Hi, guys. I work at a school where we use iPads for music education. We’ve got a bit of an issue though. Some kids delete other people’s music projects, and that obviously sucks.

Is there a way to lock certain files so the kids can give their own files their own password protection or something so nobody gets their stuff sabotaged?

Other creative solutions are appreciated as well!

Thanks guys!

Edit: The music room has a Mac, so thanks to your helpful suggestions, we’re gonna try with the AirDrop method where they drop to the host machine that the teacher has access to.

  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    Workflow-wise, airdropping larger files can be finicky and slow, especially if students are involved in the process or if the WiFi network is slow.

    Alternatively, instructors could use the standard USB sync feature to move sessions on or off the devices to any computer running iTunes. This might be more reliable and could give instructors a greater degree of creative flexibility re: what is backed up vs what students have direct access to.

    Edit: my bad, didn’t check post date.

  • Doom4535@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    what software are you using and how is the class structured? It sounds like this might be a rotating group of students all using the same ipads? Does the school have access to some sort of storage medium that requires unique (per student) login credentials that the students could save their files to?

    • drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      We’ve looked at that in the past and the time delay caused by logging in at out of Google drive is just too much with the way ios is structured. Plus it doesn’t generally function like a simple drive location.

      Finally on top of all the storage access complications , most apps dont save as actual files that can be saved to a destination folder, as ios doesn’t have a traditional file system. Usually you only get that kind of option with export, and then on ios it frequently is a preset list of destinations like email or airdrop. I haven’t seen a open send to so I can’t use mega.co or owncloud or others that I would like.

      I totally admit I am not an apple expert, just a school technician that has tried to fit teacher/admin needs into establishing inflexible work flows with difficulties .

      • bran_buckler@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Just spitballing an idea. Along the lines of airdrop, does the instructor have a machine that the kids can send their music to when they’re done? This would create a backup, which the instructor could then organize and upload to a server (google drive?) that can be shared with the iPads as read only, so the kids could redownload the file again if need be.

  • whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    It’s not an elegant solution but I know they make USB sticks with lightning connectors, could maybe find a way to make them back their projects up to it at the end of the day? Unsure if this works with garage band tho, just brainstorming