ID verification for schools
ID scanners, visitor management systems, and identity verification for schools and universities can greatly increase the safety and security of your staff & students and prevent fraud.
ID scanner for Schools
Identity verification to keep your school safe and prevent fraud
Catch fake IDs
Use ID authentication to detect up to 95% of fake IDs.
Background checks
Improve safety by performing background checks on school visitors.
Improve security
ID scanning will increase the safety of your school premises.
Add signatures, waivers
Capture visitor signatures and add agreements when their ID is scanned.
Stop loan fraud
Colleges and universities can verify student identity before dispersing aid.
Prevent ghost students
Ensure all students present valid, legitimate IDs before enrollment.
Schools
Visitor management
Protect students, teachers, and staff by validating and approving all visitors at the point of entry.
An ID scanner for schools at your front desk can help your staff better manage who is on-premises and ensure all visitors have been properly vetted.
Add waivers and signatures to eliminate paper sign-in sheets and printed agreements when guests arrive at your facility.
- Validate each visitor
- Timestamp each visit
- Manage Banned lists
- Print badges and passes
- Perform sex offender checks
- Group and manage visitors by type
Add third party checks for school safety
Query criminal databases and the Sex Offender Registry to keep dangerous individuals off your campus.
Criminal Background Checks
The Nationwide Criminal Records Database is a powerful, multi-state and federal search of our proprietary databases compiled from multiple sources including court records, incarceration records, prison/inmate records, probation/parole information, arrest data, warrants, and more.
Sex Offender Checks
Check IDs against the Sex Offender Registry in your state or jurisdiction. Results are returned in less than 10 seconds.
If there is a match, the returned result often includes a photo, allowing you to confirm the identity of the individual on-site at your school.
Looking to integrate custom lists or other data sources?
Benefits of ID scanning for schools
Improve security while automating data entry.
Verify identity
Flag suspicious IDs used by fraudsters to impersonate legitimate visitors to your school.
Streamline check-in
Automatically create badges and passes and eliminate paper logs and photocopies.
Easy recordkeeping
Each ID scanned creates a timestamped entry, making audit trails and reporting a breeze.
Improve safety
Third party checks can identify dangerous criminals and sex offenders at your entrance.
Access management for schools
Access management
VeriLocks is a door locking system integrated with an ID scanner. It works with most commercially available door strikes.
Schools simply create an Allow List of individuals who are permitted to enter a door, and the system. Entrants scan their ID, unlocking the door automatically.
Badge printing for schools
Add badge printing
Identify visitors at a glance and maintain full control over the premises by adding badge printing to your visitor management or check-in system. Badges automatically include information from the visit’s ID and can be customized to include your school’s logo. Choose to use the ID photo or take a photo at check-in.
Available with compatible badge printing hardware at no extra cost for VeriScan Enterprise and ID Authentication users.
Time expiring for increased security
Time expiring badges give a visual indicator when the badge is no longer valid.
Streamline check-in
Save time and prevent errors by adding visitor information directly from the ID scan.
Groups and tags
Display groups and tags on the badge to identify the visitor’s purpose or restrictions.
College & university
Ghost student prevention
“Ghost students” are hijacking millions of dollars in financial aid every year by using synthetic identities and fake IDs to apply for fraudulent federal and private loans.
The Department of Education has issued new guidance to ensure all financial aid recipients have their identity verified before loan dispersement.
Our identity verification solutions can be used to confirm document authenticity, verify student identity, and handle credentialing and access management.
- Confirm document authenticity
- Check student ID document against issuing jurisdictional records
- Biometric authentication
- Face match to ID photo to prevent use of stolen or tampered credentials
- Criminal background and watchlist checks
Student verification
ID validation platform
VeriScan ID Authentication is a simple Windows-based solution that easily verifies IDs and keeps a time stamped log of the student verification process.
The system can catch fake IDs with 95% accuracy and perform third party checks to provide additional assurance on student identity.
See how an Oregon-based school and community center uses VeriScan and third party checks to keep their facility and team safe.
Secure your school premises with an ID scanner
Our team can help your school or university find the right ID scanning and visitor management solution.
