Configuring a device group for Shared iPad Mode

Apple’s Shared iPad Mode is a special configuration of the iPad that allows students to login to the iPad with their school-provided managed Apple ID to store and access their personal data such as saved app data and progress. Shared iPad is available when using Automated Device Enrollment.

If you will be configuring iPads for Shared iPad Mode, you will need to configure the device group prior to enrolling devices into it.

To configure a device group for shared iPad mode, go to Devices and select the device group to be configured. On the Device Group Details tab, use the "Automated Device Enrollment Settings" section to configure Shared iPad mode.

Show shared iPad lock screen message setting enables a custom message to appear near the bottom of the lock screen on the shared iPad. The message can be customized for each school from the school settings page found from Settings > Schools on the Details tab under the label “Shared iPad lock screen text.”

Setting	Description
Show device info on lock screen	Use this setting to choose to display either the device name, IP address, or MAC address on the lock screen.
Maximum cached users	Use this setting to manually configure the maximum number of user accounts that can be cached on the device. Choosing a very low number will reserve more storage space per user and may be beneficial if it is known that a relatively small number of users will be sharing the device. When the user's data is cached on the device, it will be faster for the user to login and logout because their data will not need to download from their iCloud account. Leave this value empty to allow iPadOS to configure this automatically. This can be advantageous in fluid environments where the number of users per device may vary significantly. In this case, the OS can adjust the number of cache users based on available storage and usage patterns to optimize storage space and user performance.
Diagnostic submission	Use this setting to allow diagnostic data to automatically be sent to Apple.
App analytics	Use this setting to control whether app usage data is collected and sent to Apple. This can help Apple and developers by providing insights about their apps.
Only allow temporary (guest) sessions	Enable this setting to configure the iPad to disable user logins for the device and allow it to only be used in guest mode.
Temporary session timeout (in seconds)	This setting configures the number of minutes the device will be idle before the temporary (guest) session is automatically logged out.