SkieHow do we hand over tablets to the new batch at the start of the next school year?
Move the group forward or reassign each tablet to its new student, collect the old data, and keep the devices managed with no reset. Promoting a whole group lets a class move up in one step, and reassign handles new admissions. Check seats and the app list for the new year before handing out.
A year end is the busiest lifecycle moment. Skie has a few tools for it, and the main one is not to reset the tablets.
For students who continue, promote the group. Promoting a whole group moves a class forward, for example from 7B to 8B, in one step. The students keep their devices, and the devices take the new group's policy and app list. For students who join, reassign a spare tablet to them. For students who leave, follow the leaver steps. Moving students in bulk is possible when they already exist in the dashboard, and bulk upload of new students is not available yet.
Before the first day, check three things. Does the new group have the right policy and app list for the year, with new books or apps added to the organisation app store and published? Are the seats right for the new head count? And are the devices synced, with a compliance run if you want a final check? The readiness gate and Insights both help here.
Reassigning clears the previous student's linked data, but not the device's history. Remind families to move any personal files before the tablets come back, because Skie does not back up what is stored on the device.
Practical tip: do the move during the holidays, when the tablets are charging in a cupboard and the dashboard changes are calm, then spot check one tablet per class. Read reassigning a device and school device policy template.
- Promote a whole group in one step
- Reassign for new admissions
- No reset needed
- Check seats and app lists before day one