Your IT Team Shouldn’t Be Running a Device Lending Desk
Neither should your library staff.
ForwardPass smart lockers give students 24/7 self-service access to charged devices while keeping every pickup and return secure and accounted for. Trusted by colleges and universities worldwide.
See how ForwardPass works in real schools
Across campus, IT, library, and student-service teams are balancing loaners, returns, charging, exchanges, and support alongside everything else they already manage.
ForwardPass gives institutions a simpler way to make devices available without making every interaction a staff task. Students and faculty get a more convenient experience, while your team gets more control over how devices move through the program.
Across K–12 schools and other organizations, ForwardPass customers rely on smart lockers to make device pickup, exchanges, loaners, and returns easier for everyone.
Hear how teams improved convenience for users, reduced routine interruptions, and gave IT and support staff more time to focus on higher-value work.
From loan devices and repairs to charging, deployments, and replacements, ForwardPass gives users a guided, self-service way to complete common device handoffs.
See how each workflow reduces manual work while keeping every exchange secure, controlled, and recorded.
Across campus, IT, library, and student-service teams are balancing loaners, returns, charging, exchanges, and support alongside everything else they already manage.
ForwardPass gives institutions a simpler way to make devices available without making every interaction a staff task. Students and faculty get a more convenient experience, while your team gets more control over how devices move through the program.
Across K–12 schools and other organizations, ForwardPass customers rely on smart lockers to make device pickup, exchanges, loaners, and returns easier for everyone.
Hear how teams improved convenience for users, reduced routine interruptions, and gave IT and support staff more time to focus on higher-value work.
From loan devices and repairs to charging, deployments, and replacements, ForwardPass gives users a guided, self-service way to complete common device handoffs.
See how each workflow reduces manual work while keeping every exchange secure, controlled, and recorded.
Connect ForwardPass with your campus identity systems
ForwardPass works with leading identity and access platforms to help students and staff authenticate using familiar campus credentials.
Integrations with systems such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google, Auth0, Cisco Duo, and Active Directory help universities maintain secure access while simplifying device pickup and return.
Every handoff remains tied to the correct user, giving IT a clear record of who accessed each device and when.
Student device access is harder to manage than it should be.
ForwardPass helps colleges and universities make it faster, easier, and more accountable.
73%
of students face basic needs insecurity when technology access is included.
50%
of higher-ed employees work beyond full-time expectations.
82%
of students want flexibility in how they participate.
$1,500
potential lost-laptop charge in one university loaner program.
10%
of students lack reliable off-campus internet because of affordability or device gaps