Jamf School Student8.6.5

Jamf School Student gives students with the tools to enhance their educational experience. Using the intuitive interface, students can install pre-approved apps, iBooks, and documents on their device and ask their teachers questions with Messages. Jamf School Student also empowers students by allowing them to perform simple management tasks like update apps, iOS, and more.

Key features:
- Install pre-approved apps, iBooks, and documents
- Ask teachers questions with Messages
- Allow students to update apps, iOS, and more.

Version History This update includes stability improvements. 8.6.5 Oct 6 When a full screen error occurs, students can now tap Retry to attempt the action again. 8.6.4 Jul 6 After tapping more​ under a listed app in App updates​, Jamf School Student no longer closes unexpectedly. 8.6.3 May 27 Minor improvements. 8.6.2 May 14 The Jamf School Student icon has been redesigned using Liquid Glass to provide a more modern look and feel. This update is available only for devices with iPadOS 26 or later or macOS 26 or later.

When no resources are added in My resources, the sidebar no longer overlaps with displayed text.

After switching between Light and Dark Mode, if a student navigates to App updates, a black square no longer briefly displays next to more under a listed app.

Support for iPadOS 16.x will be removed from Jamf School Student in a future release. Jamf recommends upgrading to iPadOS 17.x or later to ensure continued support. 8.6.1 Apr 20 Teachers can now add up to 300 website URLs to Allowed websites. The CSV file limit has also been increased to 200 website URLs.

The Jamf Teacher user interface now uses Liquid Glass to provide a more modern look and feel. This update is available only for devices with iOS 26 or later, iPadOS 26 or later, or macOS 26 or later.

After clicking Clear websites under More options, only configured settings in the Allowed websites action screen are cleared. Configured settings and restrictions in the Allowed apps and Restrictions action screens are no longer cleared. 8.6.0 Mar 24 In My resources, the app source now displays. Sources include Volume Purchasing, Apple App Store, or In-House (Enterprise).
In Discover, text in cards now correctly displays. 8.5.3 Mar 13 Minor improvements 8.5.2 Jan 29 Minor improvements. 8.5.1 Jan 12 Resolved Issues
After tapping Authorize parent in Jamf School Student, the text beneath the QR code now correctly displays. 8.5.0 12/17/2025 Minor improvements. 8.4.2 12/11/2025 The Jamf Teacher and School Student app names are no longer translated and always display in English, regardless of device language settings. 8.4.1 11/24/2025 You can now view Jamf Teacher and Jamf School Student in Thai. 8.4.0 11/12/2025 Minor improvements. 8.3.6 10/30/2025 - In the Restrictions action screen, the Allowed Genres section heading has been changed to App Genres.
- In Jamf Pro, teachers can now remove a passcode from a student's device by tapping Clear passcode​ when a student is selected. 8.3.5 10/03/2025 Minor improvements. 8.3.4 08/27/2025 Bug fixes. 8.3.3 08/07/2025 Device Pairing Enhancements for Jamf School
The workflow for pairing parent and child devices has been improved to provide a more secure experience. The following enhancements have been added:

On a parent device, users can now view a list of all supervising devices for child's device tapping the child's name.

Note: If the list displays devices the parent does not recognize or want supervising the child's device, you can unpair them in Jamf School. Navigate to Users > Users in the sidebar and click the child's name, then click Edit details. Next to Parents in the Jamf Parent section, click X next to the name of the device you want to unpair from the child's device, then click Save.

On a child device, users can now view a list of all supervising devices by navigating to Settings and tapping Authorize parent.

A notification now displays on both the parent and child devices when the devices are paired.

The device pairing QR code is now valid for 15 minutes before it expires and a new code must be used.

On a parent device, users can now unpair a child device by navigating to Settings and tapping the device they want to unpair in the Paired devices section. Users can then tap Remove paired device and the two devices will be unpaired. 8.3.2 06/30/2025 In Jamf Pro, teachers can now correctly access Lesson templates and upload website URLs via CSV file 8.3.1 06/18/2025 - The Jamf Teacher and Jamf School Student app icons have been redesigned with a modern look and feel.
- Bug fixes. 8.3.0 05/29/2025 - In Jamf Pro, applying and clearing Allowed apps, Allowed websites, and Restrictions on student devices now works correctly.
- In Messages, users are prevented from sending blank messages and blank lines are removed before messages are sent. 8.2.8 05/21/2025 Bug fixes. 8.2.7 04/16/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. 8.2.6 04/01/2025 Removal of Support for iPhone versions of Jamf Teacher and Jamf School Student
Jamf Teacher for iPhone and Jamf School Student for iPhone are no longer supported. Teachers can continue to manage student devices with Jamf Teacher for iPad and Jamf Teacher for Mac. Future mobile releases will be labeled as "iPadOS" in the release notes heading. 8.2.5 03/31/2025 A counter indicating the number of unread messages has been added to the Messages badge and unread messages now display in bold. 8.2.4 01/17/2025