By Claire Feeney, product marketing manager for Apple platforms at AirWatch.
With VMWare AirWatch 8.4, we are delivering exciting and more intuitive features to manage Apple devices used in the classroom. We added easy ways to sort your students and teachers by the classes they belong to, and then assign devices and apps to those classes. Whether you have 1:1 or shared device deployments, we make it easy to manage your teachers, students, classes, apps, devices and carts.
Integration with Apple School Manager allows you to import data like class information, students’ managed Apple IDs and class rosters into the console. Use AirWatch to match devices with students or carts and assign apps (to users or devices). You can also make things easy for teachers by configuring the new Classroom app. This new app helps teachers guide students in their classwork and makes it easy for students to recognize their devices by adding their photos to display on iPad lock screens.
Organise teachers and students by class to assign devices and apps.
Create device carts and assign them to classrooms.
Add student photos with AirWatch, so students can quickly grab the right device to start class.
New Apple Features & Services
- Shared iPad for students
- New Classroom app
- Apple School Manager
- Managed Apple IDs
Key AirWatch Features & Services for Education
- Support for iOS 9.3, Apple School Manager and the Classroom app
- Education-centric functionality and intuitive console section tailored for schools
- Support and services available for integration and setup
- Available in the cloud and on-premises
For more information on the great new education features in AirWatch 8.4, please visit:
- myAirWatch: VMware AirWatch Guide for Education
- AirWatch’s Apple Microsite for Education: air-watch.com/apple/apple-education/
- From Apple: The Education Deployment Guide iBook
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