Distributing Books and Documents to Groups

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After adding the content to Jamf School, you can distribute books and documents to devices by scoping them to device groups. When the book or document is set to install automatically on devices in the device group, the content can be found on the Apple Books app. When the book or document is set to install on-demand, the content will be available to download from the Jamf School Student or Jamf Teacher apps.

Note:

Once books are assigned to a Managed Apple Account, they cannot be reassigned.

  1. In Jamf School, navigate to Documents > Inventory in the sidebar.
  2. Select the checkboxes next to the books and documents you want to distribute.
  3. Click Edit Scope.
  4. Enter one or more device groups you want to distribute the content to in the Scope field.
  5. Choose one of the following installation methods from the Install Type pop-up menu:

    • Only PDF files and iBooks can be installed automatically. For these documents choose "automatic installation".

    • For all other file types, or to allow users to install the app or package themselves, choose "on-demand installation".

  6. Click Save.

The book or document is available on the the devices the next time they check in with Jamf School.

Documents installed on a mobile device can be found in the following locations:

  • On-demand documents can be found in the Jamf Teacher app in Library > Documents.

  • Automatically installed documents can be found in Library > Books.

Documents installed on-demand on a computer can be found in the Jamf Teacher app in Library > Documents, or in Jamf School > Documents. Automatically installed documents are unsupported on computers.