ipad+Basics

=iPad Basics=

1. General Care and Usage

 * battery life is usually about 10 hours.
 * turn off wifi when not needed
 * lower screen brightness to prolong usage
 * invest in protective covers or cases and screen protector overlays from the beginning

2. iTunesAccount
Set up an itunes account [|iTunes account] == If you want to download apps you need an [|iTunes account]. If you are using iPads at school there will no doubt be a school owned iTunes account that you will use to sync your iPad and download Apps. For multiple iPads you will also need multiple iTunes accounts. All the apps you add to your ipad can be added via the App store, accessed through the icon above on your ipad. A great many of them are free.

3. Syncing iPads

 * This is a good article about syncing multiple ipads to one computer
 * [|This is a link to one school record of how they sync their ipads] with images and notes about what works for them.

4. Changing Settings
Here is a great link form the //Make Use of Website// that will show you how to [|Set Up Your iPad: Detailed Look at General Settings]

5. Taking a screenshot with your iPad
on the bottom of the iPad together. || 2. The screen ‘flash’ white and you will hear a camera ‘click’. Next, open the **Photos** app on your iPad. || 3. The screenshot you just took will appear in your Photos as a thumbnail. Tap that photo to view the screenshot. ||
 * [[image:http://www.simplehelp.net/images/ipad_screenshots/img00a.png width="252" height="326"]] || [[image:http://www.simplehelp.net/images/ipad_screenshots/img01.png width="344" height="192"]] || [[image:http://www.simplehelp.net/images/ipad_screenshots/img02a.png]] ||
 * 1. Click the Power button and the large button

6. Displaying your iPad through the data projector or Interactive Whiteboard
[|Information from Apple regarding mirroring your iPad] Simply connect one end into the iPad and then a VGA cable into the other end of the converter. The other end of the VGA cable plugs into the projector. || During the course we demonstrated this technique using a Phillips webcam like the one pictured on the left. It consists of a bendable wire arm so it is perfect for adjusting to point towards an iPad lying on a table. However this technique will work with most other webcam types as well. ||
 * [[image:http://darrenyates.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ipadvga-281x300.jpg]] || There are a few simply things you will need to display what's on your ipad (mirroring) If you have an iPad2 the adapter pictured on the left (Apple’s iPad to VGA converter cable) will allow you to connect your iPad straight in to a data projector cable.
 * [[image:http://ii.alatest.com/product/600x400/1/d/Philips-Webcam-SPC610NC-30fps-SVGA-0.jpg width="217" height="432"]] || If you have an iPad1 you can display your iPad screen this way...
 * 1) Connect your laptop or desktop computer to the data projector
 * 2) Plug in a webcam to your laptop or desktop computer and point it towards your iPad
 * 3) Place your iPad under/in front of the webcam
 * 4) The image from your ipad will be projected onto the the screen or Interactive Whiteboard