How do I reassign a managed device to another student?

Devices change hands: a student joins mid year, a library tablet is lent out, a visitor needs a temporary device. The device is already managed, so there is no reason to reset it. Reassign handles it in the dashboard.

Open the device or the student and choose Reassign. Pick the new student. The device takes the new student's group, which means the new student's policy, app list and schedules apply from the next sync. The rule of one device, one student still holds, so the old student no longer has a device in the record.

Data is handled carefully. Reassigning clears what is linked to the previous student, such as their records tied to the device, so the next person does not inherit them. The record of the device itself, including its lifecycle events, stays. You will see that the device was assigned to one person, then another, and when.

A few points of good practice. Hand the device to the new student only after the sync, so they see their own apps. Remind the previous student to move their schoolwork off the tablet before the handover, because content stored only on the device is not backed up by Skie. For shared devices, assigning and reassigning is the way to rotate them, since two children cannot hold the same device at once.

Practical tip: record the handover date in your own register as well. See what happens when a student leaves and next year handover.

• Reassign needs no reset
• The new student's group applies
• Student-linked data is cleared
• Device history is kept