Suggestions+from+others

=These are some of the suggestions and ideas that have come through from people talking on the VLN = only thing that happens on this account. In NZ I believe it needs to be linked to a credit card so you will want to limit access. Then In most NZ primary schools you have ONE iTunes account that is used with/by Apple Configurator (AC) to redeem VPP codes and download free apps. You can use AC to group your iPads in the Prepare/Supervise process.
 * Innes Kennard || ONE iTunes account that is used by the Programme Manager (using Apple’s terms here) to manage the VPP programme. I would suggest that this is the

OR

You can have syndicates/departments with their own iTunes accounts and their own AC. The Manager sends out VPP codes to be redeemed as required on each of these nodes.

Cons Hard enough for a small group to get heads around AC and the whole process. Harder to manage and keep track of VPP. Needs multiple computers running AC and multiple iTunes accounts –opportunity for confusion especially over passwords

Pros Spreads the load when needing to update. Downloaded apps would tend to be more area specific.

I think you would have to have a good reason for having it decentralised especially at the start. If you did want to do this later as numbers increased you can de-authorise VPP codes from the central account and then redeem them on the others (I think!) ||
 * [[image:http://www.vln.school.nz/_graphics/spacer.gif caption="Caroline Taylor-Levey" link="http://www.vln.school.nz/profile/Caroline275"]][|Caroline Taylor-Levey] || I am responsible for,the smooth (hahaha) running of the 53 IPads in my school. I have been using Meraki Moblie Device Managment since we set the IPads up before the Summer Holidays. I think it is brilliant, although, I have never tried anything else. Meraki enables you to tag IPads, this enables you to group them which makes it easier to send different apps to different IPads. In practice it means that I can purchase 32 copies of GarageBand and make sure that this app only goes to IPads tagged "seniors" because that is who,I want to have GarageBand. You can also see the profile of each ipad. In my school I have setbup the policy that only apps that I push through via Meraki may be installed. This means that there is better organisation and continuity of apps between syndicates and all apps are there for educational purposes, not just for novelty value or gaming. ||