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Schedule a Meeting with Softdocs

Softdocs was the only solution that met our needs with its Ethos integration, allowing seamless data flow and pre-population of forms, which significantly improved data standardization and user experience. This was critical to support our migration to Colleague SaaS.

Chuck Flagg, Executive Director of Technology Infrastructure Oakland Community College

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Colleague already runs your campus. Your documents should move with it.

Key Integration Capabilities

Etrieve from Softdocs is the most comprehensive document management and process automation platform in the Ellucian ecosystem. We've integrated with hundreds of Banner and Colleague schools.

  • Realtime data sync: Use Ellucian Ethos APIs to push and pull data instantly between Softdocs and Colleague. Update records, trigger workflows, or pre-populate forms without manual intervention.
  • Forms that write back: Forms can pre-populate with data (such as student IDs, term info, or employee records) and submit updates directly back into Colleague.
  • Document access in context: Staff can access student or employee documents directly from their Ellucian interface.
  • Workflow automation: Use Colleague data to dynamically route approvals, set conditions, and reduce process delays.
  • Flexible options for every campus: Choose from Ethos, REST APIs, direct database queries, or sFTP — tailoring integration to your infrastructure needs.

Real-World Benefits

  • Reduce manual data entry and rekeying
  • Improve accuracy and completeness of student and employee records
  • Accelerate process completion with automated, data-driven routing
  • Ensure alignment with your long-term IT and cloud strategy

Integration Highlights

  • SIS pre-population: Automatically populate fields in forms using Colleague data.
  • Bi-directional updates: Completed forms and approvals post back to your Ellucian system in realtime or via batch jobs.
  • SSO compatibility: Seamless authentication across ERP and Softdocs.
  • Ellucian experience ready: Embed forms and workflows directly into your Ellucian portal.

Complete Value for the Colleague Campus

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Work from one connected ecosystem

Link key documents and processes to Colleague data so teams can access what they need without chasing paperwork across departments.

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Reduce manual, repetitive tasks

Replace handoffs, printing, scanning, and rekeying with digital workflows that keep work moving.

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Improve visibility and control

Standardize how documents are captured, stored, routed, and retrieved across offices and campuses.

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Support better service at every step

Help staff respond faster to students, faculty, and vendors with the right information at the right time.

Integration Case Studies with Ellucian Colleague

Everyone always looks at staff time savings, and yes, we’ve saved a ton there. But the real win is for students. Forms pre-populate, so they’re not typing in the wrong advisor email or the wrong course. They don’t make those mistakes anymore and it saves them even more time than it saves us.

Tim Conlon-McCombe, Director of Enterprise Systems Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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Ready for your team to get rid of manual work and serve students with less friction?

Bring documents, data, and workflows together with a tighter Colleague integration to the Etrieve platform from Softdocs.

Etrieve provides certified, real-time, bi-directional integration with Colleague, streamlining student services, modernizing financial aid workflow, and digitizing HR processes.

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