Education

Handouts, submissions and staff files with nothing to install.

School devices are locked down, budgets are fixed, and half the people using the system will only ever touch it through a browser. That narrows what actually works.

In practice

How NevTan Drive handles it

Browser only, by design

Storage, previews and every editor run in a browser tab, so a locked-down managed device needs nothing installed.

Read-only by default

Share a handout as a Viewer link, or preview-only so it can be read but not downloaded.

Keep staff files internal

Invite staff as named collaborators rather than publishing a link, so access is tied to an account instead of a URL.

Open what arrives

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files preview and edit in the browser, and export back in the same formats.

Access with an end date

Links can expire, so material shared for a term does not stay open indefinitely.

One storage total

Drive and NevTan Mail draw on a single pool, so there is one number to plan around rather than one per system.

Free to start

An account starts free with 5 GB, with sharing controls and the audit log included, so a department can run on free accounts. Higher plans add room and tools like PDF editing, bought once for the whole NevTan suite.

Questions

Education teams ask

Straight answers, including where NevTan Drive is not the right tool.

Is there free cloud storage for schools?

Every account starts free with 5 GB, with sharing controls and the audit log included, so a department can run on free accounts. Higher plans add storage and tools like PDF editing, and they are bought through the NevTan suite rather than per app.

Does it need anything installed on school devices?

No. NevTan Drive runs entirely in the browser, including the PDF, document, spreadsheet and presentation editors, so managed devices with no install rights are fine.

Can I keep material inside the school only?

The strongest control is not to publish a link at all: invite staff as named collaborators, which ties access to a NevTan account rather than to whoever holds a URL. Where you do publish a link, give it a password and an expiry date.

Can students open files without a NevTan account?

Yes, through a share link. Named collaborator roles — Viewer, Commenter, Editor — require an account; an ordinary share link does not.

Try it on a real project

Create a NevTan account, upload one folder, and share it the way you actually would.