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Re:Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time... by joezydeco on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:27PM (#12447892)
As of iOS 9.3 (March 2016).

Too little too late. Our switch to chromebooks took place last year and the planning probably started a year or so before that.

I also don't see where iOS' "Shared iPad" feature lets you log in to any iPad anywhere like a Google Apps account would.

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Re:Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time... by comex on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:00AM (#12450615)
> I also don't see where iOS' "Shared iPad" feature lets you log in to any iPad anywhere like a Google Apps account would.

You can certainly log into any iPad in the school.

Regarding other devices, AFAICT you log into Shared iPad with a 'Managed Apple ID', which you could probably also log into on icloud.com or use natively from personal Apple devices you have, though since macOS and iOS currently only support one iCloud account configured at a time (per user account in the former case) the utility would be limited, as you'd probably also have a personal Apple ID.

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Re:Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time... by tedmiston on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:44PM (#12448057)
System-wide maybe it's late, but many education apps already had multi-user login support baked in. I guess it depends how you use the iPads.
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