Create ID card templates

Institutions may issue ID cards to students, employees or parents for identification or authorisation. To generate ID cards, the administrator or a privileged user first creates an ID card template in the ID Cards module.

Create an ID card template

1. Go to Menu → Academics → ID Cards.

2. Click ID card templates.

3. Click New template.

4. Enter the ID card details:

   1. Enter the ID card name in the ID Card Name field.

   2. Select the user type: Student, Employee or Parent.

   3. Select the resolution from the drop-down list:

      • Portrait (54 mm × 86 mm)
      • Landscape (86 mm × 54 mm)

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   4. Select the Template Design – Back option to configure the back of the card:

      • Disable — the card has no back side.
      • Common for all Users — the same back design is used for every user.
      • Different for each User — the back design shows data fetched from the system for each user.

   5. Upload the Front Background Image.

   6. Upload the Back Background Image, if applicable.

      Note: Images must be in .jpeg or .png format.

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   7. Enter the Layout Spacing to adjust the alignment of the ID card.

   8. Select the barcode information from the drop-down list and choose its orientation: Left Vertical, Right Vertical or Horizontal.

   9. Select the User Photo Style – Front (Circle or Square) and enter the photo dimensions.

   10. Select the User Photo Style – Back (Circle or Square) and enter the photo dimensions.

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   11. Enter the ID card content in the editor area:

       • Select field codes from the field code box and paste them into the editor. The available field codes depend on the user type.
       • Position the fetched content as needed.
       • Change the font, colour or size as needed.
       • To add a custom field, click Add custom fields. To use it in the editor, enter its key prefixed with custom_ inside double curly braces.

       Example:

       Setting	Value
       Name	Student Character
       Key	character
       Field code to use	{{custom_character}}

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