iPad Basics 1-30-14

iPad Basics
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Leslie Pirtle, M.M., M.Ed.
Upper Cape Tech
Lpirtle@uppercapetech.org
508-759-7711, x 114
January 30, 2013

Introductions
• Where are you from?
• What do you do/like to do?
• Why did you get an iPad?
• What is your online presence?

• What do you want to take away?

© Leslie Pirtle | Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School

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Learning Objectives
• Identify the device buttons, switches, and status icons.
• Use onscreen keyboard and editing features - cut, copy, paste.
• Demonstrate the multi-touch function using scrolling finger
dynamics.
• Adjust settings

• Browse the web using Safari.
• Become familiar with the iPad’s built in apps.
• Download and install a third party application from the iTunes
App Store.

• Use the iBooks app to download and read books.

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Common Uses for your iPad
• Research

• Clock/timer

• Take pictures

• Portable TV

• Play games

• Connect it to your TV

• E-reader

• Share music among devices

• Recipe book

• Flashlight

• Photos

• Leveler

• GPS

• Compass


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Fun Uses for Your iPad
• Fun ideas
– 15 Things You Can Do With an iPad
– 50 Things to Do with an iPad


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Meet Your iPad
Ports, Buttons, Icons, Control Center


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Accessories
• USB cable

Lightening

30-Pin

– Use to charge with computer
– Use with power adapter to
charge with outlet

• USB power adapter
– Use with USB cable to charge
with outlet


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Accessories: Aftermarket
• Camera Connection Kit
• VGA Adaptor
• iPad Dock
• Stylus

• Apple TV $99.99
• Keyboards
• Cases

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Back View
30 Pin connector


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Try it: Use the Sleep/Wake Button
1. Turn iPad Off
–

Hold down the Sleep/Wake button for a few
seconds until the red slider appears
onscreen, then drag the slider.

2. Turn iPad On
–

Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the
Apple logo appears.

3. Lock iPad
–

Press the Sleep/Wake button

4. Unlock the iPad
–

Press the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the
slider that appears onscreen


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Try it: Side Switch
Choose what this switch does
• Silence alerts, notifications & sound
effects
OR,
• Lock orientation


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Front View

Home
Screen

Dock


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Status Bar Icons


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Status Bar Icons, cont’d


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Check It Out
• What icons are showing on your status bar right now?
• What do they indicate?
• How much battery life does your iPad have?
• Are you connected to Wi-Fi?


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Front View: Notification Center
• 3 Types of Notifications:
1.

Sounds: An audible alert plays.

2.

Alerts/Banners: An alert or
banner appears on the screen.

3.

Badges: An image or number
appear

• Swipe down from top of screen
edge to access
More


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Home Button
• Wake iPad
• Exit applications
• Navigate to the first page of icons
• Hold and press sleep/wake button to capture display
• Hold while holding in sleep/wake button for “hard reset”
• Double click to view running apps


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Front View: Control Center
• Place your finger
below the screen (on
the bezel)
• Slide your finger up
onto the screen
• When the grabber
appears, place your
finger on it
• Slide your finger up
onto the screen to
reveal Control Center

More
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Settings
Personalizing Your iPad


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Settings
• Airplane Mode
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Cellular Data

• Personal Hotspot
Connecting to Wi-Fi


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Connect to Wi-Fi
Settings > Wi-Fi > Choose a network


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Settings
• Notification Center
• Control Center
• Do Not disturb


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Settings: General
• About
– Name Your Ipad


• Software Update
– Check for latest update!

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Settings: General
• Siri - enable

• Background

• Spotlight Search

• Auto-lock

• Text Size

• Passcode lock

• Accessibility

• Restrictions

• Multi-tasking--make sure
enabled

• Lock/unlock

• Side Switch (choose from
Lock rotation or Mute)

• Keyboard

• Usage

• Date & time

• Reset
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Settings: General
• Background
• Auto-lock
• Passcode lock
• Restrictions
• Lock/unlock

• Date & time
• Keyboard
– Enable all
– Add a shorcut

• Reset

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Settings
• Sounds
• Wallpapers and brightness
• Privacy


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Settings: iCloud
• Log in with Apple ID
• Set up Storage and backup
• Find my iPad
• Log in and check on
computer


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Get Your Apple ID
• Needed for access to Apple services
– iTunes, Apps store, iCloud

• Settings > iTunes & App Stores >
Sign In
(If you’re already signed in and want to create
another Apple ID, tap your Apple ID, then tap
Sign Out.)


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Set Up Mail
• Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add account > New
Account > Yes

POP3 your messages are kept in one place and you
can read messages (that you've already
downloaded) when you're not connected to the
Internet.
IMAP -better if you need check your mail from
other computers or devices. Must be
connected to internet to read your messages

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Working with Text
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Selecting and Manipulating Text
• Working with
Text http://youtu.be/TM
GUmygUZjY
• Split the keyboard
• Physical Keyboards
– Bluetooth
– Full sized with camera
adaptor


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Try it!
1. Open Notes
– Enter some text
– Highlight a word
– Define it
– Use handles to increase to sentence
– Copy the sentence
– Paste the sentence onto a new line
– Shake to undo


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The Keyboard
• Hidden Keyboard
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s
PDLDG-UD5c

• How to split keyboard
• Keyboards
– Bluetooth
– Full sized with camera adaptor


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Gestures
Multi-touch Gestures
Multi-tasking


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Multi-Touch Gestures
• Tap
• Drag
• Swipe
• Pinch/stretch

http://youtu.be/gPbxLJqi0nk

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Multi-tasking Gestures
• Close current app
– Use 4 or 5 fingers to pinch the screen

• Open multitasking bar
– Use 4 or 5 fingers to swipe upwards.

• Switch between apps
– Using 4 or 5 fingers, swipe left to right
(and back) to switch between apps.

• Pull to zoom in
– Spread two or three fingers apart to zoom
in and pinch to zoom out.


• Pinch to the Home Screen
– Use instead of pressing the home button.
Place 4 or 5 fingers spread out on the
screen, and pinch together.

• Swipe Up to Reveal the Multitasking
Bar
– Place 4 or 5 fingers spread out on the
screen, and move your hand upward.

• Swipe Left or Right Between Apps
– Move quickly between running apps.
– With an app running, place 4 or 5 fingers
spread out on the screen. Move your hand
to the left to switch to the last opened
app. With the same motion, move your
hand back to the right to switch back to
the previous app.

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Multi-Tasking Gestures

http://youtu.be/gPbxLJqi0nk

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Apps


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What is an App?
• Application
• “….a computer program that
runs on a website (Google
Apps), a small computing
device (iPad App) or a cell
phone (Android App).”
• > 475,000 apps for iPad


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Built-in Apps

http://0.tqn.com/d/ipad/1/0/R/8/-/-/new-user-guide-1.png

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Home Screen Apps
• Messages
– Send an instant message to
anyone with an iPad, iPhone or
iPod Touch for free.

• Calendar
• Photos

• Camera
• Weather
• Clock

• Maps
– Google Maps.
– Use as a GPS if you have 3G

• Videos
– Plays the Movies and TV Shows you
buy on iTunes or transferred to the
iPad from your personal library.
Many DvDs now come with a
digital copy, which can be
transferred to the iPad via iTunes.

• Notes
– The equivalent of Notepad on
Windows


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Home Screen Apps
• Reminders
– Schedule reminders and task list
• Stocks
• Game Center
– Holds leaderboards and
achievements for games that
support it
• Newsstand
– Subscribe to digital versions of
popular magazines.

• iTunes Store
– Most of the same features as the PC version.

– Buy movies to play with the Videos app and
music to play using the Music app.
– Download any music you bought using
iTunes on your PC without actually hooking
up your iPad to your PC.

• Apps Store
– Use to access games and apps for your iPad.

• Passbook
• Compass
• Settings


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Working With Apps
• Finding

• Installing
• Moving

• Folders
• Adding to the dock
• Deleting

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The Apps Store
• Evernote
• Waze

• Try it:
– Find 3 apps that are of
interest to you

• Restaurant Finder
• Newsstand

• Livestrong
• Cooking


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Comcast App
• Comcast e-mail users try this:
– Download the XFINITY Connect app.
– Description here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xfinitymobile/id320788270?mt=8
– This may be a better way to access your e-mail if you only have this
one email account.


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Safari Browser


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Troubleshooting
What to try then things go wrong


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Common Problems
• Won’t Turn on?
– Press sleep/wake or home (may be in suspend mode)
– Press and hold sleep/wake if truly off

• Slow?
– Close out running apps
– If above doesn’t work, try a hard reset

• Running out of space
– Delete apps you don’t use

• App freezing
– Hard reset
– Delete the app

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iPad User Guide
• Open link below and save to your iBooks or Homescreen
– http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf


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