Managing+Apps+for+Students

=Creating a School iTunes Account= Schools must have a designated iTunes account created by DCPS Technology to be used with the student iPads. Do not associate any individuals email account to these iPads. Contact Kathy Hart to request a pre-designated account for your school. Once this account is obtained, please follow the directions to create an iTunes account **//WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD//**.

[[file:Setting up iTunes Account without Card.pdf]]
====Although Apple Cpnfigurator is a tool to manage a set of iPads, keep in mind some of the possible obstacles. Managing apps with Apple Configurator can lead to multiple problems if not used carefully following directions exactly, such as deleting the wireless profile and changing the name of the iPad (which will affect the wireless profile connectivity). ====

Another option is to use the automatic download on the Master/ Teacher iPad. Each student iPad must have this configuration as well.
Page 23 of Apple's [|iOS 6 Education Deployment Guide] it states, //"For app purchases, education institutions have the option of redeeming one app code per iTunes authorized computer, or “configuration station,” and retaining the rest of the codes as proof of purchase. For these configuration stations, the End User iTunes account may be created using a school-controlled email address, and the configuration station administrator should be an authorized user."//

To Enable Automatic Downloads on an iPad:

 * 1) Open **Settings**, then tap **iTunes & App Stores** in the left pane.
 * 2) Tap the controls next to **Music**, **Apps**, and **Books** to turn automatic downloads **ON**.

=Apple Configurator= == Apple Configurator is a new tool to mass configure iOS devices. Please note it is for enterprise solutions. Because it is designed to work with numerous iOS devices it only works with Apps that have been purchased via the Apple Volume Purchase Program (AVPP). It can be downloaded onto your Mac laptop/ desktop through the App store as a free app.

View an Apple Tutorial on how to use Configurator



Apple Education Support for Configurator
> You can use Time Machine or any other backup strategy to back up and restore Apple Configurator data including device configurations, users, apps, documents, iOS versions, and VPP redemption codes. > Learn how to use Apple Configurator to deploy copies of paid apps using redemption codes purchased from the Volume Purchase Program (VPP). > Learn how to preserve apps installed by a user who has checked out a device that is supervised by Apple Configurator. > You can use Apple Configurator to assign device names that correspond to a label on the device, or to the slot numbers in a charging cart or rack.
 * ===[|Apple Configurator: Backing up and restoring data]===
 * ===[|Using Volume Purchase Program (VPP) Redemption Codes]===
 * ===[|Preserving user-installed apps when updating settings on an assigned device]===
 * ===[|Coordinating device names with labels or slot numbers in carts and racks]===