We’ve officially reached the kickoff of Blackboard’s long-standing vision for the mobile student ID. Starting today on the campuses of the University of Alabama, Duke University and the University of Oklahoma, Blackboard with the aid of Apple is enabling students to use mobile credentials everywhere their plastic ID card was previously accepted.

The University of Georgia has begun the process of moving from legacy, proximity student ID cards to new contactless smart cards. The move to contactless smart cards will give UGA the ability to improve security for students, faculty, and staff, provide greater flexibility and convenience to cardholders, and lay a stronger foundation to build in future card services and functionality.

In the second of a three-part video series detailing hardware and software solutions from card system vendor, Blackboard, hear from the company’s Senior Director for Platform Strategy and Product Management, Kent Pawlak as he talks about the company’s retail offerings.

Bradley University’s student ID card, the QuickCard, has received an overhaul in both design and function after implementing contactless technology and phasing out legacy features. As part of the ID card overhaul, the university will drop Discover Debit functionality at the end of the year and has added a preferred name option for students to be printed on the front side of the card.

The big news in the campus card space this month is the announcement that the Apple iPhone and Watch will support the use of student ID cards on campus for access and payments. With the new contactless credential initiative primed for action this coming fall at a host of Blackboard client campuses, CR80News was able to gather some additional details in a recent Q&A with Blackboard’s VP of Global Market Development, Jeff Staples.

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.