Privacy & security
The server cannot read your content
Teachers work with highly sensitive data – children's names, grades, observations, conversation records. That is why Teacher's Desk runs on the MindooDB Haven platform, which is designed exactly for this: privacy here is not a promise added afterwards but built into the technology.
Technical foundations
Six building blocks for real data sovereignty
Your content is stored encrypted. Even the server operator cannot read names, grades or records.
Your data lives on your device first. Even without a subscription it stays locally readable and exportable.
Keep working without signal, in a basement room or on a school trip. Syncing happens automatically as soon as there is a connection again.
Edits on multiple devices are merged conflict-free (AutoMerge) – nothing gets lost.
Thanks to append-only storage, earlier versions are preserved. Anything accidentally changed is not irretrievably lost.
Materials, schemes of work and notes belong to you – regardless of school, device and location.
Encryption: keys stay on your devices
Your content is stored encrypted. Even the operator of the server has no way to view your learners' names, grades or records. Only you – and the devices you have authorised – can decrypt the data. Servers see nothing but ciphertext.
Local-first & offline-capable
Almost everything you see is served from a local copy in your browser. This makes Teacher's Desk fast and usable offline – without signal, in a basement classroom or on a school trip. As soon as a connection is available again, everything syncs automatically.
Conflict-free collaboration (AutoMerge)
Changes are not stored as a complete file but as a fine-grained sequence of individual edits. This lets the platform merge parallel edits across several devices automatically – without a conflict dialog and without anything getting lost.
Version safety (append-only)
MindooDB stores data by appending rather than overwriting. This preserves all earlier versions. Anything accidentally deleted or changed is not irretrievably lost.
Transparency
Separate databases, viewable at any time
Your data is split across several databases, each covering a different area of your work. Which ones are enabled for your workspace and which permissions apply is visible at any time in the settings.
School years, classes, learners, subjects, rooms, timetable, calendar, tasks.
Schemes of work, reusable lessons, board work attachments.
Material descriptions and file attachments.
Notes, observations, conversations, records and attachments.
Attainment data, assessment structures, grades, lists, class register, seating plans.
No lock-in
Your data leaves with you
Data checkout exports your content into readable files – core data, calendar, timetable, planning and lessons, collection of materials, classes, grades, conversation records and notes. You choose which areas come along and download everything as a ZIP file.
Checkout is a way out, not a backup: the files are meant for reading and reusing elsewhere, not for loading back in. For complete backups and restores, use backup and restore in MindooDB Haven.
You can learn more about the platform Teacher's Desk runs on at MindooDB Haven.
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