creating a seamless student experience
Student IDs are central to student and faculty security, overall student experience, facility and visitor experiences, and more. Use cases in leveraging the student ID beyond just an ID are proving to be vital to the overall function of the university campus.
Accessing student and faculty lockers should be no different. By leveraging our Metra networked locks and the HID™ Embedded Technology partnership we can offer the ability to access your locker using your student and faculty IDs.
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mobile devices & smart phones
The use of mobile devices and smart phones for multiple applications, like accessing residence halls, libraries and fitness centers, buying lunch, making purchases at the university store, printing documents and even opening their locker by placing their iPhone or Apple Watch near a reader where contactless student ID cards are accepted, in place of the traditional student ID card, is growing in popularity. Through HID’s support of student IDs in Apple Wallet, this is made possible.
Universities are starting to market their integration with mobile access as a point of differentiation when attracting students. And at the same time, the universities benefit from a convenient, streamlined ID card management process.
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lockers across campus
student unions
libraries
fitness facilities
challenges with current campus lockers
there has to be a better way
Paper or electronic forms need to be filled out ahead of time, before the use of the locker.
Prepaid single-use punch cards. Presented and punched when wanting to use the locker for the day.
Sold out and waitlists of lockers. Unknown utilization of lockers creates inconvenience for students.
Security quickly becomes an issue in traditional lockers with a padlock, mechanical-combination lock, or battery-powered lock. There is no way to easily open all lockers at once if ever needed and no audit trail. Managing locks when dedicated time is expired for use. Cleaning and maintenance is also a pain.
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a better way
An administrator to pre-assign the locker for the day in the back-end of the system
With integration of Student IDs, ease of use is easy. Treat the use of short-term lockers just like meal plans and other systems on university campus that use student IDs. Charge for the semester and allow any locker to be used.
On-the-fly allow for visitors, faculty and/or students to use lockers for a specific timeframe, and easily extend if possible. Release lockers easily each night, week, or semester.
If security ever became an issue or there was an emergency – release and open all lockers with the push of a button. Clean lockers with an audit trail. Data available to determine usage and potential capacity issues.
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athletics
Athletes have easy access with the touch of a button on a touchscreen or their student ID or a 4-digit PIN. Equipment managers can access their athletes’ lockers with a touch of a button and all doors will open.
Other benefits:
- Quickly reassign lockers or handle turn-over of athletes
- Use easily with your favorite locker manufacturer
- Access the lockers via kiosk, phone app, student ID, and more
- Unique and custom design for your school colors
- Add biometrics for secure locker access
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future campus expansion
With campuses expanding all the time, and buildings built over many years – your cards and access to lockers should be seamless without an incredible administrative burden.
visitor management
Visitors are a constant on a campus and the ability to provide lockers or storage to guests helps create a unique and differentiated experience. Whether it’s parents, visiting faculty, executive education students or any other scenario.
mobility of students
Not only in terms of smartphone (and mobile app adoption), but also the ability to visit and receive courses and training at partner (or sister) campuses. Allowing the ability to freely use a locker or storage cabinet while visiting or working with another University.
r&d labs and other secure spaces on campus
Access to labs, research facilities and other critical locations require unique security measures. To gain access many campuses have implemented unique or more sophisticated security. Our lockers can accommodate those credentials – providing a safe, secure and seamless user experience.
Our lockers can be assigned to teams or partners to share access, with complete audit capability.
Further, if a building, lab or college were to develop an app specific to that area – our lockers could be easily and seamlessly integrated.
And finally, these labs and R&D facilities quite often collaborate and team together with other institutions or folks from the private sector. They can easily be granted access to lockers on a short-term or long-term basis.
Multi-factor Authentication: Our lockers can incorporate secondary forms of security – biometrics (finger prints, retina, facial recognition) or secondary pin-codes to increase security even further.
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Take a look at these university images for inspiration for your lockers across campus
Do you have a need for smarter locking?
Interested in learning more about the various ways to apply a smarter locking system to your locker applications? Contact us and we will get in touch with you to learn more about your unique needs.
