# sproof Academy Overview

The sproof Academy is the public knowledge base for learning how to use sproof products and APIs. It provides onboarding material, product concepts, implementation guidance, and practical articles for administrators, developers, and end users.

## Purpose

The Academy helps users understand how to work with sproof Sign, sproof Ident, and related workflows. It covers both business-facing and technical topics, including electronic signature standards, document workflows, plan administration, integrations, and API usage.

## Main Content Areas

### General

General onboarding and configuration topics, including:

- Getting started
- Profile setup
- Notification settings
- E-signature standards
- Document management
- Signature verification and audit functionality
- eID integration
- Qualified signing with national eID
- Deletion concepts
- User+ license features

### Signing and Approvals

Guides for users who sign, approve, or review documents, including:

- Self-signing
- Approving and viewing documents
- Filling forms
- QES identification
- One-click signatures
- Batch signatures
- Absence and substitution handling
- Signature style setup

### Requesting Signatures and Approvals

Guides for sending documents to recipients, including:

- Signature progress tracking
- Reminder functionality
- Form preparation
- Contact and group management
- Mail merge functionality
- Fastlane UI
- Templates
- Workflows
- In-person signing
- Document visibility in folders
- Assistance and support

### Plan Management

Administrative topics for plan owners and administrators, including:

- Security and compliance
- Document standards
- Plan-wide notification settings
- Plan-wide deletion concepts
- Branding and customization
- Plan settings
- Rights and role management
- Single Sign-On
- Email server settings
- FDA settings
- Company seals and certificates
- Microsoft and Google integrations
- Microsoft Entra ID synchronization
- Global signature styles
- QES settings

### Developer Documentation

Developer-focused Academy content explains how to integrate sproof Sign and related services through APIs.

Important developer topics include:

- Getting started with the sproof Sign API
- Choosing the right integration strategy
- Requesting signatures through the API
- Preparing signature requests
- Requesting signatures with workflows
- Batch signatures
- Fastlane API integrations
- sproof Ident API integrations
- Embedding signatures with the sproof Widget
- Verifying signatures with sproof Validate

## API Concepts

The API documentation is intended for developers who are familiar with REST APIs, JSON, HTTP requests, and Base64-encoded documents.

Common concepts include:

- API token authentication
- Sender email address
- Base64 document upload
- Signature request creation
- Recipient and member identifiers
- Callback URLs for status updates
- Fastlane signing flows
- Workflow-based signing
- Batch signatures
- Signature validation
- Embedded signing widgets

## Related API Resources

- OpenAPI reference: https://sign.sproof.com/api/v1/documentation/yaml
- API documentation UI: https://docs.sproof.com/
- sproof Academy: https://sproof.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Academy/pages/909443086/sproof+Academy