This document provides instructions for basic iPad functions including using the home button, switching between apps, adjusting volume, searching, zooming, taking screenshots, copying/pasting text, connecting to WiFi, creating folders, docking apps, force closing apps, and setting a passcode lock. Key functions covered are the home button, app switching, volume control, search, zoom, screenshots, symbols, copy/paste, WiFi settings, creating folders, docking apps, force closing apps, and passcode locking.

1. iPad 101

2. Home Button
The Basics

3. App Icons and Folders
The Basics

4. The Dock
The Basics

5. Fast App
Switching
The Basics
1. Quickly double
click the home
button to show
your recently
used apps
2. Swipe from left
to right to
choose which
you want

6. Sleep Mode
The Basics
1. Press and release
power button
once

7. Power Off
The Basics
1. Press and hold
power button
2. Swipe red arrow
over to power off

8. Volume Control
The Basics
1. On the side of
the iPad, press
the volume
button on the
top to turn up
the volume

9. Search
The Basics
1. Drag your finger
from the center
downward
2. Tap the white
search bar
3. Using the
keyboard, type
the name of the
app you’re
looking for

10. Zoom
The Basics
1. Open Safari
2. Go to www.esparklearning.
com
3. Put two fingers on the
screen; drag them apart and
pinch them together to
zoom in and zoom out

11. Exit An App
The Basics
1. Open espark
2. To leave the app, you can either:
a. Tap the ‘Home’ button once
b. Use 5 fingers to pinch the screen

12. Screenshot
The Basics
1. Press and hold the power
button and the home button
at the same time
2. Find and open “Photos”
3. Tap “Albums”
4. Find your screenshot

13. Symbols
The Basics
1. Find and open the “Notes” app.
2. While the keyboard is active, type
to access numbers
3. To access symbols, tap

14. Copy/Paste
The Basics
1. Find and open the “Notes” app
2. Type five words of text
3. Double-tap one word, bringing up
the Copy/Paste menu
4. Hold a blue circle and drag it to
highlight the text you want to
copy. Tap “copy”
5. Press and hold another place in
the sentence until a bubble
appears. Tap “paste”

15. WiFi Settings
The Basics
1. Tap settings
2. Tap “Wi-Fi” from the menu on the left
3. Identify your wireless network

16. Create a Folder
The Basics
1. Hold your finger down on eSpark until
it wiggles
2. Drag the eSpark app icon on top
of another app. Hold until the folder
appears
3. Tap the folder
4. Hold down on this icon:
and rename the folder “Sight Words”.
Tap “Done”
5. Tap the home button

17. Dock an App
The Basics
1. Find an app you
want to drag to the
dock
2. Hold your finger on
the desired app
until it wiggles
3. Drag the app
down to the dock
4. Press the home
button

18. Force Close
The Basics
1. Double tap the home
button
2. You will see the
screen that allows
you to switch apps
3. Find the app that you
wish to quit and drag
it upward, as if you
were discarding it

19. Four Finger Swipe
The Basics
1. Tap settings
2. Tap “General” on the
side menu
3. Scroll to multi-tasking
gestures and turn it on
4. Swipe the screen right
to left with four fingers.
Now you can switch
between apps easily

20. Speak Selection
The Basics
1. Tap settings
2. Tap “General” ->
“Accessibility”
3. Tap “Speech
Selection” and turn it
on
4. Now you can
highlight text and
have it read aloud

21. Passcode Lock
The Basics
1. Tap settings
2. Tap “Passcode”
3. Tap “Turn
Passcode On”
4. Set your passcode
as 1234
Re-enter 1234

22. Disable iTunes
The Basics
1. Tap settings
2. Tap “General”
3. Tap “Restrictions”
4. Tap “Enable
Restrictions,” and
enter your
passcode
5. Turn iTunes off