ColorID’s Executive Vice President, Danny Smith, talks about the company’s work with the Campus Identity Roadmap and how universities can leverage the working document to prep for the future of identification technology.

Palm Beach State College’s Jessica Bender discusses magstripe technology and how it works in this installment of NACCU’s Talking Campus ID Tech series. In the video, hear about detailed underpinnings of magstripe technology, how it can be used for campus cards, and learn some of the features of the technology that have made it the stalwart of student ID cards for decades.

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.

“Talking Campus ID Tech” is a series of videos detailing a number of campus identification technologies and features subject matter experts from the NACCU member community. In this installment, the first in the series, hear from Rosie Amos, University Card Manager at Calgary University, as she explains the technology underpinning proximity cards.

CR80News caught up with Entrust Datacard’s VP of Software Product Management and Identity and Access Management, Dan Sanden, to talk about how the company is decoupling the card issuance process with remote photo capture and printing via its server-based TruCredential software, and then we take a peak under the hood of the company’s most advanced card printer.

Being able to point students to a quick tutorial of their new credential can be an easy first step in getting new students acquainted with not only their ID but the campus community as well. This week we’re highlighting Lewis University’s student ID card video, which gives a rundown the capabilities of the campus card.

Boston University cleverly highlights some of the many ways in which a campus card can meet its demise. Turning the tables on students, BU’s “I lost my Terrier Card” video sees students fessing up to losing their BU ID cards, and puts a humorous spin on a situation that would otherwise be a hassle.

Bill Norwood has been honored with the inaugural award for Lifetime Achievement in the Campus Card Industry. He was presented the award by CR80News at the 2017 NACCU Annual Conference in Orlando, in recognition of his thirty-plus years of pioneering innovation in student IDs. After founding the FSUCard program at Florida State, he went on to lead efforts at leading industry vendors, as well as assist campuses across the country and around the globe.

The latest stop on the CR80News Card Office Tour series takes us to Lynchburg, Virginia and the campus of Liberty University. Boasting one of the largest student populations in the country at 110,000 — many of whom are distance learners — the office at Liberty has quite the issuance job on its hands.

Sam Houston State’s “Bearkat OneCard Services Orientation Video” leaves no stone unturned with its informational format covering the full range of functions that the card supports along with all card FAQs, off-campus capabilities, financial aid disbursements and refunds, as well as card issuance, activation and replacement processes.