Integrating MaaS360 with Apple School Manager (ASM)
Apple School Manager (ASM) is a web-based portal that allows educational institutions to define classroom managers, classroom setup, enroll students, and assign instructors to classrooms.
MaaS360® supports Apple Education, an Apple program that allows easy deployment of iPads in classroom environments by providing a platform to manage people, devices, and content. Apple School Manager (ASM) allows the creation of managed Apple IDs for students to use on iPads to log in to and access content and services like iTunes and iCloud.
MaaS360 integrates with Apple School Manager (ASM) to deploy iPads to classroom environments. Users can activate iPads to automatically enroll into MaaS360. Enrolled student iPads are displayed in the MaaS360 Portal Device Inventory page. MaaS360 deploys the Classroom app to enrolled devices. Classroom app is an app that allows students to log in with their managed Apple ID and view their enrolled classes. The app allows instructors to view student's iPad screens from the instructor's app. Apple School Manager (ASM) simplifies the management of student and instructor iPads in Apple Education, and provides a new feature called Shared iPad. Shared iPad allows students to sign in or out of an iPad, and automatically saves app data on iCloud. Instructor iPads can also start the Classroom app to monitor and control student iPads to make sure that students are focused and productive on their iPads during classroom sessions.
Pre-configuring Apple Education settings in the MaaS360 Portal
The MaaS360 administrator must enable Apple Education for the account. Contact IBM® Support to access this feature. After Apple Education is enabled, you can view the Apple for Education service in the MaaS360 Portal at .
