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iPads, Student, Students

Kindle App – setup

09/10/2014 Tom Rule

Students – you will be receiving [if you haven’t already received it!] an email with your kindle account information.

Here is how to setup the Kindle app on your iPad.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER SET UP THE KINDLE APP BEFORE:

• Open up the app. You should see this screen:

• Type in the account info given to you in the email, and login.

• You might have to click the “sync” button, at the bottom of the screen, to get the material to download:

IF YOU ALREADY SETUP YOUR KINDLE APP WITH A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT:

You will have to “deregister” the app. This will NOT delete whatever you have purchased from Amazon – those items are still “in the cloud”, inside your Amazon account. They will just disappear from your iPad. Here’s how:

• Fire up the Kindle App.

• Click the Settings icon:

• Click “Update”, next to your email address:

• Then click the “Deregister” button.

You should be taken to the beginning screen, where you can add your MDS kindle account information.

Faculty/Staff

6th grade iPad setup: Part Deux

08/26/2014 tech

AppleID setup, part one

Settings –> iCloud
Click the button to create a new account
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
Once that’s done, switch to Settings → iCloud
Click Storage & Backup button.
Turn on iCloud Backup.
Turn on “Find My iPad”

Part Tres:

Web Browser
go to
icloud.com
Login using your iCloud account info
Where is your iPad?

iPads, Student, Students

iPad setup – Middle School

10/04/2013 Tom Rule

CLICK HERE for the video version [You can ignore a lot of the stuff before the “Use you iPad” part.]

HERE is the Google Doc version

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
1. Set language
1. Set Region
2. Choose network – sign in
3. Click DONE
4. Next
5. ENABLE location services
Restore from iCloud Backup
1. Type in username & Password
  1. Generally mds email address and Moodle password
  2. EXCEPTION 1: if the moodle password does NOT have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number, then:
    1. if missing one case or the other: the FIRST letter was changed to the ‘other’ case
    2. if missing a number. 1970 was added at the end of the moodle password
  3. 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
2. Terms and Conditions→ AGREE
3. “It may take a few minutes”
DO NOT select “Restore from iTunes” as an option
Sign in with your AppleID.
1. NEXT
2. 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.
1. Push notifications → OK
2. Which network: All iPads
3. Profile install → OK
4. Push Install button
5. Push Install now
6. Push Install
7. Click DONE
8. Use Current Location? → OK
  1. If an error pops up “Location disabled for this app”
    1. Settings → Privacy → location settings
    2. Turn Meraki ON
    3. close out
Setup Mail
1. Settings → Mail, Contacts, Calendars
2. Add Account → Google
3. fill out email address, password, etc
4. Description: I suggest “MDS” or “School”
5. Make sure everything turned on [mail, contacts, calendars, notes]
6. Save
Setup iCloud
1. Settings → iCloud
2. Verify if needed
3. Turn Backup ON
4. Back Up NOW [just to be safe]

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