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 Jamf Pro using the PreStage. Only iPads that are associated with the PreStage enrollment and meet Shared iPad requirements can be enrolled with Jamf Pro 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 Jamf Pro Administrator's Guide.
After you enroll iPads with Jamf Pro 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 Jamf Pro 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 Jamf Pro Administrator's Guide.
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For a list of requirements to use Apple's Classroom app, see the following Classroom Help for iPad and Mac computers:
Requirements
To enable Shared iPad during enrollment with Jamf Pro, you need the following:
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Jamf Pro 9.9 or later
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Supervised iPads with iOS 9.3 or later
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Apple Education Support enabled in Jamf Pro (For more information, see the Enable Apple Education Support section.)
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Jamf Pro integrated with device enrollment (formerly DEP) (For more information, see Integrating with Apple's Device Enrollment in the Jamf Pro Administrator’s Guide.)
Enabling Shared iPad During Enrollment
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Log in to Jamf Pro.
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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.
For additional instructions on creating a new PreStage enrollment, see the Mobile Device PreStage Enrollments section of the Jamf Pro Administrator’s Guide. -
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.
The mobile devices listed on the Scope tab are the mobile devices that are associated with device enrollment (formerly DEP) via the server token file (.p7m) you downloaded from the Apple School Manager website. -
Click Save.
iPads that are associated with the PreStage enrollment and meet Shared iPad requirements are enrolled with Jamf Pro as Shared iPad.
Creating a Mobile Device Group
After you enroll iPads with Jamf Pro as Shared iPad, you need to create smart or static mobile device groups that contain the iPads. For more information, see Smart Device Groups or Static Device Groups in the Jamf Pro Administrator’s Guide.