The way this works: A student signs in with their Apple ID and digital assets (such as courses, tasks, messages, attainment records, and so on) are downloaded to the device from iCloud. Since 2020, Apple has offered an equivalent of this for iPads shared across enterprises. That’s as useful in education as it is to the enterprise and provides a good illustration of how digital tools can transform and automate essential business processes - from inventory management and visitor tracking to course scheduling and more.įor teachers, it should reduce the time spent ensuring pupils have the right information for the current lesson, as well as being able to check attendance and attainment at a glance.Īs an Apple-owned subsidiary, Claris (formerly FileMaker) also supports its parent company’s other solutions for students and educators (and offers 200GB of iCloud storage to encourage collaboration). This extends to Apple’s Classroom and Schoolwork apps, both of which were recently updated with the introduction of remote learning resources.Ĭonnect also supports Apple’s shared iPad data system, which lets schools securely share devices between students with personalized spaces on each device. This extends to building unique workflows that use popular platforms, including Excel, Twitter, Box, MailChimp, Trello, Asana, Stripe and many more. The idea is that SIS data can feed directly into other learning tools, applications, and digital content. It also makes it easy to automate the creation of Managed Apple IDs at scale, which is useful when new students join the school.

The idea behind this integration is that administrators, teachers, students, and parents can more easily access Apple’s education-focused services, apps, and technology. The system uses the OneRoster specification from the IMS Global Learning Consortium, a spec designed as a secure standard to use when sharing confidential school information such as rosters, courses, enrollments and grades between SIS systems and supporting solutions for learning.

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