Schoolwork glossary
The glossary defines terms you encounter as you use the Schoolwork User Guide.
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activity | A task assigned as part of a Handout. Schoolwork supports the following types of activities: apps (including progress-reporting apps), files, links, bookmarks, photos, videos, and scanned documents. See also app activity, bookmark activity, Handout, link activity, progress-reporting app. | ||||||||||
app activity | A task assigned within an app. For example, a task to read chapter 2 of The Hobbit in Apple Books or to solve Learn to Code 1 in Swift Playgrounds. See also activity. | ||||||||||
Apple School Manager | A simple, web-based portal for IT administrators to deploy iOS, macOS, and tvOS devices all from one place. When used with a mobile device management (MDM) solution, administrators can configure device settings and buy and distribute apps and books. Apple School Manager integrates with Student Information Systems (SISs) and SFTP so administrators can create accounts with school rosters and classes. Apple School Manager is where IT administrators set up classes for Schoolwork, and enable student progress reporting. See Apple School Manager User Guide. | ||||||||||
bookmarked activity | An activity saved as a Schoolwork bookmark. For example, the address of a webpage, file, or app. Teachers can bookmark activities to save and organize favorite webpages, files, and progress-reporting apps to revisit them in the future. See also activity. Note: Schoolwork bookmarks are not the same as Safari Bookmarks, and are not included in your Safari Bookmarks list. | ||||||||||
collaborative file | A teacher-owned file in iCloud Drive that supports concurrent editing or viewing. Teachers can share one copy of a collaborative file with all students in a class or share a separate copy with each student. Teachers and students can actively work in the file at the same time. Schoolwork supports collaboration for iWork Pages, Numbers, and Keynote files. | ||||||||||
dashboard | The Schoolwork home page. To display the dashboard, tap Schoolwork located at the top left of a class page or Handout displayed in the dashboard. | ||||||||||
ePub file | An electronic publication file (ePub). A digital version of a printed publication, created according to the ePub format. The ePub format is a free, open eBook standard developed and maintained by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), a nonprofit standards organization. You can use Pages to export your documents in ePub format for reading with Apple Books on iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. See Use advanced book creation options in Pages. | ||||||||||
Handout | A message to your students. A Handout can include announcements, reminders, instructions, assigned activities, or requests for work. Handouts consist of a list of recipients (an entire class or one or more students in a class), a title, instructions, and an activity assignment or request for work. A recipient and title are required; all other information is optional. You can also specify a Handout due date. If you add a due date, any activities or work a student submits after the due date are late. Schoolwork displays Teachers can post a Handout, or save a Handout as a draft until they are ready to post at a later time. | ||||||||||
iOS software | The mobile operating system software used by iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. | ||||||||||
iTunes Store | An online store, accessible through iTunes, where you can purchase books, music and videos, rent movies, subscribe to free podcasts, and more. The content you and others see in the iTunes Store can vary by the country or region specified in iTunes by each individual user as their default country. | ||||||||||
iWork apps | Apple’s Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps. You can use these apps to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. | ||||||||||
link activity | A task assigned through a web URL. For example, a web link URL or file share link URL. See also activity. | ||||||||||
Managed Apple ID | Like a personal Apple ID, you can use a Managed Apple ID to sign in to a personal device, sign in to a shared device, or to access Apple services and portals (for example, iCloud, iTunes U, Apple School Manager, Schoolwork). Unlike personal Apple IDs, Managed Apple IDs are owned and controlled by a school or district. The institution can reset passwords, limit purchasing and communications, and set up role-based administration. Teachers using a Managed Apple ID can use Schoolwork to share and receive content, collaborate with students, and view progress data for students at their school. Schoolwork teachers are given 200GB of iCloud Drive storage. See What are Managed Apple IDs in Apple School Manager? in Apple School Manager User Guide. Note: A Managed Apple ID is referred to as a school account in the Schoolwork User Guide for students. | ||||||||||
managed class | A Schoolwork class created by importing Apple School Manager class information. See also Managed Apple ID. | ||||||||||
managed teacher | A teacher at a K12 school district, college, or university whose institution is associated with an Apple School Manager organization. Managed teachers can access Schoolwork to share and receive content, collaborate, and integrate app activities into their instruction. See also Managed Apple ID. | ||||||||||
materials | A downloadable piece of content (for example, a lecture) added to iTunes U courses as media files (audio, video, web, app, book, document, and so on). iTunes U materials can be files on a computer, web links, or existing iTunes Store, Apple Books, and App Store links. | ||||||||||
mobile device management (MDM) | A service that lets you remotely manage enrolled devices. Once a device is enrolled, you can use the MDM service over the network to configure settings and perform other tasks on the device without user interaction. Profile Manager is an MDM server that is part of Server and there are also many third-party MDM servers. Mobile device management is supported on Mac computers with OS X 10.8 or later installed, and on iOS devices with iOS 5 or later installed. To enable management, devices are enrolled with an MDM server using an enrollment configuration profile, which can be done directly by the user. For company-owned devices, MDM enrollment can be automated using Apple School Manager. When an administrator initiates an MDM policy, option, or command, the device receives notification of the action through the Apple Push Notification service (APNs). With a network connection, devices can receive APNs commands anywhere in the world. MDM also enables distribution, management, and configuration of apps and books purchased through the Volume Purchase Program or developed in-house. To learn more about large-scale deployments of iOS devices, see the iOS Deployment Reference. | ||||||||||
progress-reporting app | An iOS educational app that shares student progress with teachers through the ClassKit developer framework. In Schoolwork, teachers can browse an app’s content, select app activities to assign to students, and view student progress. As students complete their assigned activities in the app, they can view their own progress in Schoolwork. | ||||||||||
school account | Term used in the Schoolwork User Guide for students to describe Managed Apple IDs. See Managed Apple ID. | ||||||||||
Share button | The Share button | ||||||||||
time spent | The amount of time a student spends working on an assigned Handout activity on their iPad. | ||||||||||
to indicate activities or work submitted after the Handout due date. Schoolwork automatically sets due dates to 11:59 p.m. local time for the specified day. See also activity.
is available in many apps, giving you an easy way to share all kinds of documents and other files. Sharing options depend on the type of item you’re sharing, how you customize the Share menu, and the sharing destination.