AlphaCard School ID Professional

AlphaCard School ID Professional Software

Specially designed to meet the needs of schools, AlphaCard School ID Professional makes it easy to design, print, and manage ID cards for students, teachers, staff, volunteers, visitors, and contractors. Loaded with easy-to-use features, it's the perfect solution for public K-12 schools, private schools, charter schools, daycare centers, kid's camps, and more.

To help you start designing ID cards right out of the box, AlphaCard School ID comes with three pre-designed student ID card templates that can be fully customized.

If you prefer to design your own cards the step-by-step design wizard walks you through the process and makes it easy to add text, graphics and logos like your school mascot, and encode magnetic stripes and barcodes.

With the Professional edition you can also create multiple layouts per card template. AlphaCard School ID will hold an unlimited number of card design templates so you can distinguish between students, staff, and other ID cards.

AlphaCard School ID allows you to easily create and store details for an unlimited number of people including students, staff, volunteers, contractors, and visitors.  Choose which information you want to store and print – built-in options include student ID number, grade, homeroom, and even emergency contacts.

To streamline data entry you can create customized drop down lists and choose which information is required for each type of card. You can even import or manage data by connecting AlphaCard School ID to an existing Microsoft Access, Excel, MS SQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, and ODBC/OLE database.

AlphaCard School ID supports most digital cameras, as well as a selection of digital signature pads and fingerprint capture devices. For quicker check in of visitors, volunteers, and contractors, you can also scan a government issued ID to auto-populate the data fields. If you already have student or staff photos stored on your schools network, can you easily connect them to AlphaCard School ID.

Not sure if AlphaCard School ID Professional is the right software for your school? You can easily compare the features in each edition and get tips on how to choose the right one with our How to Choose guide.

System Requirements

AlphaCard School ID is compatible with all PVC card printers. AlphaCard School ID is not currently supported on Tablets or Surfaces. Please call with any questions regarding compatibility with any hardware platforms not mentioned here.

AlphaCard School ID Professional comes with a single software license, meaning it can only be installed and opened on one computer at a time.

32 or 64 bit Microsoft Windows operating system (Windows 7, 8, 10), Explorer 6 or higher, Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 or higher, dual core processor, 1 GB of free internal memory (32 bit) or 2 GB of free internal memory (64 bit), 200 MB of free disk space, and an internet connection for automatic activation and online help files.