboard Transact will host a free, live webinar on Wednesday, June 27 at 1:00 PM EST. Webinar attendees will hear from Maggie McCarthy, manager of Montana’s Griz Card Center, about how examining card data has made the Griz Card Office an invaluable service center for a number of campus departments.

A Northeastern University spin-off company is leveraging Amazon’s Echo Dot smart speaker to help improve the student experience on campus. The company, n-Powered, is providing incoming freshmen with the speakers, equipped with an Echo Skill called Husky Helper.

Though details are not available at this time, CR80News has confirmed that Assa Abloy is working with Apple on their efforts to add student ID cards to Apple Wallet. The company shared the following statement exclusively with CR80News: “This fall Apple is bringing the ability to add student ID cards to Apple Wallet. ASSA ABLOY […]

The iPhone and Apple Watch will soon serve as a new student ID credential on campuses across the country following an announcement at the company’s 2018 WWDC keynote. Though Blackboard wasn’t mentioned by name in the keynote, each of the flagship campuses listed on stage is a Blackboard Transact client and the company has now confirmed its role alongside Apple in bringing this technology to the campus card industry.

The University of Arizona is making significant strides in the realm of campus card data interpretation thanks to the work of university researcher, Sudha Ram. Ram’s Smart Campus research is tracking students’ social interactions and daily routines via CatCard usage — Arizona’s student ID — and leveraging that information to make predictions about freshman retention.