Looking for ways to supervise and manage student devices? We’ve got two great tools for that.
Apple Classroom
Apple Classroom is familiar to Bend-La Pine teachers, as it has been available and widely used for some time. Common uses include:
- Monitoring all student devices at once, displayed on the teacher device.
- Locking iPads while giving instructions
- Launching and locking an entire class or individual students into a specific app
- Students can AirDrop to their teacher through Apple Classroom
- Managing small (ad hoc) groups of student devices
- Apple Classroom is available K-12
The guide linked here provides all the information you need to get started. Check out the important features of Apple Classroom in this short video.
Jamf Teacher
JAMF Teacher is a newer application for Bend-La Pine teachers and offers more restrictive controls than Apple Classroom. Some considerations:
- Teachers create a pre-determined digital lesson that allows access to specific websites and applications while blocking all others
- It is best to set time limit to the least amount of time possible, 30 minutes is ideal
- Jamf Teacher is available 6-12
Use the instructions linked here to create your first JAMF Teacher lesson plan. Here’s a handy 1 minute set up video. JAMF Teacher is particularly well-suited for secondary classrooms that use online curricula.
