Follow-up with Jamf Teacher is a classroom management tool designed for K-12 educators using iPads. It streamlines instruction and enhances student engagement by providing features for distributing resources, monitoring student activity, and facilitating communication. Key functionalities include file and link sharing, screen viewing, and class-wide or individual messaging. Jamf Teacher also offers controls for web access, app usage, and device locking to promote a focused and secure learning environment. This tool aims to simplify classroom workflows and maximize instructional time.

Beyond basic classroom management, Jamf Teacher also prioritizes student safety and responsible device use. Features like restricting web access and locking student iPads allow teachers to maintain control and ensure students are focused on learning. This control extends to managing app usage, preventing students from accessing unauthorized apps during class time. By providing these tools, Jamf Teacher helps create a secure and productive digital learning environment. It also allows for better digital citizenship education as teachers can guide students on appropriate technology use. In the subsequent sections, we will explore how these features contribute to a safer and more focused learning environment and how they can be integrated into daily classroom routines. We will also discuss best practices for utilizing Jamf Teacher to maximize its impact on student learning and classroom management.

Setting up a template in Jamf Teacher allows you to quickly apply pre-configured settings and restrictions to student iPads, saving you time and ensuring consistency. Templates can control things like allowed apps, website access, and other device settings. To create a template, you typically start by configuring a "master" iPad with your desired settings. Then, within Jamf Teacher, you can capture these settings as a template. Once created, you can easily apply this template to individual student iPads or groups of students, ensuring everyone has the correct configuration for your lessons. This simplifies device management and helps maintain a focused learning environment.

In Jamf Teacher, "allowed apps" refers to the list of applications that students are permitted to use on their iPads during a class session or while a specific restriction is in place. Teachers can define which apps are accessible, effectively blocking access to any apps not on the allowed list. This feature helps maintain focus on the lesson at hand by preventing students from using distracting or irrelevant apps. By curating the allowed apps, teachers can ensure students are using the appropriate tools for learning and minimize off-task behavior. This control can be applied via templates or dynamically during a class session.

Jamf Teacher templates allow educators to pre-configure restrictions on student iPads, ensuring a focused and secure learning environment. These restrictions can include:

Website Restrictions: Blocking access to specific websites or allowing only a whitelist of approved sites.
App Restrictions: Limiting students to only a pre-approved list of "allowed apps," preventing access to games, social media, or other distracting applications.
Device Feature Restrictions: Disabling certain device features like the camera, microphone, or access to specific settings menus.
Locking: The ability to completely lock student iPads, preventing any interaction.

By applying these restrictions through templates, teachers can quickly and consistently control student device usage, minimizing distractions and maximizing instructional time. These restrictions can be applied to individual students, groups, or an entire class.

Jamf Teacher's scheduling feature, often integrated with templates, allows teachers to pre-define when certain restrictions or configurations should be applied to student iPads. This means you can set up a schedule (daily or weekly) where specific templates, with their associated restrictions and allowed apps, are automatically activated. For example, you could schedule a "Math Class" template to be applied during your math period, automatically limiting students to math-related apps and websites. This eliminates the need to manually apply restrictions each class manually, ensuring consistent device settings and maximizing instructional time. It also allows for different configurations throughout the school day, tailored to each subject or activity.

Jamf School Teacher Resources

Jamf Teacher Guide for Teachers
Become a Jamf Educator — This is your space to learn, grow, and share
your expertise in the classroom with Apple technology.
Jamf Teacher Guide for Jamf School PDF
Jamf Teacher: An Introduction — YouTube Series

Jamf School Teacher Resources

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