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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.

Faculty/Staff, iPads, Student, Students

Setting up the Meraki MDM app

Here are some vague directions for getting the Meraki MDM app setup. This is best done at school, on campus – it’s easier for some technical reasons that way.

  1. Find the app Meraki MDM

  2. If your screen says “Joined to” and then either “All iPads” or “Faculty”, then you are done. It’s already setup. Thank you!
  3. If it asks you WHICH network to join, then select “All iPads”.
  4. There will be SEVERAL dialog boxes pop up with two choices each time – basically YES or NO, although they phrase it differently every time.

    YES, allow each one.

  5. When it asks about allowing Meraki to run in the background all the time, YES allow it.

  6. If it asks about location services, YES, allow it.

  7. You know you have successfully completed the setup when the screen says you have joined “All iPads” network.
iPads, Student, Students

Setting up your AppleID and Find my iPad

If you never setup Find my iPad or iCloud or your AppleID, here’s a vague outline on how to proceed.

  1. Check your Moodle password. Does it have a number in it? If no, then your AppleID password will be your moodle password with the number 1871 at the end. Does it have BOTH an uppercase letter AND a lowercase letter? If not, switch the first letter of your moodle password to the other case [i.e. make asdfghjk become Asdfghjk, or ASDFGHJK becomes aSDFGHJK]
  2. On your iPad, go to Settings –> iCloud

  3. “Create a new AppleID“.
  4. Put in your birthday. If you are under 13 years old, come see Mr. Rule in the ARC.
  5. Put in your name.

  6. “Use your current email address“
  7. Either use your moodle password as is, or as modified in step 1 above.
  8. There are some security questions you’ll need to fill out – these are used only if you forget your password.
  9. For the backup email address – also used only if you forget your password – I would use your personal email address….. or your parent’s.
  10. Once you’ve completed the process, CHECK YOUR EMAIL. You should have an email from Apple saying “Click here to verify this is actually you that setup this AppleID”. Click it.
  11. NOW you are setup. Finally.

 

 

 

What does this get you?

  • The ability to use Find My iPad over at iCloud.com. Go to any desktop or laptop, surf to the site, login, and you’ll be able to see where the ipad is, within about 50 feet [assuming it’s on and near an accessible wifi signal].
  • Backups to iCloud – if you have upgraded iCloud to the “new” version, then you can actually work on keynote files in a web browser. You can also access your pictures and iMovies there as well – just by logging into iCloud.com.