Support Shared iPad for Apple's Classroom App
To use Shared iPad in your environment, you need to enable Shared iPad in a mobile device PreStage enrollment and then enroll iPads with the JSS using the PreStage. Only iPads that are associated with the PreStage enrollment and meet Shared iPad requirements can be enrolled with the JSS as Shared iPad.
When you enable Shared iPad in a PreStage enrollment, you can select the maximum number of user accounts that can be stored with Shared iPad. This allows you to limit the number of locally stored user accounts on the iPad. (For more information about mobile device PreStage enrollments, see the Mobile Device PreStage Enrollments section in the Casper Suite Administrator's Guide.)
After you enroll iPads with the JSS as Shared iPad, you can create a mobile device group for Shared iPad in your environment. This allows you to add a smart or static mobile device group when you create a class in the JSS for use with Apple’s Classroom app.
Note: If your environment does not use Shared iPad, you can still configure classes to be used with Apple's Classroom app.
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For instructions on creating a class, see the Classes section in the Casper Suite Administrator's Guide.
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For a list of requirements to use Apple's Classroom app, see Apple's Classroom Help documentation.
Requirements
To enable Shared iPad during enrollment with the JSS, you need the following:
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The JSS v9.9 or later
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Supervised iPads with iOS 9.3 or later
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Apple Education Support enabled in the JSS. (For more information, see the Enable Apple Education Support section.)
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The JSS integrated with the Device Enrollment Program (DEP). (For more information, see Integrating with the Device Enrollment Program in the Casper Suite Administrator’s Guide.)
Enabling Shared iPad During Enrollment
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Log in to the JSS with a web browser.
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Click Mobile Devices at the top of the page.
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Click PreStage Enrollments.
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Do one of the following:
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If you are creating a new PreStage enrollment, click New.
See the Mobile Device PreStage Enrollments section of the Casper Suite Administrator’s Guide for further instruction on creating a new PreStage enrollment. -
If you are editing an existing PreStage enrollment, click the PreStage enrollment you want to edit, and then click Edit.
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Use the General payload to enable Shared iPad.
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Select Supervise Devices.
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Select Enable Shared iPad.
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Select the maximum number of user accounts that can be stored with Shared iPad from the Number of users pop-up menu.
Note: The maximum number of user accounts is 10 by default.
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Click the Scope tab and configure the scope of the PreStage enrollment by selecting the checkbox next to each iPad that you want to add to the scope.
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Click Save.
iPads that are associated with the PreStage enrollment and meet Shared iPad requirements are enrolled with the JSS as Shared iPad.
Creating a Mobile Device Group
After you enroll iPads with the JSS as Shared iPad, you need to create smart or static mobile device groups that contain the iPads. For more information, see Smart Mobile Device Groups or Static Mobile Device Groups in the Casper Suite Administrator’s Guide.