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iPads, Student

iPad Setup – 6th grade – Fall 2015

Gestures

  • Swipe
  • Octopus Squish
  • 3-finger swipe
  • 2 finger Zoom

 

Buttons

  • Power
  • Home
    • Once = home screen
    • Twice = All apps running so you can switch to or quit out of them

 

Search [Spotlight]

  • Swipe down in the middle where nothing is
  • Type what you are looking for

 

START

  • Swipe to get past the first screen
  • Set Country and Language
  • Select the wi-fi network MDS-STUDENT
    • Username is mds##### – known as your MDS number.
    • Password is your Moodle password.
  • “MDS can Configure your iPad” Select YES.

 

APPLEID

  • BIRTHDATE: Your month and date, but year should be 1971
  • Your first and last name
  • USE YOUR CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS
  • mds#####@mountdesales.net
  • Moodle Password, UNLESS
    • if it is missing a number, add 1871 to the end of your moodle password
    • if Moodle password is ALL CAPS or all lowercase, ask what to do.
  • Security Questions – answer all three
  • Rescue email – JUST SKIP IT
  • Do you like to get ads in your email account? NO? Then Turn it off [“Receive Notifications”, I think.].
  • “YOUR ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED” = GOOD
  • “YOUR DEVICE IS INELIGIBLE….” = BAD, Mr. Rule needs to note it, call Apple, & pitch a fit.

 

MERAKI MDM

  • Start Meraki MDM
  • Select ALL IPADS
  • It will switch screens 2 times
  • Answer YES/TRUST/INSTALL until it quits asking
  • “LOCATION SETTINGS” – Turn them ON after clicking “Location Settings”
  • “RUN IN BACKGROUND” – YES, please!

 

MAIL

  • Settings –> Mail
  • CREATE NEW ACCOUNT
  • GOOGLE ACCOUNT
  • mds#####@mountdesales.net, moodle password
  • YES, ALLOW, CONNECT <– whatever the buttons say.
  • Be Sure to hit SAVE at the end.

 

FINISH UP APPLEID

  • Check your Mail
  • Find email that says “Verify Your AppleID”
  • See link in message that says “Verify your AppleID”.
  • Click it.
  • Login with your AppleID and AppleID password [Moodle, or Moodle + 1871….????]
  • “YOU ARE NOW VERIFIED” = GOOD!
  • “YOU ARE VERIFIED BUT THINGS ARE STILL NOT SETUP ALL THE WAY” = GOOD! Keep going on….

 

ICLOUD SETTINGS – making sure things are setup correctly

  • Settings –> iCloud
  • TURN ON
    • Find my iPad
    • Backup

Google Drive

  1. Search for DRIVE
  2. Sign in – mds#####@mountdesales.net / Moodle password
  3. It WILL ask for it twice. Ask Mr. Rule later if you want to know why.
  4. “Back Up Photos/Videos?”
    1. This is a new feature – Drive can automatically backup your photos and videos from your camera roll, in the background, to your Drive space.
    2. I suggest YES.
    3. Wi-FI only [no cell radio available]
    4. Upload Size?  I Suggest HIGH QUALITY.
      1. It backs up faster than “original quality”.
    5. DO allow access to Photos.

Notability

  1. Time to setup auto-backup to Drive.
  2. Click past the intro screen. Get back to your Library.
  3. Bottom Left, click the Gear icon to get to settings.
  4. Select AutoBackup, select Google Drive.
  5. Login.
  6. YES, allow access.
  7. CLOSE

 

 

 

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iPads, Student, Students

iPad Turnin – quick notes

WHEN?

WHERE?

  • Turn in your iPad to the ARC. There’s a table there.

WHAT?

  • Turn in your iPad [in its case], cable, charger block [official Apple IPAD charger].

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?

  • Find my iPad OFF.
  • Passcode OFF.
  • Stash any data you’d like to save on your Drive.

I DON”T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

  • There are printouts in the ARC with details. See the ARC hallway door, for example.

IF I’M MISSING SOMETHING, THEN WHAT?

  • You’ll be sent a bill.

CAN I BRING THE MISSING PART LATER?

  • Yes, please do! We’ll then take your name off the “Send them a bill later” list.

HOW MANY ROADS MUST A MAN WALK DOWN?

  • 42

THAT DIDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.

  • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
iPads, Student, Students

The Great 2015 iPad Turnin

Before reading the below, go bone up on some
Quantum Physics* and Schenkerian Analysis**.

Ready?

  • FIRST, pick your group below.
  • THEN read the text to see when you turn in your iPad. 
  • THEN scroll down to the bottom to see Where, How, What, etc.

SENIORS

• IF you are a SENIOR who has exempted ALL of your exams AND are not taking any AP exams

THEN you will turnin your iPad beginning on Wednesday April 29

• IF you are a Senior who has exempted all of your exams BUT are taking AP exams

THEN you will turnin your iPad right after your last AP exam is done

• IF you are a Senior who doesn’t fit in either of the above categories

THEN you will turnin your iPad beginning on Monday May 4.

THE ABSOLUTE LAST DAY
TO TURN IN YOUR IPAD IS
–>  Wednesday May 6th  <–

JUNIORS/SOPHOMORES/FRESHMEN

• IF you are a Junior/Sophomore/Freshman who has exempted all of your exams and are NOT taking AP World history, AP Economics, or AP Latin

THEN you will turnin your iPad beginning on Thursday May 14

• IF you are a Junior/Sophomore/Freshman who has exempted all of your exams BUT are taking one of those AP exams

THEN you will turnin your iPad right after your last AP exam

• IF you are a Junior/Sophomore/Freshman who does not fall into one of the above two categories

THEN you will turnin your iPad beginning on Monday, May 18 – RIGHT after your last exam.

THE ABSOLUTE LAST DAY
TO TURN IN YOUR IPAD IS
–>  WEDNESDAY MAY 20  <–

MIDDLE SCHOOL

• IF you are an 8th grader

THEN you will turnin your iPad on Monday May 18, during the day.

• IF you are a 7th grader

THEN you will turnin your iPad on Tuesday May 19th during the day.

• IF you are a 6th grader

THEN you will turnin your iPad on Wednesday May 20th during the day.

WHAT-WHEN-WHERE-HOW-ETC.

BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN:

  • Turn OFF passcode
  • Turn OFF Find My iPad
     
    [both are in settings]

SAVE YOUR DATA! ! ! ! !

ALL of your data will likely disappear over the summer. Make sure you have a copy of EVERYTHING you want to keep.

  • TRIPLE-check to make sure Notability is backing up to Drive.Open up Drive [either by calling up the app on your ipad, or by surfing to drive.google.com and logging in on any internet enabled device]. Look inside the folder named Notability – make sure your most recent stuff is there.
  • If it isn’t, setup the Notability auto-backup again. Notability Library screen –> Settings [Gear icon] –> Autobackup.
  • Transfer any pix or movies that you want to keep from your iPad to Drive. CLICK HERE and read step 2 for details.
  • iMovies – make sure iCloud backup is working. You’ll be able to access the file [assuming you have enough storage] at iCloud.com. You could also EXPORT the movie to your picture roll, and then upload to Drive.

 

WHAT TO TURN IN

  1. iPad in its case
  2. Charger block [original Apple iPAD chargers only]
  3. Charger Cable

WHERE TO TURN IN YOUR IPAD

  • In the ARC. We’ll have a special table with specially trained suave and debonair operators to assist you and invent bad excellent puns.

WHEN TO TURN IN YOUR IPAD

  • See the list above, for Pete’s sake!

WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON’T TURN SOMETHING IN

  • You/Your Parents will be charged by the business office.

HOW MUCH WILL I BE CHARGED?

  • Cable missing $9
  • Charger block missing [you MUST turn in an official APPLE charger block – not a 3rd party el cheapo!] $20
  • Cable and Charger both missing $25
  • Case missing or severely damaged $45
  • Missing iPad  $465

HELP, I HAVE A QUESTION!

  • See Mr. Rule or Mrs. Brown in the ARC.
  • …..or you could send an email.

 

* That was an obscure Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference.

** Go look it up.