Jamf Introduces Jamf Educator, New Purpose-Built Training Platform, Along with Key Platform Enhancements for Hybrid Learning
September 01, 2021 at 10:00 am EDT
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Jamf launched a new purpose-built training platform, Jamf Educator, aimed at helping teachers and education technology coordinators empower students with Apple technology in and out of the classroom. Jamf also introduced new platform updates to help educators remotely conduct exams and focus students on Mac in today’s hybrid learning environment. Jamf Educator – A New Purpose-Built Training Platform for Educators - Jamf Educator bolsters Jamf’s ongoing commitment to students’ success by providing teachers a custom-built platform to learn about Apple technology and how to use Jamf to get the most from it. This training platform allows educators to get hands-on with the Jamf Teacher app and apply it in a simulation environment. Teachers who have a better understanding of Apple technology can focus on creating a seamless learning environment for students, while reducing the need for support from IT. Education technology coordinators are often critical to the success of technology programs. Jamf designed a separate track for education technology coordinators, highlighting where the Jamf Teacher app can introduce powerful classroom management tools to their staff on their own devices with simplified workflows that support teaching and learning with Apple technology. This will ensure that they can support the needs of the students and teachers in the classroom when deploying Apple in their environment. Remote Proctoring to Support Distance Learning - When students can’t be in the classroom, whether it is because of a pandemic, facility issues or severe weather, learning and exam technology that works in class and from a distance can reduce learning disruptions. The Jamf Teacher app uniquely works in the classroom and remotely to allow educators to continue to teach students, no matter where they are located. Together with the Jamf Assessment app, Jamf provides schools with a simple method for remote proctoring of web-based assessment exams. With this new update, Jamf has extended the remote proctoring workflow to Jamf Teacher for Jamf School, making it seamless for teachers to see both a live recording of the screen and video of the student through the device camera. The remote proctoring workflow meets high-stakes web-based assessment exam security requirements, including screenshot detection, camera enablement, custom UI and exam view size and custom exam URLs. Ability to Focus Students on Every Apple Device - Jamf Teacher has historically focused on the classroom management workflows of iOS and iPad OS devices. With this new update, Jamf is extending key capabilities of Jamf Teacher to Mac classroom management workflows. This allows teachers to use the wedlock feature for students using any Apple device. Extending this feature to Mac ensures that teachers can bring classroom management to all school-issued Apple devices and keep students focused on learning. The Jamf Teacher updates will be available in the App Store soon.
Jamf Holding Corp. is engaged in selling software as a service (SaaS) solution through a subscription model, direct sales force, online and indirectly through its channel partners, including Apple. The Company provides a complete management and security solution for an Apple-first environment designed to be enterprise secure, consumer simple and protect personal privacy. It also provides platform that combines Apple management, identity, and security to protect devices and sensitive company data, while simplifying work and preserving privacy for end users. Its multi-dimensional go-to-market model and cloud-deployed offering enable it to reach all organizations around the world, large and small, with its software solutions. The Companyâs solutions include Jamf Pro, Jamf Now, Jamf School, Jamf Connect, Jamf Protect, and others. Jamf Pro offers a robust Apple ecosystem management software solution for larger enterprises, educational institutions, and entire school districts.