Using an Apple TV in Your Classroom

Connecting to an Apple TV from an iPad

For the full Apple support article on this topic, please refer to the following link: Use AirPlay to stream video or mirror the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

AirPlay

AirPlay will open media currently playing on your iPad on an Apple TV. This does not duplicate the display, allowing you to perform other tasks on your device while the media plays. This is preferred for projecting things like longer videos or music.

Inside a supported app, such as YouTube or Drive:

  1. Press the AirPlay or or Cast button which may look like or image-1653316735232.png
  2. If asked to select, choose AirPlay & Bluetooth devices
  3. Select your classroom Apple TV from the list of AirPlay destinations.

Screen Mirroring

Screen Mirroring will duplicate your display on the projector / Apple TV, and is suitable for slideshows and general instruction. We recommend AirPlay for long format projection, like showing a film.

To start Mirroring:

  1. Open Control Center:
    • On an iPhone X or later, or an iPad with iPadOS 13 or later: Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
  2. Tap on Screen Mirroring  .
  3. Select your classroom Apple TV from the list. It should be named after your classroom.
  4. If an AirPlay passcode appears on your projector / Apple TV, simply enter the password on the device.

Connecting to an AppleTV from a Mac

Screen Mirroring

Screen Mirroring will duplicate your display on the projector/TV, and is suitable for general content. If you're playing long form content from a streaming service like Netflix, you must play the content on the AppleTV itself, due to DRM copyright restrictions.

To start Mirroring:

  1. Open Control Center:
    • Click the icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  2. Click Screen Mirroring .
  3. Select your Apple TV, from the list, it should be named after your classroom.
  4. If an AirPlay passcode appears on your projector/TV screen Simply enter the password on the device.
  5.  if you wish to use the projector as an independent display (extend mode), select Use as separate display from the screen mirror menu.
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Connecting with Airplay

Airplay will open media currently playing on your mac on the Apple TV. This does not duplicate the display, allowing you to perform other tasks on your device while the media plays. This is preferred for projecting things like longer videos or music. Note: Currently air playing video feature only works in the Safari web browser.

Air playing video (IN SAFARI)

1. On a supported site, such as YouTube or many other web video sources, Press the Airplay button in the corner of the video.

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2. If asked to select, choose Airplay & bluetooth devices

3. Select your classroom AppleTV from the list of airplay destinations.

Air Playing audio

To output just sound over the AppleTV click the speaker icon in the top right hand corner of your computer, then select the name of your classrooms AppleTV

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