Cloud technologies are giving people access through their mobile phones and other devices to a variety of new experiences, while making their environments smarter and more data-driven. The modern campus is now undergoing unprecedented change with the advent of identity- and location-aware building systems, virtual assistants, and “personal IoT” solutions that recognize people and customize how they access buildings and the services and resources they need.

Access control solutions provider, ASSA ABLOY, is presenting a free webinar discussing how Apple Wallet is enabling the University of Oklahoma to increase convenience and security on campus by issuing mobile credentials to students. In the webinar, Tyler Webb, Director of the Sooner Card at the University of Oklahoma will detail the university’s journey from traditional access control to mobile student IDs. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, February 27th from 2:00PM – 3:00PM EST.

Blackboard’s Mobile Credential has been in the wild since October and is now fully available to students on four campuses, with two more in tow. Early reports from the launch are showing strong adoption rates, suggesting that the use of Apple devices for campus transactions isn’t just an exciting solution for students, but potentially a strategic differentiator for universities.

Temple University is the next campus to launch Blackboard Mobile Credential, the solution that enables Apple iPhones and Watch, as well as Android devices, to make the full range of on-campus transactions. Temple’s installation will enable students, faculty and staff to access to campus buildings, fitness facilities and dining centers with their mobile devices in the same fashion as they did previously with a plastic OWLcard.

Anyone entering into the Duke University community is issued their own Duke Unique ID number. The university has been issuing the seven-digit number and printing them on the back of every Duke Card since the early 90s, and now the program in nearing a milestone: the one-millionth number.

The Identification Systems Group has announced a new partnership with mobile credential solutions provider Safetrust. The partnership will now offer both door and logical access control solutions via mobile credential management to ISG members in the US and Canada.

The user experience for students at CBORD campuses has seen a significant overhaul this year thanks to the company’s new GET CBORD Student mobile app. The re-envisioned app consolidates the disparate GET applications under a single, new user interface that is designed to help students better navigate daily life on campus.

News of Apple devices now supporting mobile credentials on the iPhone and Watch has turned quite a few heads. Now, a student government push at the University of Texas at Austin wants to bring mobile IDs to campus.