{"id":21744,"date":"2023-12-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/blog\/resources\/case-studies\/catholic-schools-broken-bay-get-customisable-mobile-device-management-across-the-diocese\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T06:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:37:22","slug":"catholic-schools-broken-bay-get-customisable-mobile-device-management-across-the-diocese","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/en_uk\/resources\/case-studies\/catholic-schools-broken-bay-get-customisable-mobile-device-management-across-the-diocese\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Schools Broken Bay Get Customisable Mobile Device Management Across the Diocese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay consists of 44 schools stretching from Willoughby on Sydney\u2019s lower north shore to Lake Munmorah on the Central Coast. For over ten years, the diocese has used a mix of BYOD and school-owned devices to enhance learning, and each school decided what technology fit best for them.<\/p>\n

Colin Phelps is the ICLT Projects Officer at the diocese and has the responsibility of managing the devices across every school and ensuring they have the correct apps, settings and policies to be suitable for learning. After stepping into the role, he discovered plans to increase the number of devices across the diocese was going to be close to impossible with the system he inherited.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to my arrival, what was happening was a local member of staff such as a librarian or a classroom teacher would use Apple Configurator to install apps, etcetera, on the devices,\u201d Colin recalls. This would mean that the devices would have to be physically collected and updated for any changes to be made.<\/p>\n

iPad were the primary devices introduced to the diocese, and the majority of schools continued to roll out newly purchased iOS devices. Some schools, however, tried different approaches to their deployments.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt works on a school-by-school basis\u201d Colin explains. \u201cThe individual school decides their mode of operation in relation to the technology. Some schools will also have Windows devices as well as Chromebooks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Colin knew that to successfully increase the number of devices they would need a scalable and customisable mobile device management solution that would work across different devices and operating systems. He looked at various options but was aware his predecessor had already installed Lightspeed Mobile Device Management\u2122 (MDM) for the BYOD devices across the schools. After testing the other capabilities of Lightspeed MDM he realised it was exactly the solution they needed and began working with the schools on the enrolment process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe held a pre-project meeting with the schools,\u201d Colin tells us. \u201cWe learnt what apps they had installed, how their devices were set up, if they were set up uniquely for a class, year, or stage, and if they all needed the same apps. We gathered all that information, wiped the devices, and enrolled them into Lightspeed MDM.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the main benefits of choosing Lightspeed MDM was the cloud-based nature of the solution as well as the integration with Apple\u2019s Device Enrollment Program, which allows large quantities of devices to be enrolled remotely from any location.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing cloud-based is critical to us. It means that there\u2019s no infrastructure or anything we have to maintain\u201d Colin explains. \u201cI\u2019ll give you an example: In 2018, we leased 3,022 iPads. Without the service being cloud-based and without my success in convincing the CIO to allow me to set up Apple\u2019s DEP system, we would not have been able to deploy those to the schools in 13 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Being cloud-based is critical to us. It means that there’s no infrastructure or anything we have to maintain.<\/p>\n

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