iPad Incentive Program

March 16, 2018 by bejenkins

What is the iPad Incentive Program?

We have an incentive program that is set up for Star Valley High School to help motivate students to do well in school. Every day, a report is generated that includes students grades from their classes. Based on that grade, we give or take away rights on the iPad that is assigned to that student. This is an automated process, but if you would like your student to be excluded from gaining access to extra apps and features on their iPad, you may call the school and ask that your student be excluded from the different levels of this program.

How the Program Works

Below are the cutoffs and incentives of this program.

  • If the student has Ds or Fs in any class (any grade less than 69.5%):
    • Students will lose any music apps they have access to.
  • If the student has a lowest grade of a C in any class (all grades over 69.5%):
    • Students will receive access to the following apps:
      • Amazon Music
      • Apple Music
      • Google Music
      • Pandora
      • Spotify
  • If the student has only As and B+s (all grades over 86.5%):
    • They will gain access to incentive apps, that will be made available to them through our system. This doesn’t not give them access to the App Store, just some extra apps that are selected by us. Currently, the following apps are included in the incentive apps.
      • Clash Royale
      • Crossy Road
      • Flow Free
      • Fruit Ninja
      • Geometry Dash
      • Helix Jump
      • Piano Tiles 2
      • slither.io
      • Temple Run 2
      • Tynker
      • Zombie Catchers
    • These apps will only be available during holiday breaks, and only if the parent gives the school permission to push the apps out. Note that the students will still be required to meet the grade threshold for incentive apps, even with parental consent, to get these apps.
      • Amazon Prime Video
      • Netflix

Requesting Extra Restrictions on iPads

August 24, 2017 by bejenkins

iPad Restrictions

As a parent or guardian of a high school student, you can impose further restrictions on the iPad that your student uses in addition to the restrictions already placed there by the district.

There are a few things to consider if you want to add extra restrictions to your students iPad.

  • These devices are required for school work, so you need to allow enough access for your student to complete his or her work. Please call the school and give them the passcode you use to put in the restrictions. This will allow them to adjust the restrictions if needed without having to remove them completely.
  • It is not possible to loosen the restrictions already imposed by the district. You can only tighten them further.
  • If you decide to restrict websites, please call the school to do this. We have a list of websites needed for schoolwork that we can restrict the students to.

Setting Up Restrictions

Follow these steps to set up restrictions on your student’s iPad.

  1. Go into the Settings app.
  2. Select General.
  3. Select Restrictions
  4. Select Enable Restrictions
  5. Set a passcode (Do not give this to the student.)
  6. Call the school and give them the passcode.
  7. Allow Section – Turn off what you want disabled on the iPad.
    • Safari – Do not disable this. They will need it.
    • Deleting Apps – It’s preferable that this isn’t disabled, either.
  8. Allowed Content – Further restrict media content on the iPad.
    • You can adjust ratings to be allowed in the iTunes Store or Music apps on the iPad.
    • Websites – Please contact the school to set these up. We have a white list that we manage that allows students to only access sites that we know they need for school.
  9. Privacy
    • Location Services – You can be very specific about what apps can or cannot use location services or you can turn them off completely.