21st century training february 7

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IPAD BASICS: TIPS & TRICKS Talladega County 21 st Century Mentors

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IPAD BASICS: TIPS & TRICKS

Talladega County 21st Century Mentors

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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

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WIRELESS SETUP- STEP 1 CLICK ON

THE SETTINGS ICON

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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

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ITUNES STORE

!   iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Apps

!   Books

!   Podcasts

!   Movies, TV shows, etc.

!   Music

!   iTunes U

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INSTALL THESE APPS FOR THIS TRAINING:

!   iBook !   Qrafter !   LiveBinders

!   Accelerated Reader

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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)

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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KEEP A CLOTH HANDY...

!   Or a SMART Cover !   Microfiber !   Do not spray directly on

iPad !   Screen protectors???

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PASSWORD PROTECTION

!   Four digits !   Set restrictions !   See all options in

Settings

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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SIMPLY NOTES!

!   Minimal editing !   Cut, Copy, Paste !   Options to send by email

!   Auto-save; first line if the file name

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TRIPLE-LAYER KEYBOARD

!   Alphabet !   Numbers & more !   Symbols !   Keyboard secrets:

! Slide to cap ! Cap lock ! Shortcuts - apostrophe

& quotes ! Multi-function keys

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USING THE MAGNIFYING GLASS

!   Zone in to edit misspellings or omissions

!   Press finger and wait — it will appear

!   Release to cut, copy, and paste

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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

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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

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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

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VIDEOS

!   Flash format not supported

!   Get from iTunes, iTunes &

!   Video podcasts, TV shows, buy or rent movies in Tunes

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FACETIME

!   Like Skype !   Other user must have

FaceTime, too !   Wi-Fi required

!   Call to email address or phone number in contacts

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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

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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

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ADAPTED FROM

•  Judy Tucker, NWOET Associate Director for Professional

Development

•  Technology in Motion, RDY2LEAD