pdfFiller

Suitable for ages - Ages 18 and older
Secondary School Apps (14-18 Years)

Subjects & Topics - Productivity

Great for - Organisational and Productivity Skills

Publisher - airSlate, Inc.

• Import documents from anywhere
• Add interactive fillable forms to your PDFs
• Share your documents 
• Sign documents and collect eSignatures like a pro
• Collaborate on documents in teams
• Track shared documents in real-time
• Document management from anywhere, on any device

pdfFiller is a productivity app rather than a learning app. Teachers can use it for admin, lesson resource preparation, and organisation. Older students could use it for learning material organisation and assignment writing.

This app's tools are built around managing, creating, modifying, converting, and annotating PDF files. Further details of how schools might use these effectively are given in the 'How will teachers benefit?' section of this review.

It is important to recognise that pdfFiller is more than a document creation app with all the layout tools you expect. It is also a document management app.

While pdfFiller is an accomplished package for creating and editing PDF files, it also has a strong document management toolset. These features can help schools cut down on their reliance on paper and thereby speed up and increase the safety of communication using forms, reports, and other crucial documents.

Cross-school administration, school-to-home communication, home-to-school communication, and the creation of teaching resources can all benefit from pdfFiller. 

Is pdfFiller app safe to use?

As pdfFiller is a document editing and creation app, its content is mainly in the hands of the user, so there is no inappropriate content. Existing documents in the app are user guides.

pdfFiller is cloud-based, so you will be saving your documents to the cloud. The app uses strong encryption to ensure only intended readers of your files can see them. 

The documents are not held hostage by pdfFiller, as you can save your finished files to your personal storage devices and then delete them from the cloud. Obviously, this does remove the convenience of easy access, collaboration, and sharing, but if you want to be the sole holder of a PDF this is an option.

Is pdfFiller app easy to use?

As with any productivity tool that is powerful and flexible, most users will need some time to familiarise themselves with the app. The tools and processes reflect typical user interface design in other document and text editing tools, so most of it will be straightforward. 

While the app is loading or preparing documents, pdfFiller offers some tips, hints, and suggestions. Do read these, especially when you first get the app, as they often tell you of a feature you might not have thought to look for or offer a time-saving shortcut.

The app's website has a section showing how teachers in K-12 (reception to year 13) could use pdfFiller to its fullest potential.

While there are pros and cons of downloadable against cloud-based apps, there are compelling reasons to prefer the cloud for document creation. Flexibility, convenience, ease of collaboration, and facilitating sharing are some of these reasons. 

pdfFiller is another reason. It enables these desirable traits of cloud-based apps to shine with its clear user interface and excellent toolset. The developers of pdfFiller must know this, too, as the trial and money-back options are ahead of most other software services. You also have the option of the under-development desktop apps, if you prefer, and the mobile apps.

Make the most of a thirty-day trial of pdfFiller; use it for admin and lesson resources. You might find that it is an indispensable tool that streamlines workflows across the school, possibly in ways you hadn't considered. If not, you'll still have a great selection of new pdf-based documents and resources.

pdfFiller, is easy-to-use, powerful, and highly relevant to modern schools, making it a five-star Educational App Store certified app.

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