The University of California San Diego is stocking new on-campus vending machines with free COVID-19 test kits for students and campus community members. The initiative will see UC San Diego students use their campus card to access the self-administered COVID test kits.

Integrated campus payment, ID and commerce solutions provider, Transact Campus, has releases its notable trends to watch over the coming year. The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most unpredictable years ever; however, the team at Transact is preparing for 2021 with these predictions for the edtech fintech space in mind.

Allegion’s business development manager of campus software partners, Jeff Koziol, discusses the trends he and Allegion are prepping for in 2021 and beyond. With an optimistic viewpoint that examines lessons learned over the past year, Koziol highlights some ways campuses can prep for the year ahead with the goal of evolving to create better, safer campuses for students, faculty and staff.

Trusted identity solutions provider, HID Global, is providing Bay State College a means to conduct digitized contact tracing on its Boston campus leveraging HID Bluetooth BEEKs to provide real-time location services. The HID Bluetooth beacons come in the form of simple badge holders that are used to carry existing ID badges for students, faculty, staff and guests.

Trusted identities, payments and data protection provider, Entrust, has launched a virtual reality app to showcase its latest card printer, the Sigma, for anyone interested in checking out the new features. In a time when showcases on a trade show floor aren’t possible, Entrust has found an innovative way to let users get hands on with the new printer from anywhere.

In this episode of CR80Chats, we talk with Tyler Webb, regional campus manager at ASSA ABLOY, to discuss moving campus services from the card to the mobile device. With campuses across the country coming to the table on mobile solutions this year, in particular, we pose the question: Have we arrived at a tipping point where services previously tied to the one card are now ready to be moved into the mobile realm?

Card system vendor, TouchNet, discusses some of the measures and solutions that universities can deploy to move to a more contactless campus environment. Contactless solutions have taken on new importance this past year, and with new protocols and guidelines being implemented to limit physical contact between students, the solutions outlined in this video will be great additions.