{"id":10138,"date":"2016-08-09T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/?p=10138"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T16:15:04","slug":"what-are-managed-apple-ids-and-what-should-teachers-know-from-ben-sondgeroth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/what-are-managed-apple-ids-and-what-should-teachers-know-from-ben-sondgeroth\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Managed Apple IDs and what should teachers know? – from Ben Sondgeroth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is part three of a five-part series addressing what teachers should know about iOS 9.3. If you’ve missed the beginning of the series and need to catch up, you can read part 1 here<\/a> and part 2 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What Are Managed Apple IDs?<\/h2>\n

One issue plaguing schools using iPads involves the process of creating Apple IDs for students and staff. The Apple ID is incredibly important in an iPad environment, as it sets up the iCloud account of the student and is the key to all of that student\u2019s created data. With iOS 9.3 and Apple School Manager, school administrators are now able to create, in mass, Apple IDs for all of their students and staff through an upload or connection to the school\u2019s student information system. This is an incredible update from the previous system of generating Apple IDs in which schools would have to go through the Apple ID for Students program.<\/p>\n

How it Works<\/h2>\n

There are many benefits to the new system of Managed IDs. However, the single most important feature involves the ability for students to access their iCloud drive from any device. With this step, Apple is truly making iCloud available everywhere. For example, a student may create a Keynote presentation on a shared iPad at school. In the past, that Keynote would stay on that device in the teacher\u2019s classroom. Now, if they need to continue to work on it at home, they will be able to log into iCloud.com with their school issued Apple ID and access that file. They can do this from either an iPad or a Mac computer. Students only need their school-issued Apple ID.<\/p>\n

School administrators can use specific Apple IDs and assign permissions in the school\u2019s Mobile Device Manager and School Manager for various tasks such as purchasing apps through the Volume Purchase Program or resetting student passwords. The password reset feature will also directly integrate into the new Apple Classroom app, allowing teachers to reset student passwords with only a few taps on their iPad.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that students given these Apple IDs will not have access to the App Store, iBooks Store, or iTunes store to make purchases or downloads. Teachers given appropriate permissions by administrators could have the ability to download apps and books from the Volume Purchase Program, and then have those pushed out to their students.<\/p>\n

Things To Ask Your Administrator<\/h2>\n