With Apple Shared Devices for Education, you can share a device
among multiple students in the classroom. Shared devices allow multiple users to log in to a
device.
About this task
Make sure that the Apple for Education configuration service is enabled.
When the service is enabled, the MaaS360 for Schools setting is enabled by
default to support the Apple Shared Devices feature.
Procedure
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In the Apple Device Enrollment, go to to add the DEP Token.
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Enter the Token Name.
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Enable the Apple Education token association setting.
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Upload the token file. The supported file type is a .p7m file from the DEP
portal.
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Click Add.
When the DEP token is synchronized, all shared devices that are listed under this token are
displayed on the Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP) page.
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From the Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP) page, select .
The added profile is listed on the Profiles page.
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From the Profiles page, click Assign.
- Select the synchronized DEP devices that you want to assign a profile to and click
Assign.
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Go to the Apple Configurator for the device, and tap Restore to restore
the device.
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Create a class from .
Results
When the Apple Shared devices configuration is complete, recent users, all classes, and students
who are enrolled for a classroom are added to the shared device.