EditShare for Post-Production

Collaboration & Workflow Intelligence for Teaching and Learning

Media storage and workflow solutions that empower students, faculty, and IT to teach, collaborate, and manage creative work at scale

The Challenge in Education

Media programs face a mix of technical, operational, and academic pressures that traditional storage and file systems weren’t built to solve.

Multiple creative tools and platforms make unified access and project sharing difficult

Remote and hybrid learning demands consistent performance for on- and off-campus workflows

High user turnover with new cohorts each term adds administrative overhead

Faculty need oversight, submission control, and easy review of student work

Easily scale without disrupting classes or losing content

EditShare addresses these needs with a platform that makes media accessible, manageable, and resilient for education workflows.

Collaboration and Workflow Intelligence

Keep students and faculty in sync across courses and locations

FLOW indexes, searches, and manages media with powerful metadata tools, making it easy to find coursework, project assets, and reusable teaching media across terms.

Automate ingest, proxy creation, and background processing so student media is ready to edit quickly in labs or on laptops, even over remote connections.

Automate hand-offs and approvals with configurable workflows so submissions, reviews, and revisions follow a consistent process across classes and cohorts.

Native integration with Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve supports shared projects, bins, and timelines for collaborative student editing.

Result: fewer lost files, fewer relink issues, and more time spent creating and teaching.

How EditShare Supports Education Media Workflows

Connecting people, projects, and media across campus, with automation that simplifies management and keeps workflows consistent.

Performance & Scalability

EditShare’s media-optimized shared storage delivers the speed and reliability required for HD and 4K workflows. Students and faculty can open projects, stream media, and save work without delays or file conflicts. Native support for major creative tools gives learners experience with industry-standard workflows.

• High throughput shared access for mixed editing suites
• Proxy workflows for remote and laptop editing
• Consistent projects without duplicate media

Why this matters for education: students learn faster and graduate better prepared when working with performance and tools that mirror professional environments.

Centralized, Easy-to-Manage Storage

EFS shared storage gives IT teams a scalable, centralized namespace that grows with program needs. Permissions, project folders, and access controls can be automated with directory services so faculty don’t spend hours on manual account and access provisioning.

• Role-based access for students, faculty, and IT
• Fast provisioning and cleanup between semesters
• Protection against accidental deletion or overwrites

Why this matters for education: IT can support large cohorts reliably and efficiently, freeing time for strategic work.

Workflow Intelligence with FLOW

FLOW adds metadata structure, automated proxies, and browser-based search and review tools that make class assignments, collaboration, and content reuse smoother. Teachers can track progress, review student work, and reuse lesson assets across terms.

• Browser-based media search and review
• Automatic proxy creation and relinking
• Teacher dashboards for feedback and workflow visibility

Why this matters for education: faculty spend fewer hours on file wrangling and more on teaching and feedback.

Archive, Semester Reset, and Governance

After terms end, content can be archived with metadata intact, ready for reuse or review. EFS and archival tiers protect content while giving IT control over storage and lifecycle policies. FLEX Sync can also help move archived assets to cost-effective cloud storage.

• Structured archiving with metadata retention
• Semester clean-up tools to prepare for new cohorts
• Automated cloud sync for resilient backups

Why this matters for education: institutions maintain long-term project archives while keeping active storage clean and efficient.

Real-World Education Media Scenarios

Supporting multiple creative tools

Students gain hands-on experience with Adobe, Avid, and Resolve using shared media and collaborative project workflows.

Remote and hybrid coursework

Students access media, proxies, and projects from home or campus while maintaining project structure and performance through cloud-connected workflows.

Faculty review and assessment

Instructors search, review, and provide feedback on student work using browser-based tools without copying files or breaking project links.

Semester transitions and archiving

Completed coursework is archived with metadata intact, storage is reclaimed, and environments are reset quickly for new cohorts.

Products Powering Education Workflows

EFS Shared Storage

High-performance, media-optimized shared storage that supports collaborative editing and mixed creative environments.

Scalable shared storage

New Ultimate EFS NVMe Stack

High-performance NVMe-based shared storage delivering sustained throughput for demanding education environments.

High-throughput shared storage

Nearline Nodes

Cost-efficient nearline storage for completed projects that need to stay online and searchable without consuming high-performance capacity.

Cost-efficient nearline storage

FLOW Media Management

Automated ingest, metadata indexing, proxy creation, and browser-based review to support coursework, collaboration, and faculty oversight.

Media management and workflow automation

EditShare is used by universities, film schools, and creative education programs to support shared media storage, collaborative editing, and scalable education workflows.

Trusted by Educators

“Our new EditShare system not only improves our capabilities but also underscores our commitment to providing students and staff with the best possible resources to achieve their goals. ”

Mark Willett, Media Facilities Manager at Leeds Trinity University

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does EditShare work with the creative tools we teach on?

Yes. EditShare supports shared workflows with Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve, allowing students to work concurrently on shared projects, bins, and timelines.

Can EditShare support large student cohorts?

Yes. EditShare environments are designed to handle many simultaneous users, with consistent performance across labs, classrooms, and peak teaching hours.

How do students access media when working remotely?

SwiftLink provides secure remote access to on-premise EditShare storage, allowing students and faculty to work off campus while maintaining permissions and project structure.

How do faculty review and manage student work?

FLOW provides browser-based search, preview, and review tools so instructors can find, assess, and provide feedback on student projects without copying files or exporting media.

Can we reset environments between semesters?

Yes. Projects and media can be archived with metadata intact, storage reclaimed, and access reset efficiently to prepare for new cohorts.

Is EditShare scalable as programs grow?

Absolutely. EditShare storage scales from terabytes to petabytes, with options for NVMe, online, nearline, and archive tiers as needs evolve.

How is student content protected?

Role-based permissions, centralized management, and optional synchronization ensure student work is controlled, protected, and recoverable.