--- title: Shenandoah University Replaces ImageNow with Etrieve DMS description: Shenandoah University implemented the Etrieve ECM platform from Softdocs by replacing ImageNow with document management and e-forms. image: https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/48231846/resources/case-studies/Shenandoah%20University/shenandoah-university-featured-image.jpg --- [Bridge 2026](https://softdocs.com/bridge/2026) [Support](https://community.softdocs.com/s/login/) [Webinars](https://softdocs.com/webinars) [Blog](https://softdocs.com/blog) [![Softdocs](https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/48231846/logos/softdocs/NEW/Softdocs%20Logo%20-%20RGB%20-%20Purple.svg) ](https://softdocs.com/) - Platform The leading document management and process automation platform for higher education, K-12 districts, and government agencies. 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They had become severely limited by their content management system, due to a restrictive pricing structure that created an annual cap on e-forms submissions. As a result, students and staff were growing frustrated with their inability to easily submit, monitor or even access their information. Kevin Grant, system application support specialist at Shenandoah summarized, “Our approach to e-forms and document management was proving to be no longer viable. We needed something modern.” In assessing alternate e-forms solutions that would better cater to the needs of their institution, Grant identified several characteristics that established Softdocs eForms as the university’s solution of choice. > From the beginning, it was clear that Softdocs would be able to integrate well with our other technologies, including the document management platform we had already purchased and were still using. > > Kevin Grant, System Application Support Specialist Shenandoah University The University was also excited about introducing a solution with a mobile-first design that could extend anytime information access to students and staff, while making workflows highly visible through in-depth user tracking features. Migrating to a new e-forms solution would finally allow the University to extend the full benefit of electronic forms and workflows to every department, staff member, and student. “The end-user tracking was key. With our previous e-forms solution, I had to manually build in tracking and even then, it was a best guess. Now they are always able to find what they need right away!” Building on the success of their deployment in admissions, the University quickly expanded Softdocs to the registrar's office, advancement, accounts payable, institutional computing and Hornet Central — Shenandoah University’s student center for registration and financial aid needs. Supported by weekly calls with Softdocs’ professional services team, Grant was able to ensure that implementation at the University progressed smoothly and on schedule. “The ramp up was much quicker and easier than we expected,” Grant said. “The Softdocs team was especially helpful whenever I needed to overcome a hurdle … but there just really weren’t that many hurdles.” ### Developing a Complete ECM Strategy Through robust integrations between Ellucian Colleague®, Etrieve and other admin systems, the university was taking significant steps toward standardizing data collection, management and distribution processes across campus. In fact, they created and implemented almost 50 Softdocs eForms within the first 18 months alone. However, the University was still maintaining ImageNow, for content management, and were growing increasingly frustrated with its Java requirements. They recognized an opportunity to improve upon their overall content management strategy. “We had to decide whether we wanted to upgrade our document management system to a new, non-Java dependent version of our current system or embrace Softdocs Content, which would also allow us to transition to ECM in the cloud,” said JoAnne Bodine, lead application programmer analyst. Their decision to deploy cloud-based Etrieve Content, released Shenandoah’s information technology department from having to host and maintain an ECM solution, and enhanced the handoff between electronic forms, workflow, and the institution’s back-end document storage system. They also gained a content management interface that end users found much easier and freed up resources typically expended on time-intensive nightly OS updates. Due to its high volume of content, Shenandoah chose to implement Softdocs Content in Admissions first, supported by Softdocs’ professional services team. Following the success of this deployment, the university chose to expand their Softdocs Content adoption by self implementing in other departments. Tamara Lapp, software workflow documentation analyst at Shenandoah, explained, “Following discovery and training, our team really understood how to efficiently expand our deployment to additional departments. We learned exactly what we needed to do to get all of our departments using Content, while Softdocs focused on migrating documents.” With many departments at Shenandoah University now live with the entire platform, end users are buying-in and recognizing how new features can be utilized to improve their day-to-day. > It took our users less than a day to fully understand how things can be done. From creating bookmarks for searches to itemizing items specifically for their needs, our users are embracing every benefit, while saying only great things about the ease of use. Softdocs works better for our users, and they know it. All the feedback has been extremely positive. We keep hearing how intuitive it is to use, and that it is much more user-friendly than [ImageNow].” > > JoAnne Bodine, Lead Application Programmer Analyst Shenandoah University ![Shenandoah University](https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/48231846/logos/customers/Shenandoah%20University%20Logo.svg) Location Winchester, VA Tags Higher Education Electronic Forms Registrar Office Business Office Ellucian Colleague ImageNow ## More Higher Education Case Studies [![](https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/48231846/blog-media/bunker-hill-community-college.jpg) ##### How Bunker Hill Community College Went Fully Paperless and Now Delivers Financial Aid Weeks Earlier with Softdocs Learn how Bunker Hill Community College went fully paperless, delivering financial aid packages weeks faster and reducing review times. 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