Transact is hosting a free webinar detailing ways that universities can leverage Transact Mobile Ordering to continue to serve students that have remained on their campuses during the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar will draw experiences from a panel of university leaders that are currently using mobile ordering to serve students and faculty.

Identity solutions provider, ColorID has put together a series of webinars that will run over the months of April and May that will cover the major topics and trends in campus identity technology. The company’s “Campus Forum Series – Continuing the Conversation,” hopes to draw together university and corporate professionals alike in discussion during a time of isolation.

This week at its annual client conference, Transact announced a new collaboration with HID Global that will enable Transact Mobile Credential to be accepted on HID physical access control readers. Transact Mobile Credential supports student IDs in Apple Wallet and Google Pay, and enables students to use their mobile device to secure access to campus facilities and residence halls, as well as payments for dining, laundry, vending, and retail.

Santa Clara University students, faculty and staff can now add their ACCESS student ID card to Apple Wallet for use with their iPhone and Apple Watch. Santa Clara was among the second group of universities announced to leverage Mobile Credential in Apple Wallet, following the initial launch at the University of Alabama, Duke University and the University of Oklahoma.

Attendance tracking solutions are growing in popularity in recent years and the trend has seen a number of new entries in the higher education space. Among the newer attendance solutions is a mobile app called SpotterEDU, which has added the likes of Syracuse and more recently the University of Missouri.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently partnered with Starship Technologies to enable students to place food orders to be delivered by the company’s fleet of autonomous delivery robots. Now, university officials have successfully added the Wiscard, UW-Madison’s student ID card as a form of payment with the service.

A new SMS-based chatbot is attempting to use natural language processing and machine learning to proactively engage at-risk students and connect them with on-campus resources. The company behind the solution, EdSights, is an education technology firm focused on improving student retention and wellness in higher ed.