Hi, guys. I work at a school where we use iPads for music education. We’ve got a bit of an issue though. Some kids delete other people’s music projects, and that obviously sucks.
Is there a way to lock certain files so the kids can give their own files their own password protection or something so nobody gets their stuff sabotaged?
Other creative solutions are appreciated as well!
Thanks guys!
Edit: The music room has a Mac, so thanks to your helpful suggestions, we’re gonna try with the AirDrop method where they drop to the host machine that the teacher has access to.
what software are you using and how is the class structured? It sounds like this might be a rotating group of students all using the same ipads? Does the school have access to some sort of storage medium that requires unique (per student) login credentials that the students could save their files to?
We’ve looked at that in the past and the time delay caused by logging in at out of Google drive is just too much with the way ios is structured. Plus it doesn’t generally function like a simple drive location.
Finally on top of all the storage access complications , most apps dont save as actual files that can be saved to a destination folder, as ios doesn’t have a traditional file system. Usually you only get that kind of option with export, and then on ios it frequently is a preset list of destinations like email or airdrop. I haven’t seen a open send to so I can’t use mega.co or owncloud or others that I would like.
I totally admit I am not an apple expert, just a school technician that has tried to fit teacher/admin needs into establishing inflexible work flows with difficulties .
Just spitballing an idea. Along the lines of airdrop, does the instructor have a machine that the kids can send their music to when they’re done? This would create a backup, which the instructor could then organize and upload to a server (google drive?) that can be shared with the iPads as read only, so the kids could redownload the file again if need be.
Oooh, excellent idea. I’ll look into viability of airdropping. Most of our current machines at work are windows machines, so… while it probably could work, ease of use is also an important aspect when so many of the teachers are a step below tech savvy.
Not to mention ease of use for the pupils who are often even more tech illiterate.
I’ll look into it. Thank you!
Or even if there is an email account set up on the iPad, the students could email the file to their own email.
There are only two iPads and various student groups who rotate between classes. Group 1 might be in place mondays and thursdays, group 2 on tuesdays and wednesdays.
The software is garage band, and the students all have their own computers, but they’re not supposed to bring those to music class because it’s too bulky for 30 kids to all bring their laptops and so on.