The School Year is Starting Just Around the Corner
Educators at all levels seek ways to leverage current technology to improve the quality of learning, simplify administrative tasks, and protect students. With leaner budgets and the rising costs per student, this means school boards must maximize their resources efficiently to provide a safe and secure learning environment. ADVANTIDGE works with schools and districts across the country to instill confidence in school administrators and IT teams so they can address key areas that keep kids safe and allow these institutions to focus on education. Maintaining security on school campuses is critical for any community and is a growing challenge in today’s world.
The same technology that corporations use for access control systems: secure smart card IDs, can be used to improve school campus security as well. Embedded with “smart” features such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and tamper-resistant overlaminates, education campuses can realize a wide range of benefits, from tightening their physical access control system to streamlining admissions, to improving paid services with these types of ID card technologies.
How can Schools keep up with demand?
School ID solutions like the Primacy 2, an Evolis card printer, are utilized by multiple educational institutions to deliver school ID cards in high-volume runs, thanks to its 100-card capacity input and coloring printing capabilities for easy, flexible, and fast ID card printing, making it perfect for use on school campuses. The Primacy printer is an eco-designed ID card printer, and ENERGY STAR certified. The Primacy printer operates at a low 48 dB sound level allowing seamless incorporation into any and all working or studying, environments, and is also compatible with Mac computers.
Print-on-demand ID card printers can create secure school ID cards so campuses can maintain a safe learning environment. There are countless ways to maximize the benefits of customized school ID cards, from system administrators invalidating lost or stolen cards and issuing replacements immediately, to visually identifying students, staff, and visitors at a glance. With ID cards ranging from basic functionality to smart cards, schools can streamline record management, simplify class registration and attendance, as well as control access to secure areas. Educators can now do more with less while creating new opportunities to enhance the educational experience.
During student admission or new hire orientation for faculty and staff, schools can issue a durable, smart ID card embedded with RFID technology. RFID-enabled smart cards present the optimal solution not only for visitor management but for access control for all people campus-wide. Implementing a smart ID badge policy for all faculty, students, staff, and visitors allow security departments to control who has access to what, where, and when. Campuses can improve dormitory safety, secure labs with high-value equipment, and ensure research departments performing specialized projects only provide access to those with authorized credentials. Learn more about access control solutions by reading more.
Security is more than ensuring visitors casually check in at an office. Upon sign-in, school visitor software can also determine if a visitor is wanted by law enforcement or if the person in question is registered in the sex offender database. You too can protect the safety of students and staff, which has become an increasingly important and serious topic, by implementing a visitor management system.
Taking the Next Step with a School ID Solution
ADVANTIDGE is a Platinum Level Partner for Evolis offering the top tier of service and support for enterprise applications like the Primacy 2 ID Card Printer. As one of the primary Authorized Repair Centers for Evolis Professional Series ID card printers, we are committed to ensuring success by offering a premium experience for education institutions looking for identity management solutions.
We are focused on supporting schools to improve their identification and access to authorized users on-campus and online so that students and families have confidence in their learning environment. For over 20 years we have worked with school administrators and IT through a consultative approach to understand your priorities and achieve your goals for security and safety in each community. Contact ADVANTIDGE to learn how you can create a secure school campus with ID issuance, visitor management, access control upgrades, and multi-factor authentication.
