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Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices
This section provides suggestions for managing iPad, iPod touch, and iTunes in your
classroom. Because iPad and iPod touch are designed to be paired with one computer
or user account, the way you use these devices will determine how you decide to set
up user accounts.
Getting Students Up to Speed
Most students won’t need instruction on how to use iPad or iPod touch, but you might
want to review specic items such as how to access dierent types of content and how
to start and stop an audiobook or movie. You also may want to show the class how to
use iTunes and the other applications they’ll be using.
Managing iPad and iPod touch in the Classroom
There are dierent scenarios for managing the use of iOS devices in the classroom,
which vary depending on whether you assign students their own devices and how you
manage syncing and transferring content. Determining who will own purchased apps
and content should shape this strategy. Although there are many possible ownership
models, three are commonly used in schools, each of which focuses on who owns the
content rather than the device:
• With the personal ownership model, the education institution purchases the content
in volume and transfers it to the individual user (the student, faculty member, admin-
istrator, or other sta member), who then owns the content and manages his or her
account. This is similar to the model you use with your own devices.
• With the institutional ownership model, the education institution retains ownership
of the content. School computer labs often use this strategy.
• With the layered ownership model, content from both the user and the institution
can coexist on the same iPad or iPod touch. This approach blends both the personal
and institutional ownership models.
For more information, see the “Deployment Strategies” chapter in the “iOS 5 Education
Deployment Guide,” available at http://images.apple.com/education/docs/IOS_5_
Education_Deployment_Guide.pdf.
Volume Purchase of iOS Apps
There are many ways for institutions to purchase iOS apps. Education users, like all
iTunes users, can use credit cards or gift cards to fund individual app purchases. To
purchase apps in volume, education institutions can use the App Store Volume
Purchase Program and fund purchases via Volume Vouchers, purchase orders, credit
cards, PCards, or PayPal accounts. Tax-exempt institutions aren’t charged sales tax when
purchasing apps through the Volume Purchase Program. After purchase, the education
institution can then distribute the apps to multiple devices (terms and conditions
Managing iOS Devices and
iTunes for Student Use