@pchang Yes, we have it implemented and it is working well. Ask your questions!
@cdenesha What instructions did you follow. I don't see anything on PowerSource. Is there a plugin? If so, where do you get it. Any info about how you did this would be greatly appreciated because we are planning on doing this before school starts.
We have shared ipads and we need to get Classroom 2.0 going. we have synced from SIS and have rosters, classes, managed apple ids, etc. I am trying to test it in 4 test ipads that are shared ipads and logged in with student ids. I also have a test teacher iPad that I signed in to icloud with managed apple id...can not get it to work. I have assigned devices to a specific class, everything looks right but I open classroom app and nothing shows up. HELP.
Ours is working with PowerSchool to ASM to Jamf. My first thought is it might be your Jamf settings in the Apple Ed Support area. We set ours to "Managed Apple ID" starts with "Username (JSS)". Then our teacher logs into their teacher iPad as their Active Directory user and it all syncs up magically (after all the glitches get resolved, of course). Teacher iPad is in Single User mode. Classroom app is assigned to teacher iPad. When the data syncs over, the teacher user has to mesh up so that when you look up the Class in Jamf it shows that teacher user in there. You can't add the teacher manually later because the sync wipes it out. The only thing that sticks in there is the Mobile Device Group that's assigned.
We had a bunch of bugs to work out in our system because we were involved in the Shared Model beta two years ago plus last year's PowerSchool/Shared beta, but we finally seem to be rocking as of today. It took two days for the import to recover after deleting accounts from ASM, so today was a bit of a surprise.
It sounds like you might be using a different SIS, in which my tips might not help!
THanks for the tips. we have Apple managed ids. So the Teachers sign in with their Managed Apple ids and . the device is assigned to them. All that looks fine. Now, I am trying to test on 4 test ipads but now I am getting "Classroom must be configured with a valid education configuration profile." error. . It seems like it is now wanting to work but Classroom doesn't open correctly.
Hey wltorres, The teachers iPads isn't a shared device is it? We usually have the teacher user assigned to a standard iPad and leave the shared devices for the students. For example, you have a separate DEP profile for the teachers so it doesn't get used as a shared device. Once in the JSS you assign the teacher as the user of the iPad and the EDU profile should install as expected and release the Classroom 2.0 app.
Yes the teacher device can't be Shared.
http://help.apple.com/classroom/ipad/2.0/#/cadc1b9b4f8a
Hi Guys,
I have a dumb question. Does Apple Classroom app require individual Apple IDs?
Our classes are still based on a shared Apple ID structure. We haven't really started to create Apple IDs or use Managed Apple IDs for the students yet.
Thanks!
@wangl2 yes you'll need Managed Apple ID's for the students.
Actually, Apple Classroom can be used without managed Apple IDs. The easiest way is to create a class in JAMF, assign a teacher to the class and a mobile device group to the class. Done. The only downside is that teachers see iPad names (iPad 1, iPad 2, etc.0 in the device screen on Apple Classroom. But my teachers are VERY happy!
@gil.anspacher "The easiest way is to create a class in JAMF, assign a teacher to the class and a mobile device group to the class."
I've done that but I assume that you still need to assign individual users to the iPads.
What's everyone doing in a shared class set/cart scenario where the iPads aren't individually assigned (EG: Art class has 15 iPads)? Are we still creating dummy users in the JSS for these sorts of things?
EDIT: Tested - yes you still need to assign individual users to the iPads - I'll likely will number each iPad in a shared cart environment and name it in JAMF Pro to match.