You’ll have a multi-step dance to waltz through. Use your common sense and follow the directions.
YOUR birthday, but use the year 1971.
Wow, you look GOOD for your age!
Use your MDS email address [mds#####@mountdesales.net] plus your moodle password [or your modified moodle/iCloud password from step 1].
The security questions are used if you forget your password. You pick them!
Rescue email: use either your parent’s email, or your personal email address.
IF you get an error message that says something like “this email address has already been used”:
you have already used your MDS email account on another Apple device.
–> Log in using the fields at the top of the screen. If you don’t know your password, retrieve it [Click the ‘I forgot my password’ button]
iCloud setup, part 2
Find MAIL app.
You should an email from Apple. Open it.
Click on the Verify link
Login to AppleID site using your mds email address and Moodle/Modified Moodle/iCloud password
The text quicknotes version – SOME of the first few items may not show up on your iPad.:
First, check your Moodle password. Did you have to modify it to create an AppleID?
Moodle password:
UPPER AND lower case?
Number?
If Not:
UPPER AND lower case? →→→→→→ Changed the 1st letter to the other case
Number? →→→→→→ Added 1970 to the end
START
Set language
Set Region
Choose network – sign in
Click DONE
Next
ENABLE location services
Restore from iCloud Backup
Type in username & Password
Generally mds email address and Moodle password
EXCEPTION 1: if the moodle password does NOT have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number, then:
if missing one case or the other: the FIRST letter was changed to the ‘other’ case
if missing a number. 1970 was added at the end of the moodle password
EXCEPTION 2: some 7th grade students have “temp” AppleIDs [i.e. tech+1@mds…..]. They are listed in the “Names and iPads” Google Doc. Password is Cavaliers1871
Terms and Conditions→ AGREE
“It may take a few minutes”
DO NOT select “Restore from iTunes” as an option
Sign in with your AppleID.
NEXT
AGREE to terms and conditions [yes, again. Because the lawyers said so!]
YES, use iCloud
NO, do not use “Find my ipad”
Passcode – your option. If you forget it, though, it will either be massively inconvenient or disastrous for your data. We won’t know which option until it happens.
Open Utilities folder, launch Meraki.
Push notifications → OK
Which network: All iPads
Profile install → OK
Push Install button
Push Install now
Push Install
Click DONE
Use Current Location? → OK
If an error pops up “Location disabled for this app”
Settings → Privacy → location settings
Turn Meraki ON
close out
Setup Mail
Settings → Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Add Account → Google
fill out email address, password, etc
Description: I suggest “MDS” or “School”
Make sure everything turned on [mail, contacts, calendars, notes]