2. Home Button
Front Camera Back Camera
Power Button
Lock Button
Volume Slider

3. Portrait or Landscape
mode – it’s up to you,
just rotate the iPad &
the screen flips
automatically
Hold down the Power
Button on the top right
side of your iPad until you
see the Apple logo on
the screen, then let go

4. If you see a screen like
this, just follow the on-
screen instructions to
set up your iPad
1. Slide to Set Up
2. English
3. United States
4. STUDENT_WIFI
5. Enable Location Services
6. Set Up as New iPad
7. ‘Skip This Step’ when
prompted to sign in with
an Apple ID
8. Agree to Terms and
Conditions
9. Don’t Add Passcode
10.Use Siri
11.Automatically Send
Diagnostics
12.Get Started

5. From the home screen,
open the Settings

6. Go to Wi-Fi on the top
left side of the screen
and click STUDENT_WIFI

7. Log in with your student
portal information, then
click ‘Done’ in the top
right corner

8. Pro Tip:
If you already have an
Apple ID from your
iPhone, you can log in via
Settings > ‘iTunes and App
Store’ BUT you will HAVE to
provide a credit card
when you download your
first app on the iPad, even
if it’s a free app From the home screen,
open the App Store

9. Search for ‘bookshelf’

10. On the first result, click
‘Free’ and then click
‘Install’
In the pop-up box, click
‘Create New Apple ID’
then choose United
States and agree to
the Terms & Conditions

11. •Password must be 8
characters long with at
least one capital letter
and one number
•Answer all 3 security
questions
•Rescue email is
optional, used in case
you forget your password
•Enter date of birth
•Click ‘Next’
You will be sent a
verification email –
you MUST be able to
access the email
address you enter as
your Apple ID!

12. •Leave credit card as
‘None’ unless you want to
add a card for app
purchases
•Enter billing address
even if you didn’t provide
a credit card
•Enter phone number
•Next

13. Now you need to
check your email –
you can do this on
your phone or a
computer, or via
Safari on the iPad
home screen (click
the Home button and
then click this icon)

14. You will get an email
that looks like this.
Click ‘Verify now’

15. Enter your email
address and the
password you created
for your Apple ID, then
click ‘Verify Address’

16. Success! Click ‘Return
to the Store’

17. Enter your Apple ID
password one more
time, and you’ll get this
symbol – it means the
app is downloading

18. Click the Home button
and go to Safari

19. Click the icon
labeled ‘Student
Portal’

20. Log in to your portal
like you would on a
normal computer,
then launch your class

21. If you get this page
when you click ‘Launch
Class’, go back to the
home screen and go to
the Settings app

22. On the Safari tab, click
‘Block Cookies’

23. Change the setting to ‘Never’

24. Go back to the main Safari tab
(click ‘Safari’ on the left side of
the screen) and clear both
History AND Cookies and Data,
then go back to the home
page, click the Safari icon and
go back into your portal &
launch your class again

25. Click ‘eText’

26. Click the title
of your book

27. If this window pops up, click ‘No
thanks, go to Bookshelf Online’

28. Click on the address bar

29. Delete everything except
‘digitalbookshelf.brownmackie.edu’
then click ‘Go’ on the keyboard

30. Click ‘My Account’

31. Click ‘My Account’
again

32. Make a note of your
email address – this will
be your username to log
in to the Bookshelf app

33. Scroll down and type in what
you want your password to
be, then type it again under
‘Confirm Password’.
Click ‘Update Profile’ at the
bottom of the page

34. If all went well, you’ll see this
green bar at the top of the
page. If there’s a red bar, try
typing in your password and
clicking ‘Update Profile’ again

35. From the home screen, click
on the Bookshelf app and log
in to your account on this
screen
If it asks if you’d like to Enable
Sync, choose to enable

36. This is where all your textbooks
will be. Right now you only
have one, but next month
there will be more books in this
list. Click the title of your book.

37. Click ‘Download’

38. Once the progress bar finishes
loading, you will have access
to your book offline (no
Internet connection needed)

39. Search Bar
Table of
Contents
Page Navigation
Change Text Size

40. You can make highlights
directly in the eText – just put
your finger on the area you
want to highlight and hold until
you get this magnifying glass

41. Next, drag the blue ‘lollipops’
to include all the text you want
to highlight

42. Click ‘Make Highlight’

43. You can change the color of
the highlighter or add notes by
clicking once on an existing
highlight

44. This is what it looks like
when you add a note…

45. … and here are a few
different color-coded
highlighter options. You
can add your own colors
in the Settings area of
the Bookshelf app

46. You can see all your
highlights and notes by
clicking ‘Highlights’ at
the bottom of the screen

47. Next month, the process for
getting your book will be much
easier – it should pop up
automatically in your Bookshelf on
the first day of class! If it doesn’t,
click the circular arrow at the top
left corner of the Bookshelf and
click ‘Update Book List’

48. This progress bar will appear, and
then your new book will pop up in
the list of ‘All Books’

49. From the home screen, swipe with
one finger directly up from the
bottom of the screen and the Task
Bar will come up:

50. Quick play bar for music,
volume bar below
Brightness – turn down if
you’re low on battery!
Share files with iPads near
you
Put your iPad on the
projector screen
Stopwatch & Camera

51. There are a few different
gestures you can do to get
more out of your iPad:

52. Make the search bar appear
by swiping downward from the
middle of the home screen

53. Clicking the Home button doesn’t
automatically close an app – it just puts
the app in the background. To save
battery life, you should occasionally
close all your apps. Double click the
Home button to get this screen

54. Now push the app window with one
finger toward the top of the screen
until it disappears. Repeat til all the
apps are closed!

55. There are TONS of things you can do with your iPad! For a few
more ideas on ways to get started and apps to use for class,
check out these resources:
iPad Tutorials:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/id609074440
Free iPad Apps for Students:
http://bmcnclibrary.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/iPa
d_Apps_for_Education.27134626.pdf