ESC

💳 ESC - European Student Card for ISIC holders

The European Student Card is a card that is intended to facilitate communication with universities for students who are going to join the Erasmus program. Thanks to the card, the students will have access to the Erasmus+ mobile application where they can handle all the administrative requirements associated with Erasmus. Also, they gain access to online courses and services provided by other higher education institutions. In the future, the European Student Card will allow students to participate in cultural activities and events throughout Europe at a student price.

Integration of the European Student Card (ESC) into the Alive Platform

The aim of this project is to integrate the automatic issuance of the European Student Card to students of universities that cooperate with the ESC. When ordering a new ISIC card, only one card will be issued to such students, which will contain all the data of the ISIC card and the ESC card. Each university involved in the Erasmus+ program will get access to the ESC platform, which is an administrative interface where the school can set its data, get identification numbers and instructions by the ESC and at the same time view the overview of the ESC cards issued under the given school.

The European Student Card Project - Presentation for Institutions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K910X1EWnVQ

First steps to issue ESC:

For the issuance of ESC, it is necessary to have a special design approved by ISO, which you will use for issuing ISIC. The new ESC designs must include:

• ESI placeholder

• QR code containing a specific URL

• ESC logo

You can read more about creating new designs in a separate course.

https://gtsalive.atlassian.net/l/cp/dcu2fKbT

Institutions -> Update my institution -> Institution PICInstitutions -> Update my institution -> Institution PIC

APIs -> API Key

The uniqueness of the personal ID

Issuing ESC is not possible without providing the email and personal ID of the student applying for the card. ESC can only be issued for ISIC cards. A student's personal ID must always be unique and must not be duplicated with another student.

Publisher Settings

On the NCDB issuer detail, you will find a new checkbox "Issuing ESC cards". This option will only be available to College/University publishers. After ticking the checkbox, the exclusive representative will be required to fill in the following data:

• PIC - school identification number - validation for the number of characters (9), only digits.

• API key for ALIVE Platform sESC communication.

• sHO (school domain) to create a unique student number within the ESC platform. 

You can find out the first two parameters from the ESC administration interface .You can choose the domain that is linked to your school yourself.

New placeholders on card design

The following ESC placeholders have to be added to the card design:

• ESI (European Student Identifier)- student identification code in the form: urn:schac:personalUniqueCode:int:esi:<schoolDomain>:<studentCode>

• ESC logo

• QR code

QR code

Use the existing QR code functionality to insert a QR code. When creating the QR code on the card design, you add the parameter: "ESC_CARD_URL" to the QR code.

It consists of the given URL in front, followed by the ESCN (card number).

After scanning the QR code, the student or institution will be redirected to the ESC website where they can verify the validity of their ID card.

The minimum size of the QR code on the card is 15x15 mm, it can also be displayed on the back of the card.

📱 ESI (European Student Identifier)

• Student identifier number

ESC logo

• The ESC logo must be present on the first page of the card.

🗃 Issuance of a new ESC card

Issuing ISIC with ESC is possible in several ways:

• NCDB order

• API

• NCDB excel import

Issuing takes place in the classic way that you are used to. An ESC card is automatically issued to the ISIC card.

📈 ESC card details and Export details

• On the details of the card in the "Card Data" section, the ESC Card Number (ESCN), ESC card status and ESC card export status will be displayed.

• In the "Holder data" section, the ESC student ID (ESI) field will be displayed.

📎 Issuance of an ESC card to already existing ISIC cards

As an ER, you have the option to issue ESC cards to the holders of an existing ISIC card without having to issue a new ISIC.

Two new buttons will be added to the publisher detail:

List of holders without ESC - after clicking on this button, an .xlsx file will be generated with a list of ISIC cardholders under the given issuer whose ISIC card expiry date is in the future.

Displayed fields: holder ID, first name, last name, the validity of the card until, e-mail address, personal ID.

In this overview, you will see whether the cardholders have complete data and, if necessary, will be able to supplement them using standard methods (editing in the NCDB, API, etc.). It is necessary to check whether all cardholders have a personal ID and e-mail address. Without it, issuance of ESC card is not possible.

The user will be able to request the issuance of ESC cards for holders who already have complete data (e-mail address and personal ID) and for whom an ESC card has not yet been issued.

If a personal ID or e-mail address is missing for a specific cardholder, ESC card won’t be issued.

After each issuance of an ESC card, the design of the given ISIC card will be automatically regenerated (in order to complete the ESC placeholders) and the design will be exported to the CCDB.

This button will only be accessible for issuers that are allowed to issue ESC cards.