Classroom Restrictions for the iPad/iOS device
If you have students using iPads and/or iPod Touches in your classroom, and you’ve worried about how they are using the devices
while under your supervision, you might want to look into setting restrictions. Setting restrictions allows you to prevent access to
specific features or content on the device. It’s generally a good idea to set up restrictions on the devices before students ever have
contact with them. This not only removes a great deal of potential risks, it also eliminates the possibility for students to set up their
own passcodes (To fix this problem a Full System Restore is required). iOS Restrictions require the use of a four-digit code. When
setting restrictions, try to ensure that you use something that you will remember, but is secure enough to keep students from
guessing it.
To enable and adjust restrictions on an iOS device, follow this path: Settings > General > Restrictions.
To enable restrictions, tap Enable Restrictions and
enter your 4 digit passcode.
You will be required to enter the passcode twice.
This passcode will be required to make changes to
these settings or to disable restrictions.
To disable restrictions, navigate to the restrictions
option: Settings > General > Restrictions, then enter
the passcode. Tap Disable Restrictions, then reenter
the passcode.
If you forget your passcode, you must restore the
device through iTunes.
Set the restrictions you want by tapping individual
controls on or off. Initially, all controls are on
(unrestricted). Tap an item to turn it off and restrict its
use.
You can choose to restrict access to the following applications and features on the device:





Safari (Safari will become disabled, and its icon will be removed from the Home screen. You will not be able to use Safari to browse the web or
access web clips, although other third-party applications may allow web browsing even if Safari is disabled.)
YouTube (YouTube is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen.)
Camera (also disables FaceTime)
FaceTime
iTunes (The iTunes Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. You cannot preview, purchase, or download content, also
disables Ping.)





Ping
Installing apps (The App Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. You cannot install applications on the device)
Deleting apps (You will not be able to delete apps or games.)
Multiplayer games in Game Center
Adding friends in Game Center
You can choose to prevent changes to the following settings/accounts:


Location Services (Location data isn’t provided to applications.)
Accounts (disables changes to Mail, Contacts, Calendars, iCloud, and Twitter accounts)
You can also choose to prevent access to specific content types:
Ratings (To allow only movies rated PG or below, tap Movies, then select PG from the list.)
 Music and podcasts
 Movies
 TV shows
 Apps

In-App Purchases (Restrict purchases within applications: Turn In-App Purchases off. When enabled, this feature allows you to purchase additional
content or features within applications downloaded from the App Store.)
You can also adjust the time necessary before a password is required to purchase content.
Here are a few suggestions for default restrictions:
1. iTunes: This will block the music on the device. It will also turn off Ping, a social network for music, automatically.
2. Turn off Allow Installing & Deleting Apps: This will block students signing into their own iTunes account and restrict them
from deleting existed apps teachers have synced to the device.
3. Accounts: Set this option to “Don’t Allow Changes” so students cannot edit or delete existing accounts (e.g. default student
email for sending projects to teachers and the MobileMe account).
4. Turn off in-app purchase: This will block pop-ups carrying you to the app store to purchase additional features within an app.
5. Adjust content age limits as appropriate. Consider the following settings:
1. Music & Podcasts: Clean
2. Movies: PG
3. TV Shows: PG
4. Apps: 12+
6. Turn off multi-player games: This applies to games in the game center.
7. Turn off adding friends: This also applies to games in the game center.
8. YouTube: Many times this is blocked already by the school proxy. If not, you may follow the directions below to make it a
little safer…








Create a Youtube Account (Use any Google sign in). Once created you can limit the videos students have access to by
using the channel view.
Find your channel by accessing: http://youtube.com/"Youtube login".
Only videos you have “Favorited” or included on Playlists will be visible & will play on the same page
Safety Mode eliminates questionable material from searches & collapses all comments
Navigate to Youtube.com
Click "Sign In" in the top right corner
Once back to the YouTube page, scroll all the way to the bottom
Look for this: