The Digital Wallet Membership Card and Member Wizard Scanning app
What is the Digital Wallet Card and what can it do?
The digital wallet card is a membership card which can be stored in either the member’s Google or Apple wallet. When scanned with the downloadable Member Wizard Scanner application, it identifies the member’s name, member number, paid to date and organisation and contains a QR code which when scanned will display the functions listed below.
- Validate Member – Viewing the card will show the member name, member number and paid to date however both Google and Apple warn organisations with digital member cards that in a number of cases the paid to date of the member as it appears on the card face may not be correct. In addition there are a number of ways of “spoofing” a membership card. They warn that the only reliable way of ensuring that a card is correct and that the member is paid to the date stated on the card is to scan the QR code. This will display the same type of information that appears on the card plus a member image if that has been uploaded to the member record in the Admin Portal.
- Class Attendance - provided the scanner app is running on a device registered to a person identified as a Tutor or Convenor in Member Wizard, the Tutor will be able to select their class and scan the member’s digital card to mark them in attendance for any of their classes behing held on that day.
- Check Event registration – To anyone with the scanner on their device they will be able to view the ticket details associated with that particular member and record their event attendance. If the Event does not have the Registration Required box checked, the scanner will simply record the details of each person scanned on enter. A warning sound will be heard if the member is not Active or if the Require Registration button is checked then the scanner will emit a warning tone if the person has not registered for that event.
How does my organisation gain access to a digital card for our members?
1. Login in to your organisation’s Admin Portal. Select the menu item labelled Member Card
2. You will see 2 tabs one saying Settings and the other Logo.
3. Settings is where you select the colour of your member card background and also the membership types who will be permitted to use the digital membership card.
4. Logo is where you upload a logo for your members digital cards. You will need to load up an image on the logo tab for the card which must be 660 x 660 px. If you have problems creating a suitable logo please email support@memberwizard.com.au for assistance. Format of the image can be either .png or .jpg. A sample U3A logo of the correct size is available in the Sample U3A Logo for Member Card help file.
How to members gain access to their Digital Wallet Card?
1. Those members who’s membership type is approved to access and create a digital wallet card will see a logo for either Google or Apple at the bottom of their Member Portal menu to allow them to generate their digital wallet card and store it in either their Google or Apple wallets. The system will detect which operating system the device is using.
2. If a member becomes Inactive then the card will automatically be disabled in their wallet.
How do we gain access to the Scanner app for the digital card
A link and authority number can be emailed to the individual member who will be required to scan member cards - usually a Tutor but could also be an Event organiser or someone assisting these two roles. With the link and the authorisation number they will be able to download the install the scanner app on either their phone or tablet.
In order to send the email with the scanner link and activation code go to Member Services/Scanner App and click the +Activation Code in the page menu. Select the member to whom you wish to send the code from the drop down member list. They will be sent an email with instructions, a link to download the scanner app from either the Apple or Google Store and an Activation code to enter into the app to authorise it.
How does the Scanner App work?
Once downloaded the user simply needs to start the scanner app running on their device and select which function they wish to use – Validate card, Mark attendance (if they are a registered Tutor) or Check Event Registration (if they are the registered Organiser of an event).The scanner user will then be asked if they want Single or Continuous mode.
With Single Mode the scanner app will hone in and read the QR code on the member’s digital card, you will need to click Scan for each card presented in this mode.
With Continuous Mode multiple readings can take place one after the other.
The card needs to be held within 30cm of the scanner app.
