Allegion’s Jeff Koziol talks about the company’s longstanding partnership with Touchnet and how the pair have worked together over the years to deliver strong, university-specific solutions. Koziol also discusses more recent trends, specifically the move from traditional plastic cards to digital credentials on mobile devices, and how wireless technology is being deployed on campuses.

In this installment of NACCU’s It’s All About the Data video series, hear from Nirmal Palliyaguru, Director of the ACCESS Card Office at Santa Clara University, as he discusses some of the early applications of campus card data analytics as a means to  help students succeed. In the video, hear specific examples of how Santa Clara has been able to use card system data analytics both at a high level and a more granular level to solve some common problems that students can face.

In the latest installment of NACCU’s It’s All About the Data video series, campus card administrators Rob Thayer (Salem State University), Scott Brannan (Temple University), and Mikhail Ilin (Suffolk University) highlight some of the use cases for card transaction data that can improve service, identify at-risk students, and assist campus police while balancing privacy concerns.

The big mobile credential announcement last month was the emergence of CBORD as the second campus card system vendor to support mobile student IDs on Apple devices. As one of the first CBORD partnering campuses, the University of Vermont is now beta testing mobile credentials on Apple devices.

There’s been a lot of buzz about mobile credentials and Apple student ID this week. A cascade of press releases from across the industry, including from Apple, CBORD, Transact, Allegion and HID is signifying that mobile credentials are primed for a promising year ahead. Headlining the announcements is CBORD’s official support of contactless student IDs in Apple Wallet, along with a roster of CBORD campus clients that are set to begin issuing mobile credentials this fall.

Transact has added a new, diverse group of universities that will be issuing the Transact Mobile Credential to students. Since its launch just nine months ago Transact Mobile Credential has recorded impressive adoption rates at the launch institutions. Here’s an update on the progress made to date and some insight into where the solution is going in the future.

The University of Oregon is implementing a number of measures designed to boost digital security for students, including the addition of two-factor authentication for a number of campus services. The added layer of login security will be used for many of the campus services that students already log into with their Duck ID credentials.

Adding to Allegion’s support of Transact Mobile Credentials in Apple Wallet, the company’s Schlage AD Series locks now fully support contactless student IDs on iPhone and Watch. This new capability is specific to Schlage AD-300 and AD-400 electronic locks, which feature built-in credential readers and access control sensors for simplified installation.