We are currently writing/testing our school lockdown policy in case of intrusion. Ideally we would like to be able to:
1) silence all iPads remotely
2) be able to send an alert that pops up on the screen very visibly, regardless of lock status
I have tried sending an alert to self service but it pops up as a small banner (easy to miss) if the iPad is unlocked. However, if the iPad is locked then all it does is tell you "self service has a notification", which you then have to unlock to read. It is definitely not attention grabbing in an emergency.
I cannot find a third party app that allows us to send these alerts to pupils - lots for windows, none for iPads.
We are 1:1 iPads, staff and students, so this is our best way for alerts.
How have other schools handled this please?
