Enabling Apple Education in Ivanti EPMM
When you enable Apple Education in Ivanti EPMM, the following occurs:
- Ivanti EPMM creates components required to synchronize with Apple School Manager, such as a certificate enrollment profile. Creating an Apple enrollment device profile makes it easier to manage Apple School Manager devices.
- You select a previously created custom attribute or create a new custom attribute to correlate the devices in Ivanti EPMM with the devices in your Apple School Manager account. The custom attribute matches the Managed Apple ID assigned to each user in Apple School Manager or device cart, and must be of type string.
- Ivanti EPMM checks existing devices for values in the defined custom attribute column, and associates relevant devices with courses from the synchronized Apple School Manager data.
- Ivanti EPMM evaluates devices to determine whether the devices have a value for the custom attribute you created. Values should match either the Managed Apple ID for that device or the device cart name for shared iPad devices.
When enabling Apple Education for the first time, Ivanti EPMM creates the following entities:
- 2 local certificate authorities (CA)
- 2 certificate enrollments
- 1 Apple Education configuration (only one auto-generated Apple Education configuration can exist in Ivanti EPMM)
- 1 label: All Education
Ivanti, Inc does not recommend editing the certificate enrollment settings and the local CAs. There is no need to apply labels to these automatically-created settings, as Ivanti EPMM automatically applies the "All Education" label to them.
Before you begin
- Be sure to read Apple School Manager account management overview.
- Create the Apple Device Enrollment account. See Connecting Ivanti EPMM to Apple School Manager.
- Complete the procedure in Adding your enrolled devices to your MDM server.
- (Optional) Complete the procedure in Creating a custom attribute to use with Apple School Manager.
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When using Apple School Manager, Ivanti EPMM supports supervised iPad devices running iOS 9.3 or supported newer versions. See Apple School Manager device requirements.
IMPORTANT: Before devices are registered with Ivanti EPMM, ensure that the devices are associated either to a Managed AppleID or to a device cart. See <add link to Shared devices cart>
In Apple Education, there are three types of device users. Each device used in Apple School Manager must be mapped to one of these device user types:
- Teacher using 1 device (1:1)
- Teacher iPad devices are required to be assigned directly to the teacher. This assignment is done through setting the teachers' device's custom attribute for the managed Apple ID to the teachers' Managed Apple ID.
- Example scenario of Teacher 1:1 device usage: At the beginning of class, the teacher will open the Classroom app and start the class enabling the teacher to see all the students' activity.
- Student using 1 device (1:1)
- One student gets an iPad device. This iPad device is associated to a Managed Apple ID. After this device has been associated to classes, the device is ready for use.
- Example scenario of Student 1:1 device usage: At the beginning of the school session, a student is assigned an iPad device for use in classes. This iPad is associated to their Managed Apple ID through the Apple Education's Managed Apple ID custom attribute for that device. This device will stay with the student throughout the school session.
- Students sharing a device (multi-user)
- Two students share the same iPad and that iPad is associated to a device cart. If a device belongs to a student or a teacher, do not select this field.
- Example scenarios of shared devices cart usage:One device cart will be associated to Room 32 in a local high school. There are 15 iPad devices associated to that device cart. Throughout the day, Room 32 cycles through a History class and an English class. At the beginning of the History class, one student picks up an iPad, logs in using a Managed Apple ID and uses it during the class time. At the end of History, the student returns the iPad devices to the device cart. When English class starts a student picks up an iPad, logs in using a Managed Apple ID and uses it during class. At the end of class, the student returns it to the device cart.
Procedure
- Select Devices & Users > Apple Education.
A toggle button on the page reads Off. - Select the toggle button to enable Apple Education. The toggle now reads On.
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Enter the information listed in the table below.
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Select Save.
A sync to the Apple Education data located in the Apple School Manager begins and the data (classes, individuals, shared device carts, etc.) downloads into Apple Education. The "Sync Status" field at the top of the Apple Education page displays the status of the sync. The page automatically refreshes and reloads.
Once the sync is done, you can view your courses in Apple Education and begin managing them.
Table 1. Apple Education Account Entries
Item |
Description |
Apple Device Enrollment Account |
Select the drop-down list and select the Apple Device Enrollment account. Make sure to select only an Apple Device Enrollment account associated with Apple School Manager. |
Custom Attributes |
Select the custom attribute you created to map devices enrolled in Apple School Manager. You can have a total of 300 custom attributes in Ivanti EPMM.
Teachers can only be 1:1 devices whereas students can either be 1:1 or multi-user. One device can belong to only one individual and that connection using custom attributes is associated to the name of the attribute you enter here.
The Shared Device Cart Attribute Name must be different from the Managed Apple ID Attribute Name. |
Restrictions |
Shared Observation Modification Control-
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- For details about assigning a custom attribute to Apple School Manager devices later in bulk, see Configuring devices in bulk for Apple School Manager.
- For more information about Shared Device Cart, see <Configuring Shared Device Cart>.
Creating labels for Apple Education
Labels can be assigned to a class, location, course, or type of device. Use the Apple Education labels to assign apps and configurations, like WiFi and Restrictions. For example, you may decide to have a Label for each location's WiFi. Or you may have the WiFi configuration based on location and type of device, as Teachers may be able to access more hosts than students. In addition, you will want to have a teacher label and assign that label to the Classroom App.
Procedure
- Select on Devices & Users > Devices.
- Select Advanced Search.
The Advanced Search dialog box expands. - Select the drop-down arrow and expand Apple Education.
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Use these guidelines in the table below to complete your search criteria using the query builder or by manually editing the expression.
- Select Save to label.
- Type a name and description for the new label.
- If Notes for Audit Logs is enabled, a text dialog box opens. Enter the reason for the change and then select Confirm. For more information, see Best practices: label management.
Table 2. Search Criteria Guidelines
Field |
Description |
Example |
Enter a unique name that clearly identifies the purpose of the label. |
"apple_education.apple_education_in_use" = true |
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Enter the unique class ID. An example, class ID could be: 02015a85-2815-4939-b6e0-b29334cad952 |
"apple_education.class_id" starts with "02015a" |
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Course ID |
Enter the unique course ID, for example, a history class that runs June 2018. |
"apple_education.course_id" starts with "CA12@314" |
Location ID |
Enter the unique location ID. You are assigned one location for your Apple School Manager account. Through the Apple School Manager portal, you can add additional locations. |
"apple_education.location_id" = "[CA12@314]" |
Apple Education Role |
Enter the unique teacher's ID name / number. |
Common uses: "apple_education.role" equals "Teacher" "apple_education.role" equals "Student" "apple_education.role" equals "Student (MultiUser)" "apple_education.role" starts with "Student" |