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.

Kent State University is in the process of updating and replacing more door locks in campus residence halls to enable student ID cards to unlock dorm rooms. This latest batch of lock upgrades brings the campus-wide project closer to its completion.

The move to contactless cards is one of the most important decisions facing campus card offices today. In this video spotlight, learn how Purdue University improved its student experience by issuing contactless student ID cards that underpin all aspects of life on campus.

When it comes to access control on campus, universities have a number of decisions to make. Between selecting the right access software and locking hardware, to partnering with a knowledgeable and trustworthy integrator, and choosing the card technology that best suits your campus, establishing the proper physical security measures can be a taxing process. In a five-part podcast series with ASSA ABLOY these decisions are examined in depth, highlighting the important considerations that campuses have to navigate.

Smart lockers are a networked version of traditional storage lockers that often use an institution’s existing contactless ID card as the key. Though the use of these intelligent lockers is just starting to grow in North America, the technology has been widely deployed around the globe. Lessons from these higher ed deployments are helping shape the technology’s rollout in the U.S. and Canada.