ZuluDesk Teacher
Education
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
ZuluDesk Teacher gives teachers the tools to manage their students' school-issued devices. Using the intuitive interface, you can restrict which apps students can access on their device, keep students focused during class by creating Lessons that allow or restrict certain apps and websites, answer students' questions with Messages, and use Weblock to make sure students can only visit teacher-approved websites.
Key features:
- Restrict and allow apps (including games and social media)
- Create Lessons for each subject
- Answer students' questions with Messages
- See student device information
- Restrict and allow websites with Weblock
- Remotely install apps on your students’ devices
more I am a science teacher over at Oxford university and while I tried turning off my students their IPads, second thing I knew they stopped working!
I am a science teacher over at Oxford university and while I tried turning off my students their IPads, second thing I knew they stopped working!
ZuluDesk Teacher includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- The app now supports creating a Remote Class for students in a custom class.
- Fixed an issue that allowed teachers to use the Remote Class feature when it was disabled in Jamf School.
8.2.2 07/06/2020
Jamf School Teacher includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- Virtual Classroom— You can now invite students to a video meeting from Jamf School Teacher. For more information on how to invite students to a virtual classroom, see Starting a Virtual Classroom in the Jamf Teacher Guide for Teachers.
- Fixed an issue that prevented teachers from viewing all classes in the Teacher app when there were more than 40 classes.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Add Student button from displaying for ad hoc classes.
- The share lesson button is now displayed in the top left corner of the lessons screen for iPhones.
- Fixed an issue that caused denied app request responses to display incorrectly when viewing the app request detail in Jamf School Teacher.
8.2.0 06/30/2020
Jamf School Teacher includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- Fixed an issue that occasionally caused students in a class who were online to display as offline.
8.1.1 04/21/2020
To assist teachers and students learning remotely, Jamf School is introducing new features for the Jamf School Teacher and Jamf School Student apps.
Help Guides— Teachers can now tap Help Guides on the app dashboard to view step-by-step guides on how to use features in the Teacher app.
Raise Hand— Allows students to use the Jamf School Student app to notify teachers that they need help. Teachers have the option of sending a message or email to the students to respond.
Share Lesson— Allows teachers to share a Lesson with another teacher via a URL.
8.1.0 04/01/2020
ZuluDesk Teacher includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- You can now start a lesson directly from the dashboard.
- The search in My Resources is no longer case sensitive.
- The Updates tile on the dashboard is now called App Updates.
- Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when trying to navigate to documents.
- Fixed issue where user info was not set correctly on first app launch.
- Fixed issue where teachers could not install apps on student devices.
- Under the hood improvements.
8.0.0 03/24/2020
Fixed an issue that prevented teachers from downloading and removing apps and documents in the My Resources tab.
7.4.1 01/27/2020
Bug fixes:
- Fixes issues with using the share sheet.
- Fixes issue where pressing the Network Checker would cause a crash.
Improvements:
- New one time setup assistant which informs users about how their data is used.
- Better support articles can also be found under Support.
7.4.0 01/22/2020
ZuluDesk Teacher includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
App Request— You can now request apps for your students and classes using App Request in ZuluDesk Teacher. When you request an app, administrators are notified and can review, approve, or deny the app request. You are then notified if the app request is approved or denied in the Teacher app. For more information on App Request, see the Jamf Teacher Guide for Teachers.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the error message text from displaying when trying to delete a chat message.
- Fixed an issue that prevented teachers from setting the automatic clear timer when restricting student devices.
- When creating a new message to a student, the Send Message button has been renamed Create Chat.
- When creating Lessons, you can now add lesson resources such as websites and documents in Google Drive or Dropbox. These lesson resources are available to students while the lesson is active. You can add these resources to lessons by either navigating to the website or document you want to share and tapping the Share icon and then tapping ZuluDesk Teacher, or you can tapping the lesson you want to add the resources to in ZuluDesk Teacher and then enter the URL in the Lesson Links field.
- Fixed an issue that prevented teachers from configuring the Automatic Clear time when setting restrictions on a student device.
- Fixed an issue that caused iBeacons to not function properly.
- Fixed an issue that prevented users from clearing an Attention message on student devices and occasionally prevented the Attention message from displaying.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Attention screen from being cleared when restrictions were cleared on a device with iOS or iPadOS 13.2.2.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Attention screen from displaying when the Student app is running in the background.
7.3.1 12/11/2019
- Fixed issue where users with a new device wouldn't be logged in automatically.
7.1.2 11/07/2019
Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue regarding first time sign in for wiped devices.
7.1.1 10/14/2019
Bug fixes:
- Fixed issues related to logging in.
Enhancements:
- The device tile on the dashboard is now called My Resources.
- Managing your device is now done in Settings.
- School information can now be found in Settings.
- Japanese is now supported.
- UX and design improvements.
- New statement in Privacy section.
7.0.0 09/23/2019
Enhancements:
- Teachers can now add Shared iPads to a class.
6.3.0 09/05/2019
Enhancements:
- Teachers can now create custom classrooms. Students in close proximity to the teacher are invited to join the classroom or can join manually in ZuluDesk Student.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue that caused the keyboard to appear and prevent logging out when tapping to the right of the Logoff button.
- Fixed an issue that prevented iBeacons from functioning properly.
- Fixed an issue that caused profiles and apps to not appear in groups.
6.2.0 07/25/2019
Enhancements:
- The dashboard now gives more informative error messages.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue that prevented the Hide Other Devices from being enabled.
- Fixed issue that sometimes caused the app to crash when removing an app.
- Fixed issue that prevented the dashboard from updating when switching users on devices with Demo Kit enabled.
6.1.2 05/22/2019
Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue where selecting an individual student wasn’t possible
- Fixed issue where the app needed to restart after first install for managed configuration to take hold
- Fixed issue where 2-way communication could no longer be enabled
- Fixed issue where Network Checker would be available to groups outside of the allowed scope
- Fixed issue where app couldn’t be used in split view mode (improvements still to come)
6.1.1 05/08/2019
Enhancements:
- Groups in a class are now hidden by default if there are lots of students (pull down to view them)
- 32-bit and Custom app errors are now shown in the Install App section
Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue where top bar would turn white when viewing iBeacons
- Fixed issue when the login screen wouldn’t be shown after Guest User had been disabled
- Performance fix for running tile collections
- Small fix for the “No updates” messages
6.1.0 05/01/2019
Fixed issue where a priced app could not be in any collection
6.0.3 04/19/2019
Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue where the dashboard would fail to load for Guest Users.
- Fixed issue where in some cases the user couldn't close the messages panel.
- Fixed issue where device images for macOS wouldn't appear.
- Fixed issue where the user couldn't scroll on the device switcher.
6.0.2 04/17/2019
Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue where manual login would fail in some cases.
- Fixed issue where the loading view wouldn't hide if the dashboard failed to load.
- Fixed issue where a translated text was missing for an error message.
Improvements:
- Reduced the size of the app.
6.0.1 04/16/2019
Version 6 comes with new features, bug fixes, and improvements!
- New interface
- Teachers can now update apps
- Download apps, documents, and profiles directly from the dashboard
- Bug fixes
6.0.0 04/13/2019
- Fixes issue where the app wouldn't work correctly on iOS 9.3.
5.0.5 11/30/2018
- Fixes issue where opening or saving documents would not work as expected.
5.0.4 11/29/2018
Improvements:
- The version and build number is now shown in the Settings app.
- If the user has no internet connection, the user no longer gets taken to the login screen.
- Saving a document to Files or similar will now save the file with the correct name.
- User settings now get updated more frequently.
- Add support for hiding Network Checker and Viewing iBeacons.
Bug fixes:
- Fixes bug where Attention screen had a gap at the top.
- Fixes UI bug on chats when rotating the device.
- Fixes issue where Pull to Refresh had an UI issue.
-- 5.0 notes --
What’s new:
- A brand new design.
- Two-way communication, teachers and students can now talk to each other over chat.
- Teachers can toggle two-way communication on and off for each individual chat.
- Messages has a new look.
- Self Service can now be used without a user being assigned to the device (Configurable in the ZMS).
- Demo Kit users can switch between Guest User and other users.
- Classes are now sorted alphabetically and have a search.
- Lessons are now sorted alphabetically and have a search.
- The starting page for Teachers is now Classes, instead of Self Service.
- Network Checker will now display a reason for an error (if one is available).
- The ZuluDesk Privacy Statement is now linked in the app.
Bug fixes:
- Users can now retry installing Apps in Self Service.
- Fixes issue where Device Options button would just display Close if all options are disabled.
- Project files will no longer display the incorrect name when being opened.
- Fixes issue where the app would close in some cases when opening a document from the app.
- Network Checker checks will no longer time out if the APNS check fails.
- Fixes issue where the wrong text would be displayed when changing a student’s avatar.
- In managing Lessons, “Allow use of Safari” is now forced on when “Lock in Safari” is enabled.
- Fixes issue where pressing “Done” when starting a lesson without selecting a lesson would cause a crash.
5.0.3 11/14/2018
We have released a new version of our ZuluDesk iOS app, this update comes with a brand new design and some exciting features!
What’s new:
- A brand new design.
- Two-way communication, teachers and students can now talk to each other over chat.
- Teachers can toggle two-way communication on and off for each individual chat.
- Messages has a new look.
- Self Service can now be used without a user being assigned to the device (Configurable in the ZMS).
- Demo Kit users can switch between Guest User and other users.
- Classes are now sorted alphabetically and have a search.
- Lessons are now sorted alphabetically and have a search.
- The starting page for Teachers is now Classes, instead of Self Service.
- Network Checker will now display a reason for an error (if one is available).
- The ZuluDesk Privacy Statement is now linked in the app.
Bug fixes:
- Users can now retry installing Apps in Self Service.
- Fixes issue where Device Options button would just display Close if all options are disabled.
- Project files will no longer display the incorrect name when being opened.
- Fixes issue where the app would close in some cases when opening a document from the app.
- Network Checker checks will no longer time out if the APNS check fails.
- Fixes issue where the wrong text would be displayed when changing a student’s avatar.
- In managing Lessons, “Allow use of Safari” is now forced on when “Lock in Safari” is enabled.
- Fixes issue where pressing “Done” when starting a lesson without selecting a lesson would cause a crash.
5.0.2 11/06/2018
- Fixes issue where Locations set by Parents was not being reporting correctly
4.5.3 10/01/2018
ZuluDesk Teacher includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- The app now supports creating a Remote Class for students in a custom class.
- Fixed an issue that allowed teachers to use the Remote Class feature when it was disabled in Jamf School.
more Version 8.2.2 07/06/2020
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