Apple Classroom Deployment Scenarios
Apple Classroom deployments in FileWave need device enrollment, teacher and student identity data, class data, and the correct device-to-person or cart-to-class associations.
- All devices enrolled in FileWave
- Teacher devices identified, with the Apple Classroom app installed
- One-to-one student devices associated with the correct student
- Cart Groups configured for shared devices
- Class data, including teachers, students, and carts, loaded into FileWave
Complete these parts of the deployment:
- Enroll devices
- Import SIS data (classes, teachers, students)
- Associate one-to-one and teacher devices with users, and associate shared-device carts with classes
- Deploy Classroom app to teacher devices
FileWave does not require one fixed order. Choose a sequence that matches when devices and SIS data become available.
Example: enroll shared carts first
- Enroll Cart devices and create carts
- Import SIS data
- Associate classes to carts
- Create placeholders for teacher devices
- Associate each teacher device to its teacher
- Deploy Classroom to teacher devices
- Use one-to-one automatic enrollment when the MDM authentication username matches the SIS identifier, allowing students to unbox and enroll their assigned iPad
Example: prepare identity and class data first
When SIS data and device assignments are known before enrollment, prepare the structure first:
- Import SIS data
- Import placeholders for 1:1 devices
- Enroll cart devices
- Associate classes with carts and devices with people
- Deploy Classroom to teacher devices
- Enroll one-to-one devices
You can make incremental changes later. For example, when a new student arrives, add the student and device-to-person association without rebuilding the existing classes or carts.