Getting Started

1. Sign in on your device with your Managed Apple ID.

   • On an iPad: Go to Settings > Apple ID.

   • On a Mac with macOS 13 or later: Go to System Settings > Apple ID.

   • On a Mac with macOS 12 or earlier: Go to System Preferences > Apple ID.

2. Launch the Classroom app on your Mac or iPad, then select Continue.

3. Select Create Class.

4. Enter the name for your class, select a location, icon, and background color for that class, then select Done.

   Note: The location of the class in Apple School Manager appears under the class name.

Running a Class

Use actions to guide learning in Classroom

Using the Classroom app, you can perform actions on each student’s device to focus their attention and guide their learning.

Note: Some features aren’t available for remote classes.

Actions on multiple students’ devices

You can perform actions on many devices at once. This can be for the entire class or a specific group.

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Actions on a single student’s device

You can perform actions on a single student’s device. For example, you might want to view the screen of a single student.

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You can do the following on any number of student devices at once:

• Open an app.

• Open a webpage, EPUB book or chapter, or PDF.

• Share links and documents and allow students to share links and documents with you.

• View a device screen.

  Note: Depending on how your mobile device management (MDM) solution is configured, you may not be able to perform this task. Contact your MDM administrator and have them review Manage AirPlay and screen view for Classroom in MDM in the Apple Deployment Guide for Education.

• Mute a device (nearby classes only).

• Lock a device and lock an app open on a device (nearby classes only).

  Note: If you forget to unlock a device or an app locked to the screen, it unlocks automatically when out of Bluetooth range or after 20 seconds of no connectivity.

Create student groups in Classroom

When you’re using Classroom, you can select certain student devices to perform actions on. You can always select a single student to perform actions on their device. For more than one student, you may want to use a specific group. There are three types of groups used in Classroom:

• Dynamic groups

• Groups you create manually

Dynamic groups

Classroom automatically creates Dynamic groups for certain students and their devices.

• All Students: Total number of students in a class, regardless of how they’re connecting to the class or whether they are online or offline. The icon that appears next to All Students is the symbol used when the class was created.

Dynamic groups

Dynamic groups are automatically created when students use different apps or, in the case of iPad devices, the Home Screen. For example, if four students are using Safari, a dynamic group is created showing those four students.

Manually created groups

You can create groups manually based on specific criteria. For example, if three students are working on a project together, you can create a group just for them and then guide them to look at specific websites or an EPUB or PDF that pertains to their project. You can create temporary groups without needing to contact the MDM administrator. You can remove only groups you create manually.

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