When integrated with Jamf School, Jamf Teacher allows teachers to manage student devices in the classroom using classes, lessons, and App Request features:
- Classes —Classes are groups of students assigned to a teacher that the teacher can manage. There are two kinds of classes in Jamf Teacher: assigned classes and custom classes. Assigned classes are classes created in Jamf School that are assigned to the teacher. These classes appear in the Jamf Teacher sidebar. Custom classes are ad-hoc classes created by the teacher from the Jamf Teacher app. Students in close proximity to the teacher are invited to join the classroom or can join manually in Jamf School Student by entering a code.Note:
Teachers must accept prompts to allow Jamf Teacher to access iBeacons and Locations to add student devices to a class.
- Remote Class —Remote Class allows teachers to add or automatically create a meeting invite link from video conferencing software to Jamf Teacher and then select the class or students they want to invite to the meeting. Students will receive a push notification that they can tap to join the meeting.
- Lessons —Lessons allow teachers to configure which apps, websites, resources, and built-in apps students can use during lessons such as Math or English, ensuring students only access apps and websites that are related to the subject they are currently learning. When creating lessons, teachers can also add lesson resources such as websites, Google Drive, or Dropbox. Lesson resources are available to students while the lesson is active.
- Proctor Test —Proctoring tests allows teachers to view a student's screen and camera using video conferencing software while they are taking a test. Teachers can use this feature in Jamf Teacher by navigating to a student in a class, tapping Start Test, and then configuring the video conferencing software and test URL. For more information, see Starting a Proctored Test in the Jamf Teacher Guide for Teachers.
- App Request —App Request with Jamf School allows teachers to request apps for students by using the App Store and Jamf Teacher. The App Requests icon on the Jamf Teacher sidebar allows teachers to see the apps they requested and the status of those requests. To use App Request, you must enable email notifications and have administrator accounts assigned to an administrator role with the "App Request" privilege. For more information, see App Request in the Jamf School Documentation.
Integrating Jamf Teacher with Jamf School allows administrators to limit the management capabilities of Jamf Teacher by doing the following:
Clear teacher restrictions using a quick action command
Control which features teachers can use in Jamf Teacher by enabling and disabling them in
Control which apps are always allowed and for how long a teacher can restrict apps. This overrides teacher app restrictions.
To integrate the Jamf Teacher app with Jamf School, you must configure the app settings in Jamf School. Then you can distribute the Jamf Teacher app to teachers.