The Mobile Guardian District Dashboard now includes the capability to centrally manage restriction and configuration profiles. This new feature allows district administrators to efficiently manage multiple school dashboards under one console, providing enhanced flexibility and control. Below is a detailed guide on how to set up and use these profiles.
Profile Management Overview
The profile management screen is divided into three sections:
- School Profile Groups: Lists of schools that will receive the selected profiles in a group.
- Baseline Profiles: The minimum set of restrictions upon which a Conditional profile is built.
- Conditional Profiles: Profiles built on a Baseline profile where additional restrictions can be added, along with location and schedule configurations.
These three sections work together to create a layered profile structure, which can then be pushed to a school account.
Follow the steps below to set up and manage your profiles effectively.
District profile management
Step 1: Set Up Your Baseline Profiles
Baseline profiles act as the foundation for more advanced configurations. Use clear and understandable naming conventions for your profiles, such as "Student Baseline" and "Teacher Baseline." These profiles tend to be broad and are used when building Conditional profiles.
Setting Restrictions: When configuring your Baseline profile restrictions, use the hierarchical profile locks to control the level of granularity and the ability to override settings.
Step 2: Set Up Your Conditional Profiles
Conditional profiles allow for additional configurations based on device location and schedule, referred to as "Where" and "When" settings:
- Locations: Apply or remove profiles based on the device's location (e.g., coordinates, SSID, or Beacon setup).
- Schedules: Set profiles based on date and time (e.g., school day, after hours, weekends).
#Note: Conditional profiles inherit the lock settings from their Baseline profiles. Use clear naming conventions to manage these profiles easily, such as "High School Student - School Day" or "High School Student - After School."
Step 3: Create School Profile Groups and Push Profiles
Once Baseline and Conditional profiles are set up, decide which schools should receive these profiles. This centralizes profile management, making it easier to apply changes across multiple schools. Separate schools into categories (e.g., Elementary School, Middle School, High School) and add relevant schools to those profile groups.
Default Baseline Profile:
- Select a Baseline profile for the group, which will be applied when no other Conditional profile is active.
- Pushing the Baseline profile to School Accounts
- To push profiles to your school profile groups, use the Push action on the right-hand side.
Push Action Notes:
- Updates all schools in the group with the latest profile changes.
- Adds profiles to the school profile list if they do not already exist.
- Only updates the pushed profiles at the school level.
- Confirm profile updates by checking the school account profile screen for a tick icon indicating a successful push.
By following these steps, you can effectively manage and distribute profiles across your district, ensuring consistency and control over all connected school devices.
You have now successfully added a district configuration and managed school Chromebook configurations from the district level. This centralized approach simplifies the administration process and ensures a cohesive management strategy across all schools in your district.
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