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Knowing who is authorized to be on campus has never been more important. Visitors and contractors must be verified to protect both students and staff, securing dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, administrative buildings and more. Let our experts with 20+ years' industry experience provide a solution for your school's unique requirements, to better manage the identities of all who set foot on your campus.

A Secure & Efficient Campus

Security lapses on school campuses are a real threat and a growing problem in today’s world. We can help you improve security at your school by updating the visitor sign-in process, which often fails to provide sufficient visitor identity information. Replacing it with an automated ID card scanning solution will ensure that along with the visitor’s name, date, and time of entry, you will also have 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 or internal database to alert you of known high-risk and dangerous persons attempting to gain entry to your facilities.

Efficient Student Tracking

Is your university using antiquated paper attendance tracking and manual visitor log books? In addition to increasing safety, modern attendance tracking software can foster greater efficiency for teachers and schools alike. Using the existing student and staff ID cards on use on your campus, upgrade your school tracking system by incorporating magnetic stripe, barcode reader, or proximity smart card technologies. Attendance tracking software increases accuracy with immediate transmission to a central location, offering the ability to quickly compile attendance data from which you can learn if certain classes routinely struggle with attendance problems, and which students if any, are frequently tardy to class or absent. The data can be as individualized or campus-wide as you’d like, so you can learn about developing or potential problems before it’s too late!

Multiple Applications for Student IDs

More and more colleges and universities are streamlining to using a single student ID card across a multitude of applications. Today’s technology allows your university student photo identification cards to be multi-purpose cards.

A single university student identification card can be used for applications such as food service and university bookstore account management, access to computers and other technology, access control to athletic facilities, tracking library ID card check-out, health center ID badges, as well as at-a-glance photo ID.

Automated Payment Programs

Across the country, the push for efficient automated payment programs is creating demand for university student ID cards that can store cash value and track account balances. Using a magnetic name badge or smart chip allows schools to use university student identification cards as stored-value debit cards for campus food service, the university bookstore, parking, campus laundry facilities, and other on-campus venues which utilize retail ID card technology. This automation makes the purchasing process fast and efficient by reducing lines and wait times, can cut back on labor needed to staff cafeterias and bookstores, and reduces the losses and risks involved with cash transactions.

Stored-value debit cards are simply ID cards that are funded by traditional means such as checking accounts, funds transfers, credit cards, or cash and are used to deduct money from a non-bank account. Stored-value cards use a smart chip or magnetic stripe to store information about the funds that have been prepaid to the card.

Cross-Campus Access Control

One of the keys to creating a safe campus is controlling who’s in your campus buildings. Using magnetic stripe, and proximity ID card technology, your university student ID cards can control access 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 magnetic stripe, proximity technology, or a smart chip can control access to technology as well as to physical areas throughout your campus. For example, a student needing to use your university’s computer lab can scan his student ID card through a magnetic stripe 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 in order to log on. 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.

Student Library Cards

Using university student 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 magnetic stripes 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.

ADVANTIDGE offers a wide variety of card printer systems, or other visitor management devices, to fill any of your asset tracking, visitor management, or identification card needs. From card printers and supplies for issuance to badge clips and other peripherals to put them into your user’s hands. With more than 40 years of combined industry experience, we’re ready to help you achieve your identification goals. For specific information please contact us – we provide excellent customer service!

Finding a Better Way

Finding a Better Way

Serving campuses of all sizes for nearly two decades allows our team of experts to identify unique solutions our competitors may not recognize. As natural learners and strategic thinkers, we continually explore innovative technologies for greater security and efficiency for your university.

Trusted & Proven

Trusted & Proven

Large and reputable higher education institutions trust us with their most complicated identity and visitor management requirements. Our deep knowledge of industry best practices continues to serve our clients, meeting their needs today and for the future.

Confidence Delivered

Confidence Delivered

Gain peace of mind knowing your identity management solution is custom-tailored to your campus procedures, systems and needs. Our value is created through dialogue and understanding to provide a genuine, dedicated and caring experience for your unique needs.

Baseline Physical Access Control for Educational Institutions

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Baseline Physical Access Control for Educational Institutions

As education costs skyrocket, and departments on all levels look for ways to do more with less, ADVANTIDGE works with higher education to streamline security solutions. With looming threats to campus security, educators must make decisions that balance education with protecting the safety of their students and staff.

ID Management Solutions for Higher Education

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ID Management Solutions for Higher Education

ADVANTIDGE is focused on supporting colleges/universities with security solutions that improve identification and access to authorized users on campus and online so that students and families have confidence in their learning environment.