The State of our Campuses

Around the country, upgrades to security systems are being implemented on school campuses to protect students and staff from real threats in today’s world. Most colleges start by identifying who is authorized to be on campus by implementing an enterprise ID card system that can be used across a multitude of applications. Student identification cards can be used for a variety of applications like the university bookstore account management, access to computers and other technology, access control to athletic facilities, tracking library ID card check-out, health center, as well as photo ID. Using any existing ID card system, many colleges add barcodes or QR codes to the printed information with internal proximity smart card technologies for tracking usage around campus.

College University Student ID Card

Once students and staff have been issued ID badges, schools need to have a system for receiving and processing visitors. A good visitor management software ensures that along with the visitor’s name, date, and time of entry, you also have to identify information like their address, driver’s license number, and basic physical description in your system. With a driver’s license scanner added to your school security system software, you can do just that. Additionally, watch list integration can check each visitor against a national database for registered criminals or sex offenders to make it less likely that known high-risk and dangerous persons gain entry to your facilities.

The Smart Transition

Using a smart chip allows schools to implement security and encryption for university student identification cards for value-added services at the university bookstore, parking facilities, athletic programs, and other on-campus venues which utilize readers for ID card technology. This automation makes everyday processes fast and efficient by reducing lines and wait times, can cut back on labor needed, and reducing the loss and risk involved with cash transactions.

One of the keys to creating a safe campus is controlling who’s in your campus buildings. Using RFID proximity card technology, your university college ID cards can support physical access control to your campus buildings, such as dorms, or even specific areas in your campus buildings, such as labs. A secure access control system will allow you to control who enters controlled areas–and a multi-purpose ID card is the means to do all of this.

A university ID card that includes a low-frequency prox technology, or high-frequency smart chip can carry vital information like emergency numbers, and control access to technology as well as to physical areas throughout your campus. One study found that the average college student uses an ID card for over 6 different applications. For example, a student needing to use your university’s computer lab can scan their smart ID card through a card reader to gain access to the IT building after regular class hours, scan it again to enter the lab, and then insert it into the computer to log on using multi-factor authentication. When the student completes his work he scans his card to enter his dorm building, and finally, to enter his dorm room. Similarly, stored value cards can be used by university faculty and staff for parking, food service, and other retail opportunities, as well as gaining access to areas authorized only for them.

 

Using university college ID cards for library membership ID cards in library book checkout is one of the most common ways a university ID card is put to use. Barcodes or QR codes are typically used to track library assets. The same process can also be used with other university check-outs such as audio/visual equipment or athletic equipment.

 

Our team at ADVANTIDGE understands that no campus is the same, and each has its own needs and requirements, which is why we offer custom bundled solutions for colleges and universities.

Whether your focus is on built-in security features, brilliant image quality, high-volume and fast printing, or low-cost and flexible solutions, you can contact us to learn more!