The Blackboard Transaction System™ Release 3 is a highly sophisticated, user-friendly, and easily expandable campus commerce and security management platform. 

Release 3 brings together the best of previous UNIX Edition and Universal Edition functionality, while also providing significant enhancements to the product. Release 3 has an easy-to-use interface with web-like search capability, and Access Control that integrates completely with Blackboard Video Surveillance™.

The Blackboard Transaction System™ – Release 3 provides all the features in one centralized application, removing the modular approach from previous releases. Campuses will experience all the benefits of Release 3 that include:

• Accomplishing more tasks with fewer actions, shortening the learning curve for system administrators.
    
• Supporting multiple card formats.
    
• Assigning temporary ID cards with full privileges if permanent card is misplaced.
    
• Designating each customer an unlimited number of stored value accounts.
    
• Displaying customer photos within the Customer Detail screen.
    
• Applying policy rules to retail transactions based on multiple conditions such as time period, point of sale group, and tender. Creating an unlimited number of customer-defined data fields.
    
• Adding a device to a host and bringing it online without affecting the status of any other device on the host.
    
• Sending downloads to select or multiple door access devices immediately or at a specified time for a specific time, date or recurring schedule
    
• Efficiently integrates Blackboard’s Access Control with Blackboard Video Surveillance, allowing administrators to view live or recorded video from anywhere.
    
• Distributed administration allows dispersed business units on campus to manage their specific functionality.

For more information on the Blackboard Transaction System – Release 3, contact a Blackboard sales representative or view the full brochure.