Designing a Smarter Dashboard for
Smarter Universities
Designing a Smarter Dashboard for Smarter Universities
My Smart Shala is a growing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) platform that helps universities digitize academic workflows from online assessments to digital document handling. To further strengthen their offering, they approached us to conceptualize and design a central dashboard that would become the daily workspace for faculty, evaluators, and administrators.
The challenge wasn’t about redesigning something outdated it was
about creating something new and essential from scratch.
A modern interface that made it easy for each user role to access,
manage, and act on complex university operations.
My Smart Shala is a growing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) platform that helps universities digitize academic workflows from online assessments to digital document handling. To further strengthen their offering, they approached us to conceptualize and design a central dashboard that would become the daily workspace for faculty, evaluators, and administrators.
The challenge wasn’t about redesigning something outdated it was about creating something new and essential from scratch.
A modern interface that made it easy for each user role to access, manage, and act on complex university operations.
Designing a Smarter Dashboard for Smarter Universities
My Smart Shala is a growing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) platform that helps universities digitize academic workflows from online assessments to digital document handling. To further strengthen their offering, they approached us to conceptualize and design a central dashboard that would become the daily workspace for faculty, evaluators, and administrators.
The challenge wasn’t about redesigning something outdated it was about creating something new and essential from scratch.
A modern interface that made it easy for each user role to access, manage, and act on complex university operations.
A Smarter Way to Manage Academics
A Smarter Way to Manage Academics
The goal was to create a dashboard that was clean, role-based, and future-ready. It had to reduce the time spent navigating multiple systems and present a unified view of what matters most to each type of user from pending assessments to exam activity, notifications, and digital tasks. From the start, it was built to support scalability across institutions starting with Karnataka State Open University and expanding to future clients.
The goal was to create a dashboard that was clean, role-based, and future-ready. It had to reduce the time spent navigating multiple systems and present a unified view of what matters most to each type of user from pending assessments to exam activity, notifications, and digital tasks. From the start, it was built to support scalability across institutions starting with Karnataka State Open University and expanding to future clients.
Making Complex Academic Operations Usable
Making Complex Academic Operations Usable
🧭 Created easy-to-follow screens for different users like faculty-admin, Student and Teaches
🧩 Designed modular dashboard components for key modules like Exams, Assignments, MCQ Exam, Reports, and Repositories
📊 Created high-level overview panels that highlight upcoming Assignments, pending items, and Notifications.
🧱 Built a component-based design system to make the dashboard scalable and easy to maintain
📱 Ensured full responsiveness and optimized layouts for both desktop and mobile usage
🎨 Applied a clean, structured visual style aligned with modern academic systems and professional UI standards
What We Delivered
What We Delivered
The My Smart Shala dashboard was designed as a scalable control system for universities — not just to manage academic processes, but to modernize how institutions interact, assess, and operate daily. It brings together core academic tasks into one unified interface. From assessment workflows to communication tools, every feature was thoughtfully built to support role-specific needs while maintaining operational clarity. With integrated digital documentation, live alerts, LMS connectivity, and reporting modules, the dashboard now acts as a single source of truth for faculty and admin teams alike.
The My Smart Shala dashboard was designed as a scalable control system for universities — not just to manage academic processes, but to modernize how institutions interact, assess, and operate daily. It brings together core academic tasks into one unified interface. From assessment workflows to communication tools, every feature was thoughtfully built to support role-specific needs while maintaining operational clarity. With integrated digital documentation, live alerts, LMS connectivity, and reporting modules, the dashboard now acts as a single source of truth for faculty and admin teams alike.
Institutional Transformation
Institutional Transformation
The launch of this dashboard marked a significant leap in how academic institutions handle internal operations. Faculty and administrative teams now benefit from simplified, intuitive interfaces tailored to their roles reducing friction and improving response times. The platform’s modular design ensures it is adaptable for onboarding future universities with minimal effort. As a result, My Smart Shala’s product positioning has evolved from a functional ERP to a polished, future-ready academic operating system — setting a higher benchmark within the EdTech landscape.
The launch of this dashboard marked a significant leap in how academic institutions handle internal operations. Faculty and administrative teams now benefit from simplified, intuitive interfaces tailored to their roles reducing friction and improving response times. The platform’s modular design ensures it is adaptable for onboarding future universities with minimal effort. As a result, My Smart Shala’s product positioning has evolved from a functional ERP to a polished, future-ready academic operating system — setting a higher benchmark within the EdTech landscape.
