Free iCloud storage for teachers and students boosted from 5GB to 200GB
In another part of Apple's big education push, teachers and students will get a forty-fold increase in free iCloud storage to better utilize today's software offerings in the future.
Apple said during its event Tuesday in Chicago that teachers and students will receive 200GB of free iCloud storage -- a huge increase over the 5GB typically offered for the free tier of iCloud.
"iCloud safely stores students' documents and creative projects, keeping them up to date, secure and accessible from any device," the company said in a statement after the event. "And starting today, any teacher or student with a Managed Apple ID has access to 200GB of free iCloud storage."
The addition of the storage will greatly assist in the future release of Schoolwork, and Classroom, a pair of features expanding from the iPad to the Mac later in 2018. The cloud-based Schoolwork app lets teachers digitally pass handouts to students and set up assignments for them to complete. Notes, PDF documents, and web links can be sent to students using the iPad app, with teachers able to monitor their progress and receive assignments back once they are completed.
Apple plans to release the Schoolwork app in June, giving teachers time to learn how best to use it for classes.
Classroom has been around for two years on iOS, as a way for teachers to manage iPads used by students in the classroom, automatically connecting to a class' iPads. It can be used to remotely open apps, launch websites, or access books, with educators also able to remotely monitor the student's screen, and to lock all devices to refocus the student's attention.
Apple said during its event Tuesday in Chicago that teachers and students will receive 200GB of free iCloud storage -- a huge increase over the 5GB typically offered for the free tier of iCloud.
"iCloud safely stores students' documents and creative projects, keeping them up to date, secure and accessible from any device," the company said in a statement after the event. "And starting today, any teacher or student with a Managed Apple ID has access to 200GB of free iCloud storage."
The addition of the storage will greatly assist in the future release of Schoolwork, and Classroom, a pair of features expanding from the iPad to the Mac later in 2018. The cloud-based Schoolwork app lets teachers digitally pass handouts to students and set up assignments for them to complete. Notes, PDF documents, and web links can be sent to students using the iPad app, with teachers able to monitor their progress and receive assignments back once they are completed.
Apple plans to release the Schoolwork app in June, giving teachers time to learn how best to use it for classes.
Classroom has been around for two years on iOS, as a way for teachers to manage iPads used by students in the classroom, automatically connecting to a class' iPads. It can be used to remotely open apps, launch websites, or access books, with educators also able to remotely monitor the student's screen, and to lock all devices to refocus the student's attention.
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Gosh, a company that can make money and support actual education, rather than just paying it lip service while raking in the cash and leaving adopters with piece o' crap hardware.
What a concept!
Honestly though, Dropbox initially only offering 2GB isn’t much better. That’s been going on for ~15 years, thought they do have their referral program.
its unfortunate that the user experience suffers due to the lack of given space. I understand it isn’t free, but it significantly improves functionality by giving additional space. Especially considering the unlimited space google gives for photos (amazon maybe as well). Apple devices generally cater to functionality and simplicity, and both are lost a bit due to this.
No more "the dog ate my homework" excuses . . .
And finally, remember that Apple the hardware company is new to the data services business, unlike Google and Amazon. And it takes time tobuild data centers.
Just give up one of those Starbucks lattes for one afternoon and that will pay for almost a half of year of the 50GB storage.
My iPad went glitch-y yesterday, right after I started doing my assignments!
-a pupil with an iPad