Your K—12 ID program:
now available on mobile.
From transportation to campus access and daily interactions like lunch and library checkout, IDs are the keys to the moments that keep schools running.
Badge Mobile extends school IDs beyond physical cards into a mobile app, giving students quick, secure access to their IDs directly from their phone while giving administrators more flexibility in how IDs are used across campuses based on their unique systems, policies, and student needs.
Together, physical and digital IDs work seamlessly to help districts create ID programs that are safe, consistent, and built to adapt.
Ready when they need it.
Simple, secure sign-in.
Mobile Tap Experience
Use a phone to tap just like an ID card, with audio confirmation of successful or unsuccessful taps.
Works Alongside Physical ID Cards
Support both mobile and physical credentials within the same program.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Enable fast, secure sign-in through providers like Clever, with optional Face ID.
Aligned with Issued Credential
The mobile badge always reflects the most recently issued credential, keeping physical and digital IDs in sync.
Flexible Rollout
Deploy by school, group, or use case with the ability to expand over time.
iOS Accessibility
Designed with built-in iOS accessibility features to support a wide range of user needs.
Customized for Your District
Every district has its own needs, and not all of them call for a fully digital approach. That’s why Badge is designed to enhance what’s already working — not replace it.
Badge adds flexibility to your existing ID program, so when a card is lost or damaged, access isn’t disrupted. Mobile IDs act as a reliable backup, ensuring quick, secure verification is always within reach when it matters most.
What this means for administrators:
- No disruption to existing workflows
- Flexibility across schools and policies
- Fewer reprints and replacements
- Consistency across campuses
- Scalable rollout over time
Badge doesn't replace physical IDs —
it expands what’s possible.
Capture Every Tap
The CR-One reader supports taps from both Badge Mobile and physical cards, streamlining the most important moments of the school day and delivering actionable insights for administrators.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a connected reader?
A connected (or “smart”) reader like CR-One doesn’t just scan a card—it communicates.
Each tap is securely captured and sent in real time to your systems, along with important context like time and location. This allows districts to move beyond simple check-ins and gain a clearer, more complete picture of what’s happening across campus throughout the day.
Why would a tap fail — and how does CR-One help?
Tap issues can happen for a variety of reasons — such as unsupported or expired cards, authorization rules, or system and configuration issues. In some cases, if a card isn’t read at all (for example, due to how it’s presented), no interaction is captured.
When a tap is successfully read but doesn’t go through, CR-One records detailed context about the interaction. This allows teams to review what happened, identify root causes, and resolve issues more quickly.
For deployments that integrate with partner systems, CR-One can also enable real-time responses based on tap data — such as alerting when a rider boards the wrong bus.
Where can CR-One be used across a district?
CR-One can be used across both transportation and campus operations, including bus ridership, campus access, lunch, library services, and event check-ins.
Districts can start with a single use case and expand over time. There’s no need to deploy it everywhere at once to see value.
As more readers are added, each device contributes to a more connected campus. Across schools, these connected campuses create a unified view of operations, giving district teams clearer visibility and more streamlined management at scale.
Will we have to replace our existing systems to accommodate CR-One?
CR-One is designed to work with the systems you already have in place.
It serves as the hardware layer that captures credential interactions, giving you the flexibility to choose how and where that data is used — whether that’s an existing transportation or district platform or CI Solutions’ Badge ecosystem. Credential formats, integrations, and workflows can all be tailored to your district’s needs, with no full system replacement required.
How does CR-One protect student data?
CR-One is designed to capture event-based interactions, not continuous location tracking. It only records data when a student taps a credential—logging the details of that specific interaction, rather than monitoring movement over time.
From a security standpoint, CR-One uses industry-standard NFC protocols (ISO 14443/15693) and transmits data over secure network connections (Wi-Fi, cellular, or wired). Sensitive data is not stored long-term on the device itself.
The data flows into a district’s identity and credential management platform, like Badge, so administrators maintain control over how information is stored, accessed, and governed.
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