The document provides guidance on discovering and using the basic functions of the iPad, including connecting to WiFi, using gestures, finding and installing apps, camera functions, settings, and tips for extending battery life. It discusses Apple ID, software updates, passcode lock, reset options, and using iCloud, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, and Safari. Instructions are given for taking screenshots, changing keyboard settings, and sending photos by email.

1. Discovering
the iPad
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2. Discovering the iPad
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Your Apple ID/Hardware & WiFi vs. 3G/Connecting to WiFi
Basic Functions: Gestures/Navigation Tips/Keyboard
Saving Battery Life
General Settings/Privacy Settings
iCloud, Finding your iPad, and Resetting
Safari
Camera
Apps-Downloading/Creating Folders/Deleting

3. Remember Your
Apple ID!!!
Email Address and
Password used to
set up iPad
Apple ID: Email address and password you
(or someone else) used to set up your iPad
• Purchasing/Installing apps (Free or Paid)
• Installing software updates
• Accessing the iCloud from a PC
• Changing some settings in the iPad
• Gaining access to information associated with your iPad
Your Apple ID

4. How to retrieve your Apple ID:
Go to: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5624
Your Apple ID
Resetting Your Password
Reset by one of the following:
1. Answer security questions
2. Send a verification email to
another email address (must
have password to account)
3. Send a text message
4. Contact Apple Support

5. Hardware
*SIM card available in iPad
Mini WiFi or Cellular models
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6. Q: Is there an
iPad User
Guide?
Or, add to
your Home
screen!
Share button
A: Yes. There are 3
ways to find it.
1. Go to: http://help.apple.com/ipad/7/
Add the manual to your bookmarks
Bookmarks button

7. 2. iPad User Guide available in iBooks>Store>
Search “iPad User Guide”
Q: Is there an
iPad User
Guide?
A: Yes. There are 3
ways to find it.
3. Or, go to Apple Support: http://support.apple.com/manuals/

8. Hardware: WiFi vs. 3G Connections
iPads come in 2 different versions:
WiFi (Wireless Local Area Network):
Less expensive iPad. Must find a place, such as the library,
that offers a open WiFi connection, or pay for a WiFi spot at
home or a mobile WiFi
3G (3rd Generation Telecommunications Technology: More
expensive iPad. A paid for wireless connection that can me
monthly or pay-as-you-go. For iPads , in most cases, it a
monthly charge from your phone provider
WiFi: Limited access to the Internet. 3G: Access the Internet from almost everywhere.

9. Connecting to a WiFi Network
• To join/change a WiFi
network, Go to Settings>WiFi
• Choose a network from the
selection
• You may have to sign a Terms
of Agreement or enter the
password if asked, depending
on network
If you see this icon at the top-left of your screen,
you are currently connected to WiFi.

10. You can register an iPad
without a credit card;
however, you will need to do so if you choose
to buy a product, song, app, etc in the future.
Credita credit card and then later
Card
You can also add
remove you credit card, ie. If you are allowing
someone to use your iPad but do not want
them to purchase items
Go to Settings>iTunes & App Stores>Tap on your Apple ID and enter matching
password>Payment Information

11. iPad Basic Functions
:General/Gestures Informational Source: http://ryanhanau.com/book/the-9-ios-gestures; http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/apple-is-said-to-weigh-expanding-airplay-for-streaming-video-on-devices.html

12. Home Button
• Double tap: See the last 6 apps you were recently
in
• Four-finger swipe left/right: Bring up your most
recently used apps to lock the rotation of the
screen or scroll through running apps while in the
multitasking bar
• When the iPad is locked, double-click the home
button to bring up audio playback
• Using Siri (3rd Gen iPad or later): Hold down the
Home button
Double-click the Home button
to bring up apps that are still
running in the background
Use your finger and to move
the app upwards to close

13. Basic
Functions
Multitasking Gestures—
Use your fingers to replace the Home Button
• Four or Five-finger pinch: Grab the screen from
any point to return to the home screen
•
Five-fingers upward: Reveal all currently running
apps (Multitasking bar)
• Four-fingers swipe: Replaces double tapping the
home button
• Four-finger swipe left/right: Bring up your most
recently used apps to lock the rotation of the
screen or scroll through running apps while in the
multitasking bar

14. Status Icons
Status Bar
Status icons offer
information about
your IPad

15. Spotlight Search
Use Spotlight
Search to find
items installed
on your iPad by
If you can’t find an app on your iPad:
• Go to your Home Screen
• Swipe your finger left to right to bring up the left
screen
• Or use the Home Button and tap it down on the leftside
• This is the Spotlight Search. Type the name of the
app you need to locate

16. Notifications
Quickly see today’s all’ or missed
notifications.
◦ Note that the displayed notifications
are based on information or apps
you have enabled to notify you!
◦ Swipe from the top of your iPad’s
screen to display notifications

17. Control Center
Access
Control
Center by
swiping from
the bottom of
your screen
upwards
Quick access to camera, music, volume
control, Airplane mode, AirDrop, WiFi
(on/off), Bluetooth, Do Not
Disturb, screen orientation
lock, timer, and screen brightness.
Whew!!!
Turn off control Center, go to
Settings>Control Settings

18. Settings-General-Accessibility

19. Keyboard
Use two fingers to
break the keyboard in
half. It works better
for typing on your
iPad with two hands.
Use your fingers to
bring the keyboard
back together

20. Keyboard: There are at least 3!

21. Keyboard
• Hold down the ! to have an apostrophe (‘) appear
• Hold your finger down on various letters on
the keyboard to access variations
Image and Informational Credits: http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-access-alternate-characters-on-the-ipad-keyboard

22. Keyboard
In Safari? Hold down
the ? key for URL
extensions.
Image and Informational Credits: http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-access-alternate-characters-on-the-ipad-keyboard

23. Keyboard: Add additional languages
Go to Settings>General>Keyboard>Keyboards>Add a New Keyboard

24. Enable a Dictionary

25. Extending Your Battery
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26. Extending Your Battery
Close apps running in the background
• Double-click the Home button and push apps
towards to the top of your screen to fully close apps

27. Extending Your Battery Life
• Turn down brightness—Go to Settings/Brightness &
Wallpaper/Turn down brightness
• Turn off WiFi—Go to Setting/WiFi/Turn off
• Turn off data pushes—Go to Settings/Mail, contacts,
Calendars/Fetch new Data, and change the settings to turn
off data notifications
• Turn off Location Services—Go to Settings/Locations/Turn
off
• Turn on Auto-Lock to lock your iPad—Go to
Settings/General/Auto-Lock and choose a shorter duration

28. iPad--Settings

29. iPad Settings—Under the General
tab
We will look at:
1. About
2. Software Update
3. Auto-Lock
4. Passcode Lock
5. Reset

30. iPad Settings-About
Copy this
information down!

31. Camera—Taking a Screenshot
Hold the Sleep/Awake Button
Wait for the camera-shutter
Sound. Screenshot will be
Found in the Camera Roll
Hold the Home Button

32. iPad Settings—Software Update
View from the Home Page
First generation
iPad (iPad 1) max
iOS is 5.1.1
View from Settings/General

33. iPad Settings—Software Update

34. iPad Settings-Auto-Lock
Auto-Lock
Setting

35. iPad Settings-Passcode Lock
Security Feature you
should use to protect
your iPad against theft
Q: What is it?
A: A 4-digit security option you must enable

36. iPad Settings—Setting a Passcode
Lock

37. iPad Settings—Setting a Passcode Lock: Alpha-Numeric
• Create a more secure passcode
• Turn off Simple Passcode and you will be
prompted to enter a new passcode
• Allows you to use letter, symbols and numbers
• Example:
password
p@$$w0rd1

38. iPad Settings--Reset
A reboot. Will not delete data.
The most drastic reset. It will
erase all user data/settings. Restore by
connecting to iTunes. This option
restores the iPad to factory settings.
Delete network settings
Too many keyboards?
Restore factory settings
Redo your Apps layout
Undo location information
enabled with Apps

39. iPad Settings—Privacy Tab
• Where you can access the controls for your
iPad and what you want to allow or disallow
with regards to access to your information
• Including your photos or what apps can
access your Bluetooth information
• Privacy—where you allow/deny apps to
access your contacts

40. Settings-Hard Reset
What is it?
A reboot, where you should not use data
Sleep/Awake
•
How to do it:
Hold down the Sleep/Awake and
Home buttons at the same time
•
Wait for the screen to go black,
about 5 seconds, and for the Apple
logo to reappear
•
Once the Apple logo displays, let go
of the buttons and allow the iPad to
reboot
Home

41. Security—Find my iPhone
Find My
iPhone in App
Store (Free).
Must be on iOS
5

42. iPad Security—iCloud
https://www.icloud.com/

43. iCloud=Back
up your
information
iCloud
• iOS 5 or later
• Backup your information to Apple “s Internet data
servers
• Access your calendar, reminders, contacts, Safari
bookmarks, notes if you don’t have your iPad
• Restore your iPad’s from the iCloud if you have to
reset to factory settings
• Use iCloud to locate your iPad if you misplace it

44. Backing Up Your Data
Backup Your Data in case something happens to
your device!
Choose to back with either iTunes or the iCloud
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45. iTunes vs iCloud for Backups
3 Ways to backup your iPad:
1. iTunes:
iCloud:
iOS 5 or Mac OS
Lion or higher
Connect USB cable to PC and enable sync
2. iTunes Wireless Sync: Must enable setting in iTunes. iPad and PC must be connect to
same WiFi network. iPad must be connected o a power
source
3. iCloud:
Must have an Internet connection and WiFi is needed for
complete backups. 3G connections will only produce limited
backups. Wireless sync data across device (iPad/iPhone/Mac/PC

46. iPad Security—iCloud
Settings/iCloud

47. Safari
Safari
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48. Safari
Omnibox:
SearchAddress
Type into if you
know a
websites
address, such
as
www.cnn.com
Share:
ShareSave
Bookmarks:
Create bookmarks
to favorite pages or
add to a Reading
List
iCloud Tabs:
See open
tabs on
other Apple
devices
TIP:
You cannot set a
homepage in Safari.
It will either open a
blank page or the
last page you visited.
Use Set as
Homepage option to
create shortcuts on
the iPad’s main
screen

49. Safari-Reader
Use
your
Share
button
Reader:
Use to focus on primary content. If the icon
does not display on your current page, the
option is unavailable
Use Reader to
view/send articles
without ads or
photos

50. Safari--Browser Functions
Bookmarks: Places of importance
Reading List: Bookmarking articles
to read later
Twitter

51. Safari-Privacy
• Go to Settings>Safari
• Turn you settings on or off, clear cookies,
history, etc

52. Safari—Quick Scroll to the Top of the
Page
Tap next to
your battery
life percentage
to quickly
scroll to the
top of a page

53. Calendar,
Reminders &
Notes

54. Calendar App--Settings
• Sync with Google Calendars
• Send your self alerts: At
time of event, 5/10/15/30
minutes, various hours, or
day before an event
• Send contacts notifications
of events, via Google
Calendar—good for group
events

55. Notes App
• A way of writing down focused items of
importance
Tap the icon to add a
new note or edit a
saved note
• Use for notation
• Use the way you may use a post it note
• If you need a reminder, use apps such as the
Calendar or Reminders
Use the
Share button to
utilize notes

56. Reminder App-Alerts
• Create multiple
reminders
• Use for simple lists—
Shopping, Dr.
appointments, etc
• To create a new list,
tap the Edit
button/Create New
List/ and give the list a
titles/tap Done
• Can assign time or a
location (iPhone-only)
for reminder to trigger

57. The iPad’s Camera

58. Camera
Switch camera’s
lens from front
(FaceTime camera)
to the back of the
iPad
You can also
use your
volume button
on the side of
the iPad to take
a pic
Click to take a picture,
instead of the Home button
or use your volume buttons
Tap to get to the camera roll
Switch camera to video
recording. Square mode: No
filters and photos are shot as a
square for easy sharing, ie
Instagram. More options
available in newer iPad/iPhone
models: Pano/Slo-Mo

59. Camera
Tap the screen to display options. Use the
Share button to bring up options
Email up to 5
photos at a
time. Add
photos to text
messages, FB, et
c
Tap Edit in a photo to bring up options

60. Camera
To send up to 5 pictures go to:
Open the Camera App/go to Camera Roll
(bottom-right)/Click Select (top-left)/Check
up to 5 photos/Click Share (top-left)/select
Mail
Select photos from the Camera Roll

61. iPad and Apps
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62. What are Apps?
• They are applications. Pared-down, software made to run on mobile devices
• Mobile application development:
The process by which application software is developed for low-power handheld devices, such as
tablets and mobile phones.
• These applications are often pre-installed, and can be downloaded by customers from various mobile
software distribution platforms, or web applications delivered over HTTP which use server-side or client-side
processing (e.g. JavaScript) to provide an "application-like" experience within a Web browse.
Information Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_application_development

63. Apps
App Store Overview: (June 2013):
• Launched in 2008 with 500 apps
Red
Alerts:
Badges
• There are now over 900,00 apps
850,000 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
375,000 native to iPad
• Over 50 billion downloads (excludes re-downloads & updates)
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/05/16Apples-App-Store-Marks-Historic-50-Billionth-Download.html

64. Apps

65. Apps—Search for Specific Apps
If there is a specific app you are looking for, type the
name in the search box
iPad: Use iPad or iPhone Apps.
Look at the top of your screen to
see which market you are viewing!

66. Apps
Tap on the “Free” button (or the cost of an app) and then click “Install” App

67. Apps
Your email
address/usernam
e will
automatically
populate
You will be
prompted to
enter your
Apple password
associated with
your iPad

68. Apps
• Your App will appear in the
last part of your home screen
• It will have a new banner in
the upper-right corner, since it
has not been opened yet
• Tap to open

69. Apps—Creating Shortcuts on the
Home Screen
• Open Safari
• Tap the
function key
• Tap “Add to
Homescreen”
• A shortcut,
that looks like an
app, is now on
the home
Screen of the
iPad

70. Apps- Creating Folders
• Why create folders?
For easy organization and faster retrieval

71. Apps—Creating Folder
• Hold your finger down
over the app you would
like to put in a folder
• Wait until the app
begins to wiggle and move
the app to where you
would like to place it and
let it go
• Click the Home button
to stop the apps from
moving

72. Apps—Moving Between
Screens/Removing or Deleting
• Hold your finger down over the app you would like
to remove
• Wait until the app begins to wiggle and click the X

73. Thank You!
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