Apple School Manager is an online resource that teachers use to manage class rosters for Apple Classroom and Apple Schoolwork.
Classroom works on iPad and laptop. Schoolwork is for iPad only.
This is a change from past practice, where teachers would manage rosters from the Classroom App.
| Teachers log into Apple School Manager at the website school.apple.com using their district Apple ID. Every student and staff member has a school Apple ID. This same login connects to everyone's 'managed' iCloud account, too. Let me know if you have troubles getting logged in. |  |
| Once in, you can do a refined search for your classes by selecting the circle icon to the right of the Search Bar. Please check to make sure that you have all of your correct classes listed. Let me know if you need any classes added. You can also check by simply opening the Apple Classroom app like you have been used to. |  |
| You can Edit your own classes as necessary, including adding or removing students. Additional teachers can be added, too. This is especially important for the cohort classes that we have at Davis and the Middle School. Many cohorts will have 5-10 'teachers' listed. |  |
| Select a class and scroll to the bottom of the page to see the student roster. Please check to see that all of your students are listed. Let me know if you have anyone missing. This is a quick fix. You can edit your own rosters as desired. |  |
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Troubleshooting for iPad:
-Check to make sure that your are signed in to your school Apple ID.
-Your iPad should have the latest update installed for Apple Classroom to work. This may be found at Settings -> General -> Software Update. Your iPad may need to be plugged in to fully install.
-If your classes to not appear AND you are signed in to your school Apple ID, try signing out of your account and then right back in.
Other Notes:
- Teacher AND Student devices must be logged in to their student 'managed' Apple ID in order for Apple Classroom to work. Every student and staff member has a Managed Apple ID.
- Once a roster is built in Apple School Manager, the class will show up on all teachers' iPads and laptops. The student devices are automatically enrolled so no 'invitation' is needed any more. The student device does not need to be touched to make this happen. This is a zero-touch deployment method of Apple Classroom!
-The Apple Classroom app only needs to be installed on the teacher device. It may be downloaded from Self Service.
-Apple Schoolwork is for iPad only. This needs to be installed on both teacher and student devices to use.
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A recap:
Apple School Manager - a website that teachers can use to manage their classroom rosters.
Apple Classroom - a classroom engagement tool. This works for both iPad and laptop.
Apple Schoolwork - a learning management system for iPad. It works well with most apps on the iPad.
