Organize files, streamline access, and enhance collaboration with a customizable document system tailored for your educational institution


Create an education document management setup that matches your team’s needs. Add only the features you use today, and adjust as your workflow grows.
Connect spreadsheets, learning management systems, and other tools with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create a single source of truth for your educational documents.
Empower educators and staff with the right document access and tools. Set up secure logins, user groups, and permissions—no IT help needed.
Give teachers, administrators, and support staff tailored dashboards for accessing only the documents they need.
Give teachers, administrators, and support staff tailored dashboards for accessing only the documents they need.
Connect with education tools via Make, Zapier, or N8N to automate document workflows and reduce manual handling.
Staff can access and manage documents on the go. All apps are mobile-ready from the start.
Use Google, email, or SSO logins to give your team fast, secure access to educational documents.
Protect confidential records with SOC2 and GDPR compliance, plus fine-tuned access for educational data.
AI answers document questions, finds files, and surfaces insights—right inside your education management portal or app.
No more one-size-fits-all tools or costly custom builds. Softr is easy to use and fully customizable, so you can launch faster, adapt as you grow, and skip the complexity of traditional software.
Launch your education document hub in minutes with drag-and-drop blocks and templates.
Easily add workflows for approvals, uploads, or sharing as your document needs change.
Manage files, forms, and portals for staff or students—all in one organized platform.
Integrate with your spreadsheets and databases, including Airtable, SQL, Hubspot, Google Sheets, Supabase, BigQuery, and more—in just a few clicks. Your data is always secure and in sync.
Drag and drop customizable building blocks with various views and functionalities. Granular permissions allow you to control what data each user can access, and which actions they can take.
Ship applications that your team will love in minutes or hours, instead of days or weeks. Deploy on both desktop and mobile.












Education document management is a secure online system where students, faculty, and administrators can log in to access, organize, and share important educational documents—like transcripts, enrollment forms, syllabi, assignments, and communications. It centralizes all document-related tasks in one location, so you don’t have to rely on scattered emails or paper files. This helps keep everyone organized and makes it easier to manage the flow of information across your school or educational institution.
Softr makes it simple to build an education document management system that matches how your school or institution operates. You can connect your existing data—such as student records in Airtable, forms in Notion, or schedules in Google Sheets—and create a platform where students, teachers, and staff can securely access, upload, and manage documents all in one place.
You don’t need any coding skills. You can start with a template or build your system from scratch, customize layouts, control who can see what, and brand it to match your institution. It’s fast to set up, easy to update, and flexible enough to handle different departments or document types, so everything stays organized and accessible.
You can include a variety of features in your education document management system, depending on your school or department’s needs. Common features include:
\- User logins – so students, teachers, and administrators each have secure access to their own documents
\- Custom dashboards – to show enrollment status, assignment deadlines, or document requirements
\- Forms – for registration, requests, or submissions
\- File sharing – so users can upload and download documents securely
\- Search and filters – to help users quickly find specific records or files
\- Tables, lists, and detail views – to display records like student files, assignments, or policies
\- Comments or status updates – to keep communication about documents in one place
\- Calendar view – for tracking deadlines, meetings, or key academic dates
\- Permissions and roles – so each user group only sees what’s relevant to them
All of these features can be built using Softr’s drag-and-drop tools, so you don’t need programming experience. And if your needs change, it’s easy to update your system later.
No coding is needed. You can build your education document management system entirely using Softr’s visual editor. Everything from design to user permissions can be set up and customized without writing a single line of code.
Yes. You can manage multiple schools, departments, or user groups in a single education document management portal. Each user only sees the documents and information assigned to them, based on their login and role. This is useful for educational institutions or administrators who need to provide access to different groups while keeping records organized and secure.
Softr supports a wide range of data sources for your education document management needs. You can connect to Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Coda, monday.com, HubSpot, Clickup, Xano, Supabase, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, BigQuery, and more. You can also import data from other systems using the REST API.
You’re not limited to just one. You can integrate multiple data sources into the same portal and display them side by side—so your education document management system can pull in information from both Airtable and Google Sheets, for example. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, keeping your portal and data sources up to date automatically.
Yes, Softr gives you full control over how users interact with your education document management portal. You can customize the layout, navigation, and content to fit your institution’s needs and processes. Each page or section can be shown or hidden depending on the user’s login and role, so every faculty member, student, or administrator only sees what’s relevant to them.
You can also define different roles, such as student, teacher, or admin, and specify exactly what each role can access or modify. For example, students may only see their own records, while administrators can manage all documents. You can provide tailored views by filtering documents based on the logged-in user, helping ensure a secure, organized, and personalized experience for everyone involved.
Yes, you can. You don’t need to bring your data from somewhere else to start building your education document management portal with Softr. If you’re starting from scratch, you can use Softr Databases, which is built into the platform and integrates seamlessly with your portal.
If you already store documents or records in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Coda, monday.com, Supabase, or SQL, you can connect those as well. You can also use the REST API connector to bring in information from other sources. This way, you have full control over how your educational documents are organized and displayed.
Yes, you can fully white-label your education document management system in Softr. You can use your institution’s logo, brand colors, fonts, and a custom domain to ensure the platform looks and feels like an extension of your school or organization. All Softr branding can be removed, so students, faculty, and staff will only see your institution’s identity throughout their experience.
Absolutely. Softr gives you a lot of flexibility to control both the design and layout of your education document management platform. You can adjust colors, fonts, spacing, and the overall page structure to align with your institution’s guidelines. You can also set up the structure of each page, choose which blocks to use, and define what different user groups (like students, educators, or admins) see when they log in.
To display your documents and records, you can add various blocks depending on your needs:
\- Table blocks – to list and organize documents, student records, or course materials
\- List or Card blocks – to highlight important resources or categorize files
\- Detail View – to display a single document or record in depth
\- Forms – for document requests, submissions, or feedback collection
\- Charts – for insights into document usage or student activity
\- Calendar blocks – to show deadlines, events, or document review timelines
If your content or design needs change later, it’s easy to make updates directly in the visual builder.
Softr is designed with security at its core. All data in your education document management system is encrypted both in transit (TLS) and at rest, and your platform is hosted on secure, reliable infrastructure. You have complete control over user access through role-based permissions, user group management, visibility rules, and global restrictions to help protect sensitive educational documents and data.
When using external data sources like Airtable, Notion, or SQL, Softr simply displays your data in real time based on your access rules—it does not store your data. You remain in control of all student, staff, and institutional information and decide who can view or edit what.
Softr also adheres to industry best practices for authentication, access control, and platform monitoring to keep your education data safe.
You can start building your education document management system for free. Softr’s Free plan lets you publish one app with up to 10 users and 2 user groups, supporting all standard data sources like Softr Databases, Airtable, and Google Sheets.
If your platform needs to support more users or advanced features, you can explore the paid plans, which offer additional capacity and functionality. For more details, check Softr’s pricing page: <https://softr.io/pricing>
Softr stands out for making it easy to create fully functional, user-friendly apps like education document management systems—no coding or developer support required. What makes it unique is how quickly you can go from concept to a working platform, and how effortlessly it integrates with your existing data.
Unlike some no-code tools that focus on mobile apps or are geared toward developers, Softr is designed for non-technical users who want complete control over layout, user experience, and permissions. You can build on top of real-time data from sources like Airtable, Google Sheets, Softr Databases, or SQL, and provide a secure, branded platform for your school or educational organization.
You can visually customize everything—from content and design to user access. With built-in features like user roles, forms, conditional logic, and API support, you won’t need to piece together multiple solutions to create a polished education document management system.
Yes, Softr supports a wide range of integrations to connect your education document management system with the rest of your tech stack. You can automate workflows or sync information with tools like Google Drive, automate tasks using Zapier, Make, or N8N, and connect with services via REST API or webhooks for more advanced processes.
Whether you need to automatically route documents, notify staff and students, or integrate with other platforms your school uses, you can build these automations and integrations into your system—all without writing code.