Lets take a look at the faculty side of the iPad rollout. It is late in the summer and most of the faculty whose students will be using iPads has had an iPad 1 to use since June when summer started. For the past month I have been working to decide
1. Naming the various logins for the iPad deployment computer and setting up the iTunes accounts for each
2. What apps their new iPad 2’s will have on them
3. How to best get those apps onto the iPads
4. How to pay for the apps
5. The cases that they will use to hold the iPads AND chargers
6. The stylus to be used
7. Labeling conventions, restrictions on the iPads
8. Philosophical issues
a. When do we start training the teachers and what exactly will the training be?
b. How does each download new apps
c. Can he/she sync with their computer?
d. Sharing the classroom use of the iPad
e. Sharing the apps that each teacher finds
We have tackled all of these and have now completed 1-6 and some of item 7. I created a spreadsheet to list and track the following
IPad deployment computer Logins
Login, Password, Comments
NEW IPADS - SUMMER 2011
Faculty name, IPad Name, Serial Number, Identifier , Wi-Fi MAC Address, ITunes Account, Password, Case - tight , Carry case, Synced with, Backup file password
DEPLOYMENT GUIDE - another spreadsheet to track the deployment
SYNCING
Having just completed the syncing portion I followed the order below – see also the CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VIDEO of the list below – not very exciting but it is an example of what I did to each.
1. Label the iPad, place in case with charger and stylus
2. Log into appropriate Mac account on the iPad deployment computer
3. Plug in iPad
4. Name iPad and deselect checkboxes to NOT sync all apps etc
5. Update IOS if needed
6. Check iTunes account currently logged into (this is somewhat important because it becomes the default account when someone makes their first purchase on the iPad)
7. Go to the apps heading and select apps you would like to sync
8. Click sync
9. Go to the iPhone config utility and install on the iPad
10. Copy all relevant information onto the tracking spreadsheet
11. Unplug and test to see that there is wi-fi connectivity
Picture below of final case and iPad put together
DETAILS OF THE CASES AND STYLUS
Item | detail | Link | Comments |
Outer carry case | Amazon Basics | http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Netbook-Handle-10-Inch-Netbooks/dp/B002VPE1Q6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313531682&sr=8-2 | Amazon's neoprene - 11.29 |
Small case | Case Crown $25.21 | http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004R7A9NU | Leather style case |
Stylus | Roo Case | http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GYVPGE | $8.98 per stylus - rubber 1/2 sphere tip |
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