Step 1 - Upload a Photo
Download the GET app (administered by the Cbord company) OR go to the .
After downloading the GET app, please upload a photo to your GET profile. The photo should resemble a DMV-style picture, but please don't take a photo of your driver's license and submit it. If the guidelines below are not followed, your photo will be rejected:
- Make it a headshot, from the shoulders up (no friends or pets, please!).
- Try to use a plain background, with any color besides red (so you don't blend in with the card).
- No hats—we want to see your face!
- Glassses are permitted, but not tinted sunglasses.
- No hand gestures of any kind.
- No filters, especially social media stickers. This will automatically get rejected and you will need to submit another photo.
- You are allowed to smile!
You are able to crop your photo in GET, if needed. If you upload a photo and decide you don't like the photo, you can upload another one before you click on Submit. Once you click on Submit, your photo is sent to the I-Card Office for review. Multiple photo submissions after an approved photo submission will be rejected.
Step 2 - Watch for an Email
Once the I-Card Office has reviewed your photo, you will receive an email notifying you if your photo submission has been approved or rejected.
If your photo has been approved:
You can move on to Step 3. Please note that your photo may have been further cropped by the I-Card Office to meet I-Card standards. If this occurs, please do not submit the same photo again. Your I-Card photo is only 3/4" x 1", so even if the photo looks a little blurry, it will be fine on your I-Card.
If your photo has been rejected:
Please go back to Step 1 and select a different photo to upload. The email will give a reason why your photo was rejected.
Step 3 - Pick Up Your I-Card
Incoming Freshman or Transfer Students
You will receive your I-Card at orientation. If you were unable to obtain your I-Card at summer orientation, your card will be available for pick up at the I-Card table at check-in at the Kovalchick Complex. If you were unable to obtain your I-Card at winter orientation, you can pick up your I-Card at the I-Card Office during business hours.
Current Students and Graduate Students
I-Cards may be obtained at the I-Card Office during business hours.
Online-Only Students
If you have circumstances that make you unavailable to stop in the I-Card Office during business hours, please contact the office via email (icard-assistance@iup.edu) or by phone (724-357-1314).