Please read this entire document before
starting; there are many things to consider before you make decisions
about your new or borrowed iPods/iPads.
Please note that these instructions are based on what we understand to be a good balance of security and openness to be. They are long, but in many ways not complete; it's a tangled web to sort though Apple's Terms of Use and make it work in the classroom. Keep in mind that iPads and iPod Touchs are intended to be consumer-use, and using them and managing them in the classroom presents unique opportunities and challenges.
Quick Start Guide
(This is not intended to replace the rest of the document; rather, to give you an idea of how to
quickly proceed with your purchase or loan of these devices)
Step 1 - Setup an iTunes account (see Section 11)
Step 2 - Watch video of device setup (see also below)
Step 3 - Connect device to managing computer (‘the mother ship’) and name devices within iTunes
(see section 13)
Step 4 - Download apps
Step 5 - Establish protocols for security, recharging, backup and overall management
Step 6 - Integrate your devices into the classroom learning process
IMPORTANT: iPads/iPods do NOT sign out of your network when they go to sleep or are turned off. They stay signed in to the user's login until they are told to 'forget' it. AS YOU FINISH USING AN IPAD OR IPOD, your last action MUST BE to log out of the network. Without doing so, any subsequent users of that device will be surfing and downloading content using YOUR login - and YOU will need to demonstrate that it wasn't you going to those websites, or sending that threatening message, or whatever else they do.
To log out of the network, go to Settings>Wi-Fi>click on the blue arrow to the right of YRDSB-S>Forget This Network>Forget.
Now, the next person has to enter their own login information in order to connect to the network.
