IPAD BASICS: TIPS & TRICKS Talladega County 21 st Century Mentors
Nov 07, 2014
IPAD BASICS: TIPS & TRICKS
Talladega County 21st Century Mentors
SETTING UP YOUR IPAD
! Need an iTunes account
! Very helpful to have credit or gift card to set up account
! Takes from 5 to 15 minutes if there’s no complications
WIRELESS SETUP- STEP 1 CLICK ON
THE SETTINGS ICON
WIRELESS CONNECTION 2. CLICK “WI-FI” IN THE LEFT COLUMN
3. IN THE RIGHT COLUMN WI-FI IS ON THEN CLICK THE NAME OF NETWORK TO WHICH YOU WISH TO CONNECT.
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APP STORE
! Need Apple ID and password
! Many free educational apps
! Most - you get what you pay for
! Beware of in-app options
! Part of iTunes Store
ITUNES STORE
! iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Apps
! Books
! Podcasts
! Movies, TV shows, etc.
! Music
! iTunes U
INSTALL THESE APPS FOR THIS TRAINING:
! iBook ! Qrafter ! LiveBinders
! Accelerated Reader
FOUR BUTTONS
! Home button - indented w/ white square
! Sleep/wake button - top right ! Volume control - up and down
! Mute or lock display in horizontal or vertical position (set your preference in Settings)
ARRANGING APPS
! Maximum of 6 in dock ! Hold any app icon until all
are shaking; Drag on page or to another page
! Click on Home button to leave ‘earthquake’ mode
! Delete app by holding down icon in ‘earthquake mode & clicking x
MOVING & DELETING APPS
! Hold to enter ‘Earthquake’ mode
! Hold and drag to move app
! To delete, press and hold, then tap the ‘x’ symbol that appears
FOLDERIZE APPS OR NOT??? ! Maximum apps that will
display: 11 pages x 20 + 6 on dock=226
! Even 16GB iPad can hold many more than 226; locate & open with Spotlight
! Folders are only option to display them all!
SAVE TIME USING SPOTLIGHT
! Screen (page) to left of home page
! Smart searching - usually only have to type in first few letters and suggested apps/contacts/song will be listed
! Click on desired choice
KEEP A CLOTH HANDY...
! Or a SMART Cover ! Microfiber ! Do not spray directly on
iPad ! Screen protectors???
PASSWORD PROTECTION
! Four digits ! Set restrictions ! See all options in
Settings
BEST TO CHARGE OVERNIGHT
! 4-5 hrs. for full charge ! Full charges lasts 8-9 hrs. ! Use wall charger that comes with iPad ! Charging with USB to computer takes
longer ! Rarely need to power off iPad; just put
it to sleep
SOFT RESET
! Extreme cases when iPad freezes ! Hold Sleep/Wake button and Home button for a
few seconds; iPad will restart ! Force quit an app, hold Sleep/Wake button until “Slide to Power Off” comes up; then hold Home button for about 5 seconds
HARD RESET
! Notice strange behavior
! Have 20%+ charge, in ‘Power On’ state, hold down Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at same time, ignore red slide ‘To power off, keep both buttons down until white Apple logo appears (could take a long time)
SET UP EMAIL ACCOUNT
! Highly recommended - Best way to get anything ‘out’ of the iPad
! This is the address from which your photo, note, etc. will be sent
! Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, RR, AOL - easiest; school email more complex to set up
SETTING UP TCBOE EMAIL
Settings
Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Add an Account
§ Microsoft Exchange § Enter email, domain (tcboe),user
name, and password § Next: Server webmail.tcboe.org
SIMPLY NOTES!
! Minimal editing ! Cut, Copy, Paste ! Options to send by email
! Auto-save; first line if the file name
TRIPLE-LAYER KEYBOARD
! Alphabet ! Numbers & more ! Symbols ! Keyboard secrets:
! Slide to cap ! Cap lock ! Shortcuts - apostrophe
& quotes ! Multi-function keys
USING THE MAGNIFYING GLASS
! Zone in to edit misspellings or omissions
! Press finger and wait — it will appear
! Release to cut, copy, and paste
SAFARI TIPS
! Add favorites to Home Screen ! Use Bookmarks & Bookmark bar ! Flip to up to 9 screens ! Other options - Mail link, Add
Bookmark, Print ! To save or copy image - press &
hold; saved image goes to Camera Roll in Photos
PRINT FROM IPAD?
! AirPrint - wireless printing
! Select HP Models will print from iPad
! Print Central (I use this one)
! See this site: http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/airprint.html
PHOTOS
! Front and rear facing cameras
! Video and still options ! Taking a screenshot -
together press Sleep/wake and Home buttons for a second
! Options - email, print, slideshow
VIDEOS
! Flash format not supported
! Get from iTunes, iTunes &
! Video podcasts, TV shows, buy or rent movies in Tunes
FACETIME
! Like Skype ! Other user must have
FaceTime, too ! Wi-Fi required
! Call to email address or phone number in contacts
IBOOKS
! Holds ebooks and pdfs ! Options to change font &
size, view to vert. or horz., brightness
! Double-click on word: copy, get dictionary def., highlight, add note, or search
! Take advantage of free books and samples
A FEW MORE MISC. SECRETS...
! Two-finger scroll; there’s no scroll bar on iPads
! In Safari, double-tap on a column, word or picture to fits width to screen
! Double tap Home button to go to first screen
! To get rid of blank pages & spaces - Settings>General>Reset>Reset Home Screen Layout
! Quit apps, adjust brightness, & more - double tap Home button to see app drawer, tap & hold one of open apps until jiggling, tap on red circle to quit
ADAPTED FROM
• Judy Tucker, NWOET Associate Director for Professional
Development
• Technology in Motion, RDY2LEAD