This document provides instructions for using an iPad, including: 1) Turning on the iPad, unlocking it, and navigating the home screen and panels using swipes and the home button. 2) Opening apps like Kindle, Nook, and Overdrive to browse, check out, and read eBooks, with options to change font size, brightness, and more. 3) Performing searches, taking notes and highlights, and rotating the screen for different views. 4) Downloading an eBook from the library using Overdrive and transferring it to the iPad using Adobe Digital Editions.

1. iPad Handout with Hands-On Exercises
Preliminary Setup Requirements for iPad Owners:
An Apple ID on applied.apple.com. (This can also be created via the iPad when you
first set it up.)
Access to a Wi-Fi connection in order to register your iPad with your iTunes account.
(Unless you have a version that supports a 3G cellular connection.)
Turn the iPad On:
Press and hold the power button for several seconds to turn on the iPad. The power
button is located on the top-left side of the device.
Unlock the iPad:
After powering on the iPad you will need to unlock it. To do this touch the gray arrow
the lower-center of the screen and slide it to the right edge of the containing box. This
unlocks the iPad and takes you to the Home Screen.
Home Button:
The Home Button is the recessed circle with a square icon on the bottom center front
face of the device. There are two instances in which you will use it: 1) Any time you
want to return to the Home Screen; and 2) To wake up your iPad if it is in sleep mode
(i.e. it’s still on but the screen has gone black).
Home Button

2. Home Screen:
The Home Screen is three panels wide. Identify which panel you are viewing (left,
center, or right) by looking at the three small circles (Panel Indicators) at the bottom of
the screen. The circle that corresponds to the panel you are viewing will be colored
white.
The four icons at the bottom of the screen are docked and will not change as you
change panels. The panel to the far left is actually a screen on which you can search
your device. To move from panel to panel swipe your finger across the screen in the
direction you wish to move.
Hands On: Swipe your finger to scroll left and right through the home panels to see
what we’ve already installed. Next try performing a search for Overdrive.
Keyboard:
As you’ve probably already noticed, the iPad keyboard only appears when you need it.
So, when you tap in the search box on the search panel, the keyboard appeared. One
important thing to notice is that despite the keys always displaying upper-case letters,
you will be typing in lower-case unless you first single-tap shift (for the next letter) or
double-tap shift to initiate a caps-lock.
Rotating the screen:
To rotate the screen, rotate the device.
Hands On: Rotate the screen. Next, rotate the screen while on the search panel to see
what happens to the keyboard.
Apps:
One thing to keep in mind about iPads, and other tablet devices such as those that run
the Android OS, is that they are more like desktop computers than dedicated eReaders
like the Kindle and the Nook. What determines what you can do with a tablet is what
applications (apps) are installed on the device. In the case of the iPad, apps can be
downloaded from the App Store. Some apps are free while others can cost a significant
amount.
Hands On: Open the app store and browse around to see what’s available. Feel free to
also perform a search for a type of app you might be interested in. Please avoid actually
installing any apps for us.

3. Web Browsing:
Since this workshop is focusing on using the iPad as an eReader, there are a lot of
features that we won’t be covering. However, since the main way that you’ll be locating
and retrieving content for the iPad is via the Web, the iPad’s browser, Safari, is
something we should cover.
You launch Safari by tapping it’s icon on the home screen. In most cases, Safari works
just like any other Web browser. It has an address bar, a google search field, and just a
few other icons. Let’s cover these:
Hands On: Open Safari and surf the web for a few moments. Try going to your
library’s Web site to see how it looks and works on the iPad. Also try doing a Google
search or two, adding bookmarks, and opening/switching between pages.
Reading eBooks:
When it comes to reading eBooks on an app-based device the first question you need
to ask yourself is, what’s the source of my content? The iPad comes with the iBooks
app which allows you to read content that you’ve purchased from tha Apple iTunes
store. The Kindle app allows you to read content from Amazon.com and the Nook app
allows you to read content from Barnes & Noble.
Beyond those examples, there are a number of other eBook apps available (Aldiko,
Google Books, and Stanza just to name a few) that either have their own related stores
but also allow you to easily download and read many different eBook formats that don’t
include DRM.
Taking it one step further the Overdrive app allows you to download and read epub
books from the Overdrive library services but, since you can also check out a Kindle
version of an Overdrive book and read it via the Kindle app.
For the purposes of this workshop we’re going to take a look at the Kindle app, the
Nook app, and the Overdrive app. If you’re in the first group to play with the iPad much
of this will probably be new to you. If you’re the last group, much of this will seem
familiar.

4. The Kindle App:
Launch the Kindle app by finding it on the home
screen and tapping it. There you will see the
library of currently installed books. At the
bottom of the screen you’ll see an Archived
Items button which gives you access to books in
your Amazon.com account but not currently
installed on the device. Clicking on a book in the
archive will download it to your device.
Next you’ll see the view icons which allow you to
switch between cover view and list view. To the
right of that is the sort option. Here you can
choose to sort by Recent, Title or Author.
To the far-right is the refresh button which
when tapped with check your Amazon.com
account for new content. The Information
button will give you access to the app’s settings.
Hands On: Open the Kindle app and play around with the views and the sorting
options. Also take a look at the archive and transfer one of the books to the device if
any are available.
To open a book, tap on its cover. To page
through a book you can either swipe your
finger across the page as if you were
turning the page of a paper book, or tap on
the left or right sides of the screen to move
forward (right) or back (left).
To bring up the controls tap on the middle
of the screen. Here you’ll find the following
options at the top of the screen:
Home (top left)
Tapping this will take you back to
the Kindle app home screen.
(Pressing the hardware home button
on the iPad will take you back to the
iPad home screen.)
Bookmark (top right)
Tap this to set a bookmark for the
current page.

5. At the bottom of the screen you’ll see:
Back button
This will take you back to the
previous page you were on. This is
used when you jump to another
location in the text such as clicking
on an endnote or when you’re
done searching.
Search
Tapping this will open a small
window in which you can enter
your search query. Results will
also be shown in this window. Tap
a result to be taken to that result
within the text. From here you can
also search Google and Wikipedia.
Go to
Tapping this icon will give you the
option to jump to the book’s
cover, table of contents, beginning of the text, a particular page (equivalent to
the printed page numbers), or location (equivalent to the number of screens the
iPad is taking to display the whole text).
View Options
Here you can change the size of the text
display, choose the colors being used
(white on black, black on white, or sepia)
and change the brightness of the screen.
Sync to furthest location
Lets say you’re reading a Kindle book on
the iPad and later you want to pick up
where you left of on your phone or
desktop. Use this to sync your location to
your Amazon.com account and you’ll be
able to do just that.
Lastly, there is a slider at the bottom of the
screen which you can use to quickly jump to a
location within the book. This slider also shows
you where in the book you currently are along
with a percentage and page count.

6. Hands On: Open a book, page through it and play with the options available at the
bottom of the screen. For example, change the font size, color scheme and brightness
that best fits your needs. Try a search or two and see where in the text those words
appear. Also try the table of contents for a book. (They generally allow you to jump
directly to a chapter.)
Lastly, be sure to rotate the iPad to see what the reading experience is like while in
landscape mode.
In the Kindle app you can also create notes, highlight passages and share passages. To
do this first find the first word of the passage you’d like to deal with and long-press on
that word. After a second or two a magnifying glass will appear highlighting that word.
At this point you can move your finger around to find the correct starting word. Once
you lift your finder, that word will be selected and the Note, Highlight, Share menu will
appear. You’ll also see the definition of the word at the bottom the screen.
To extend the selection, drag the either of the dots at the beginning and/or end of the
selection in the appropriate direction. Once you have the passage selected click the
Note, Highlight, or Share menu item as needed.
If you selected Note, you be given a window into which you can type your note.
Choosing Highlight will color the passage and clicking Share will share the passage with
either Twitter or Facebook assuming you’ve connected those accounts to the app. (We
have not.)
Hands On: Find a word and look up its definition. Add a note to one passage and
highlight another.

7. The Nook App:
Open the Nook app by tapping on
the Nook icon on the iPad home
screen. First you’ll be presented
with your library. In the case of the
Nook app, new content is not
automatically downloaded. If you
have purchased a book from the
store you’ll see its cover along with
a “Download” button. Click the
cover to download the title.
At the top of the library page you
have a help button, and account
button (for logging into and out of
your Barnes & Noble account) and
a library search.
Beneath that are the view and sort
options. You can choose to view all
items, just books, just magazines,
just newspapers, and just archived
content. (i.e. content available in
your B&N account but not currently
on the iPad.)
For sort options you have by most recent, by title, and by author.
Under the search box on the right, you have the sync button which will sync your
content with your B&N account.
Hands On: Open the Nook app and play around with the views and the sorting
options. Also take a look at the archive and transfer one of the books to the device if
any are available.
To open a book, tap on its cover. To page through a book you can either swipe your
finger across the page as if you were turning the page of a paper book, or tap on the
left or right margins to move forward (right) or back (left).

8. To bring up the controls tap on the text. Here you’ll find the following options at the top
of the screen:
Back to library
Tapping this will take you back to the Nook app home screen. (Pressing the
hardware home button on the iPad will take you back to the iPad home screen.)
Contents
Tapping this will pop up the book’s table of contents. From this window you can
also access any bookmarks and annotations you’ve added to the book.
Text Display
Tapping this will pop up a menu where you can change the font size, font, color
scheme, layout, justification, and change all these settings to the publisher
defaults.
Brightness
Tapping this brings up the brightness slider.
Search
Here you can keyword search the text of the current book.
Information
This opens an information window about the book. Here you can also send the
book to the archive.
Bookmark
Tap this to set a bookmark for the current page.
There is also slider at the bottom of the screen which you can use to quickly jump to a
location within the book. This slider also shows you where in the book you currently are
along with a page count.
Hands On: Open a book, page through it and play with the options available at the
bottom of the screen. For example, change the font size, color scheme and brightness
that best fits your needs. Try a search or two and see where in the text those words
appear. Also try the table of contents for a book. (They generally allow you to jump
directly to a chapter.)
Lastly, be sure to rotate the iPad to see what the reading experience is like while in
landscape mode.

9. As with the Kindle app, the Nook app allows you to highlight, add notes, share, and
look up definitions. To get started select a single word by long pressing on a word until
the word appears highlighted. Lift your finger and the Text Selection Toolbar will
appear.
However, differently from the Kindle app and the Nook eReader itself, once you have
lifted your finger you cannot extend your selection. More in line with how a mouse and
desktop work, if you wish to select more than one word, you need to drag your finger
from the first word to the last before lifting it up from the screen.
After selecting a word or passage, you can use the Text Selection Toolbar to highlight
it, write and associate notes with it, share it, or, in the case of a single word, look it up
in the dictionary.
Hands On: Find a word and look up its definition. Add a note to one passage and
highlight another. When everyone’s done this, go find your notes and highlights for this
book.

10. The Overdrive app:
Unlike the other devices we’re working with today, no hardware or software other than
the iPad and the Overdrive app are needed to get library books.
Hands On:
For your final hands-on exercise you will download an eBook from the Nebraska
OverDrive Libraries site and transfer it to the iPad using Adobe Digital Editions.
Open the Overdrive app.
Click on Get Books in the upper right corner.
Here you will see your library directory. On this iPad we’ve already added
Nebraska Overdrive Libraries to the favorites list. Click on the library name.
At this point you are switched over to the Safari Web browser and taken to the
mobile version of the Overdrive site. Find the login link (upper right) and sign in
using your temporary patron information (library and library card number)
Browse the collection for a ePub eBook (not audiobook) to check out. (Don’t
worry about finding a title you actually want to read.)
Check out the book.
Click on the gray Download button to download the eBook to the iPad. At this
point you should be switched back to the Overdrive app and your book will start
to download.
Tap on the book in the library to open it and start reading.
Here are a few other things you can do in the Overdrive app:
Tap the edit button in the upper-left of the library. This will give you buttons to
the left of each title that when tapped will delete the book off the iPad.
There is a search bar at the top of the screen with which you can search for titles
on your device.
There are three sort buttons at the bottom of the screen: Recent, Title, and
Expiration.
Once you’re reading a book, the Overdrive app offers Brightness and Font
controls similar to the Kindle and Nook apps. (See if you can find them.)