Program Facilitator's Guide for VPP

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1 Program Facilitator's Guide for VPP (Volume Purchasing Program) As the designated Program Facilitator for your department, you will be responsible to: 1) Work with the end user to manage idevice(s) in your department 2) Collect and maintain user agreements for devices in your department 3) Purchase voucher cards from ITS, based upon user's request and funding 4) Purchase redemption codes for end users based upon requests 5) Maintain a list of Apps purchased by users All paid apps purchases must be made using the Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) from Apple Education, using the designated web site. Purchase a Voucher: Send a request for the voucher to ITS via . Include the following: Voucher amount. Vouchers must be purchased in amounts of $100.00, $500.00, $1,000.00, $5, and $10, Org key Name of Program Facilitator ITS will purchase the voucher, which may take up to five business days. Once the voucher has been received, ITS will send the voucher to the Program Facilitator via courier. This Voucher closely resembles a gift card in appearance, but can only be redeemed at the VPP site by an authorized Program Facilitator. Additional Vouchers can be purchased and added to the account as needed. Redeem the Voucher Code The Program Facilitator will receive the voucher card, which looks very similar to a gift card. The voucher must be used only on the Apple VPP site, by an authorized Program Facilitator using a facilitator's login credentials.

2 2 Make sure you use the Program Facilitator account to login. This should be an account you were provided by ITS, and contains the initials.pf as part of the address. Once you have this site opened, be sure to have the voucher card available. Scratch off the code area on the back to reveal the Volume Voucher Code. Key the code into the textbox area on the screen. The code is not case sensitive. Click Redeem. The first time you redeem the Code the site will confirm the code is valid and show your account balance. You may not always see the balance each time you log in. Purchase Apps Once an idevice has been purchased, the user will send a requisition to the Program Facilitator requesting paid Apps to be purchased. The requisition from the user should include: a. The exact name of the App b. A copy of the link for the App from the ITunes website c. Cost of the app d. The funding org key or voucher to be used e. The Apple ID account (itunes login) for the device and serial number Once you have entered your Volume Voucher Code into the account, you may begin purchasing apps.

3 3 You can search for an application by name by keying the name into the Search Paid Apps box on the Volume Purchase Program web page, or by copying and pasting the link sent by the user when requesting the app. Using the link insures that the users get exactly what they want as many Apps have similar names. This is an example of an /requisition you may receive requesting purchasing of an App Right click on the link in the , and select copy hyperlink, then Paste it into the Search Paid Apps box and click Search. This will display the actual App the user wishes to purchase. Enter the quantity of the apps you wish to purchase. Notice there is a price break when more than 19 copies of the application are purchased at the same time. This will require additional planning on the Program Facilitator's part as more idevices are purchased and managed. Click the Continue Button Check to see that the quantity and the Title are correct, and then Click the Buy Button.

4 4 Click on the Link go to your Volume Purchase Program account. in the . You will have to sign in to your account again. Once you click the Buy button, the purchases will appear on your list as shown. Under the Heading Get Codes the order will appear as Processing. Once you receive the confirmation, this will change to Download Spreadsheet. You will receive an , from itunes confirming your purchase. It may take up to an hour for the purchase to be sent to you via . Click on the link that reads Download Spreadsheet. Currently, each new App will download into a separate spreadsheet. You can cut and paste to combine multiple spreadsheets or copy and paste the codes into an to send to the user.

5 5 An example of an you may send to the user would look like this: When the user enters the link into the web browser, it will automatically launch itunes and bring up the itunes account dialogue box. The user will enter the Apple ID ( Account Assigned to the device) and the password. Click on the Redeem Code button. The App will automatically download to the users itunes account. The users can then enter another code, and click Redeem or click the Done button.

6 6 Free Apps To download Free App, users can log directly into their accounts on itunes and download appropriate Apps Remember Free Apps can quickly take up storage space on your ipad, so be sure to research Apps prior to downloading. Voucher Balances Each time you purchase an App from the VPP website, the balance of your voucher account will be reflected at the top of the page.