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Did you know that only 9% of plastic waste has been recycled from the 8.3 billion MT of plastics produced worldwide since 1950?* Every 1 kg of PVC production generates a carbon footprint of 4.1 kg and releases enormous amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Regardless of its recyclability concerns and carbon footprint, PVC cards are still widely used and circulated for user identification, access, payment, business, membership, and travel pass purposes.
With student strength in thousands, universities need to issue a huge number of physical cards and collect them back after expiration. Disposing of these cards adds up to the institution's carbon footprint on a year-on-year basis. Transitioning to digital IDs can help institutions eradicate the problems associated with physical, plastic ID cards.
*Source: Geneva Environment Network
Digital IDs are similar to physical IDs in terms of the information they contain but are better at handling and utilizing the cardholder’s information. Unlike the card-based authentication mechanisms in physical cards, cardless IDs leverage digital methods like document verification or biometric authentication to validate the user's identity. A digital ID heavily relies on features like identity proofing, credential-based access control, and document scanning capabilities.
Digital IDs are integral in helping modern-day institutions facilitate higher security on campus premises than a physical ID card. These cards offer the multifaceted advantages of a physical card while eliminating its limitations. Here are the 10 standout benefits of digital IDs that help administrators ensure a higher level of security on campus.
Digital IDs can help authorities easily track student attendance on campus through a consolidated monitoring platform. The unique IDs help them monitor students’ presence on campus premises and always ensure their whereabouts. The attendance tracking feature also provides staff with better visibility of hostel occupancy levels to ensure optimum utilization.
A cutting-edge university campus has multiple facilities, establishments, and infrastructure spanning several hundred acres. Digital IDs enable administrators to provide access to students, faculty, and staff based on their credentials and security clearance levels from a unified platform. Authorities can monitor the access statuses against user credentials from their databases with provisions to grant or revoke access in real time.
Managing the distribution of IDs is now easier than ever before with unique ID activation codes. Digital IDs offer issuance authorities the ability to activate legitimate IDs by verifying them with unique activation codes. These codes prohibit the generation of invalid IDs and offer higher controllability to the ID issuance personnel.
Digital IDs provide a comprehensive view of the devices on which an individual ID is installed. This self-provisioning feature allows authorized users to make changes to their ID credentials while ensuring that the changes reflect across devices.
With digital ID-based dining, students and other cafeteria guests can pre-book their daily meals or place their orders from the dynamic menu. The booking details help mess or cafeteria staff obtain the exact headcount of all the diners for a specific meal time. Additionally, students can make cashless payments for all their menu bookings with their digital ID credentials while keeping the mess managers and accounts department informed.
Students no longer need to walk to the academic blocks to get updates regarding any changes to class schedules, programs, events, or holidays. Concerned departments and student bodies can send push notifications and alerts to the recipients by tagging their digital IDs and sharing updates with the designated students or stakeholders.
As a security contingency, digital IDs can help obtain the status of students and other cardholders to ensure their well-being in times of emergencies. These IDs can help authorities track the absentees on campus and contact them in time to avoid unforeseen circumstances.
With physical IDs out of the way, identity theft or duplication risks go down substantially. The cardholders need not have to worry about the safekeeping of cards as the digital IDs are always available on their portable devices.
Digital IDs also strengthen campus security by issuing digital IDs to visitors and guests. By setting parameters and access privileges, authorities can ensure that all visitors get seamless access to the designated premises on campus. Furthermore, presets like expiration dates and times also avoid any possibility of ID misutilization.
Digital ID cards for students offer complete control and visibility of the issued IDs and allow administrators to manage them remotely over a unified platform. The concerned authorities can add, remove, or deactivate any IDs and update access conditions for each ID in real time.
Digital IDs are an essential aspect of university administration that not only helps bolster the security on campus but also overcomes the limitations and drawbacks of physical cards. By implementing this identity verification method, institutions can minimize the risks of identity theft and data breaches while enhancing access control for students and other cardholders.
It's a handy tool that acts as a companion for students in helping them gain hassle-free access to academic blocks and other facilities on campus without the risks of card-based access. Similarly, it allows administrators to enable better security on campus and reduce their dependency on physical PVC cards.
SpaceBasic’s smart ID cards offer all-encompassing digital IDs that have helped renowned universities relinquish card-based IDs and transition to a more secure approach to campus security. It has helped its partner institutions reduce time spent on access control management around campus by up to 60%, facilitating faster and more efficient student attendance.
Ready to replicate these exceptional operational enhancements at your university with SpaceBasic’s Smart ID cards? Get started by scheduling a demo.
