Built for K-12, universities, libraries and makerspaces
The teacher / student split is part of the School plan - the same plan trusted by schools running everything from a single classroom printer to a full lab of fleets. Students get a friendly landing page they can use without training; teachers get a control centre with everything they need to approve, monitor and unblock the class.
The same URL, two completely different surfaces
When a user opens /panel/dashboard, SimplyPrint checks whether they're a teacher on that school account and renders the appropriate view. No role-switcher, no separate login - the right dashboard just appears.
Approvals, quota requests, queue, fleet status, bulletin.
Upload zone, own queue, bulletin, quick links, Academy.
The teacher dashboard: everything you need to run the lab
The teacher view is built around the classroom workflow: approve new students, grant quota when someone runs out, see which printers need attention, broadcast a message to the whole class - all without digging through menus.
What's on it: pending approvals (one-click approve / deny), quota requests inbox (grant, reply, notify), fleet status cards (next finish, idle, paused, attention, offline), pending print approvals surfaced on the dashboard, school queue, bulletin board.
The student dashboard: simple enough for day one
Students don't need a fleet overview - they need to upload a file, see their queue, and know who to ask for help. The student dashboard puts exactly those things front and centre.
What's on it: a big drag-and-drop upload zone that goes straight to the queue, the student's own queued / running / finished prints, teacher-curated quick links, a contact list of teachers and admins with name + photo + email + phone, the bulletin board (read-only), and a SimplyPrint Academy shortcut.
A shared bulletin board for the whole class
Teachers write, students read. Use the bulletin to announce a printer being down, a homework deadline, a new build plate, the day's open lab hours - whatever the class needs to know. The board lives on both dashboards, so a message posted by a teacher shows up the next time a student opens the panel.
Rich text, scheduled visibility, multiple messages pinned at once - it's a tiny CMS designed for the classroom, not a glorified Slack channel.
Configure both dashboards from one settings screen
Open Settings → Organization → School settings → Dashboards and pick exactly which widgets each side sees. Don't run a quota system? Turn off the quota-requests card on the teacher view. Don't use the bulletin? Hide it on both. Want students to skip the Academy CTA? One checkbox.
The system always keeps at least one widget enabled so the dashboard never goes blank, and ships sensible defaults so a fresh School account works on day one.
- Teacher widgets: file upload, queue, bulletin, help, status cards, pending users, quota requests, pending approvals
- Teacher status cards: next finish, idle, paused, ongoing, attention, pending, offline
- Student widgets: file upload, queue, bulletin, academy, quick links, admins, help
Quick links and a curated "who to ask" list
Two admin power tools that turn the student dashboard from a generic landing page into something tailored to your classroom.
Highlighted + regular links
Big coloured buttons or a compact list, each with an FA icon.
Curate the contact list
Show every teacher and admin, or hand-pick a few.
See what students see - before you save
Hit the Preview button in settings and SimplyPrint opens a showcase-mode render of the student (or teacher) dashboard, exactly as a learner would see it. Change a widget, preview again, save when it looks right. No more "let me log out and log back in as a test student".
Students land on the dashboard the moment they log in
On a School account, non-teacher users get auto-redirected from the default landing page (printers / files) straight to /panel/dashboard. No "where do I click?" moment for first-time students - they open the panel and immediately see the upload zone. Teachers keep the standard landing flow.
A dedicated sidebar entry ( Dashboard) is added for both roles, so anyone can jump back to the dashboard from anywhere in the panel.
How a quota request actually flows, end to end
The student-to-teacher quota loop is four steps:
- Student hits "Request more quota" from their dashboard - either from the quota widget or the print-blocked modal when they hit their cap mid-job.
- Teacher sees it in their inbox widget on the teacher dashboard - thumbnail, current usage, the student's note about why they need more.
- Teacher grants (with optional note) or denies (with reason) in one click. They can grant the exact amount the student asked for, or override it up or down.
- Student gets a notification in-app and by email, with the teacher's note attached. If denied, the reason text is included so the student knows what to do next.
Plan access: which plan ships the teacher / student dashboard?
The dual teacher / student dashboard is a School-plan exclusive. It's part of the wider Education feature set: classroom-shaped permissions, quotas, an Academy with custom courses, SSO, bulletin boards and more - all included, no per-seat surcharge.
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Teacher & student dashboard
Role-aware /panel/dashboard with configurable widgets, bulletin board, quick links and quota / approval inboxes.
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Quotas, limits & balance
Powers the quota-requests widget on the teacher dashboard - give each student a print budget and review top-up requests.
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Print queue approval
Require teacher approval before a student's print can be sent to a printer - approvals surface on the teacher dashboard.
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Academy with custom courses
Linked from the student dashboard's Academy CTA - build your own lessons or use ours.
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SSO / SAML (incl. Unilogin)
Let students and teachers sign in with the same identity provider your school already uses.
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View full pricing & feature comparisonFrequently asked questions
Who counts as a "teacher" vs a "student"?
teacher flag is set on their company membership) or a student (every other non-admin user). There's no separate student role to assign - if someone isn't a teacher or admin, they're a student by default. Admins and account partners are treated as teachers for dashboard routing.Can I turn the teacher / student dashboard off entirely?
Do students see other students' prints in the queue?
Can students post to the bulletin board?
What happens when a student requests more print quota?
Does this need SSO?
Can I preview the student dashboard without logging in as a student?
Which plan includes it?
Part of the bigger SimplyPrint for schools picture
The dashboard is one piece of a complete classroom platform: print quotas, queue approval, classes (manual or SSO-imported), an Academy you can tailor, role-based permissions, and printer monitoring built for a lab full of mixed printers. See the full SimplyPrint for schools page to explore everything the School plan includes, or read about how SimplyPrint handles multiple users on the same printers.
Explore the SimplyPrint for schools landing page