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iPad Configuration. Monday 30 April 2012 Iowa Grant Schools. Shameless Plug!. Share your Name Your School Your Position Thirty Seconds to tell the group something good!. Bud Faurote Cassville, Wisconsin. Teacher for 34 Years IT Manager for 14 Years
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iPad Configuration Monday 30 April 2012 Iowa Grant Schools
Shameless Plug! Share your Name Your School Your Position Thirty Seconds to tell the group something good!
Bud FauroteCassville, Wisconsin • Teacher for 34 Years • IT Manager for 14 Years • Title I/ESEA Coordinator for 2 Years
iPad Vocabulary • iOS: iPad Operating System • Apps: Application programs for iPad • VPP: Volume Purchase Program • Redemption Codes: Used to install paid apps • Apple ID: ID to purchase from iTunes/App Store
Pencil and PaperTime • How Many • What will be included • Distribution • Management: Centralized or Decentralized
Configuration Designs • Unsupervised • Supervised
Three Classes of Management • OTA: Over the Air • Cradled: USB • Content Management
ManagementOptions • I Tunes-Mac/Windows • iPhone Configuration Utility-Mac/Windows • Apple Configurator/Mac • Profile Manager/Lion Server
Different Options • OTA Content Distribution: Apps • Cradled Policies/Custom Apps: iPhone Configurator/Apple Configurator • Cradles Content/App Distribution: iTunes • OTA App Distribution: Apple ID/iCloud • Backup/Restore: iCloud/iTunes/Apple Config.
iTunes Management • It’s Free • USB Cradled Environment • Handles DRM material • Unsupervised • Can manage multiple devices • Doesn’t do VPP management
iTunes iTunes Summary Page
iTunes Apps Page
iPhone Configuration Utility • It’s Free • Older Version of Apple Configurator • Windows and Mac Versions • Similar Appearance to iTunes Management • Doesn’t do VPP • Can’t run at same time as Apple Configurator
iPhone Configuration Utility Introduction-Device Summary Page
iPhone Configuration Utility Application Page
Apple Configurator Management • It free • Only runs on a Mac…No Windows Version • Supervisean unlimited amount of devices • Cradled/USB sync up to 30 devices at a time • Updates iOS • Manages apps, profiles, and backups
Apple Configurator-Uses • Company/Education Labs: Lab Manager • One-to-One environments: Schools • Device Distribution: Pre-load apps/profiles • Backup/Restore
Apple Configurator Do’s • Update iOS devices • Rename devices using numbered scheme • Erase devices • Backup and Restore devices
More Do’s • Push any kind of apps to devices • Track/Revoke VPP codes on devices • Assign users from directories services • Load non-DRM’d content to apps on devices
Apple Configurator-Don’ts • Doesn’t work with Video or Music: DRM • Don’t have devices plugged in when configuring
Using the Configurator Three Areas of Preparation • Prepare • Supervision • Assign
Prepare Perform an initial setup and configuration when the devices won’t be checking back into the computer running Apple Configurator routinely
Supervise Allows persistant changes to devices, to layer new settings when plugged in, add Apps, and relocating VPP codes to new device or when device is retired.
Apple Configurator Start Page
Apple Configurator Supervise Page
Apple Configurator Assign Page
Apple Configurator Prepare-Settings
Apple Configurator Prepare-Erase Before Installing
Apple Configurator Prepare-Apps
Apple Configurator Prepare-Warning/Apply
Apple Configurator Prepare-Unauthorized App
Apple Configurator Prepare-Installing Apps
Apple Configurator Prepare-Complete iPad
Purchasing VPP Apps • Use an Apple ID not associated with the VPP Program Facilitator to log in to iTunes Store • Make sure your Mac is authorized with Itunes • Wise to use a separate Apple ID for each Mac running Apple Configurator
Backup, Backup, Backup • The Mac that keeps the redemption codes is the only record of the valid use of those codes • Maintain a current backup.
Tale of the Tape ITunes Apple Configurator Supervised/Unsupervised VPP Management Doesn’t do DVM • Unsupervised • Doesn’t do VPP • Does DVM
Final Thoughts…. Guard the Citadel
Good iPad Management Happy Student
The End Bud Faurote Innovative Educator Consulting budf@pcii.net