Educational organizations sometimes require students to fill in PDF forms. However, using PDF forms brings with it some friction and annoyance as the organizations then try to pair it with the online systems and records. But there is a solution.
Don’t Complicate Online Education and Administration with PDF Forms
PDF forms are incompatible with HTML. Therefore, students may need to install third-party software to fill in academic PDF forms, or print out and complete by hand.
Administrators face another issue when collecting student data: submitted PDF form data cannot be directly retreived from the browser.
Convert Fillable PDF Academic Forms into HTML Forms
FormVu is an SDK developed by IDRSolutions for developers to convert fillable PDF forms into HTML forms. Educational organizations can create fillable forms (e.g., enrolment forms) using FormVu within their subscription-based portals.
What Can FormVu Help Educational Organizations Achieve?
Simplify Academic Form Access and Submission
HTML forms can be used across all devices (desktops, tablets, phones) without needing a PDF reader. Filling out a web-based form is quicker and more user-friendly compared to downloading, printing, scanning, or uploading PDFs.
With FormVu, more students, parents, and staff can easily fill out forms online.
More Efficient Student Data Collection
Extracting data from academic forms may be an issue since scripts in PDFs can be quite difficult to work with.
With FormVu, students can fill in HTML forms converted from PDF forms, then submit to a URL. Developers can directly get the data from the backend without having to come up with another solution.
Easier Integration with E-Learning Platform
Compared to native HTML forms, it’s trickier to integrate PDF forms into web applications.
With FormVu, educational organizations can integrate the converted HTML forms into a web application workflow while retaining all their interaction and functionality as well as the look of original PDF forms. Here’s an example video of how we integrate it into our website.
Conclusion
Converting fillable PDF forms into HTML forms can simplify academic form access and submission, make student data collection more efficient, and simplify integration with e-learning platforms. This can all be achieved with FormVu. Click here to try it out!
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