PARENT RESOURCES
iPad Restrictions and Settings
Most of the settings listed below are our suggestions, not requirements. Required settings for iPads used for the 2014‐15 school year are noted in red. Make your selections for other restrictions based on your child’s age and maturity. The most important point is to be aware that you have control over these features and the level of access your child will have to unrestricted Internet content. LocationServices
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The Location Services feature allows apps on the device to gather and use information based on the device's location. To access Location Services, go to Settings/Privacy. Leave the overall Location Services on (the one that appears at the top of the screen), but set location services for individual apps to off by tapping the slider to the right of the app name to off. Turn off Location Services for Camera and social apps (e.g., Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr). Leave Location Services on for Find My iPad and apps like Maps, which requires Location Services to function. Review this setting periodically to ensure you are aware of any newly downloaded apps that may be using Location Services. Restrictions
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To restrict the content accessible on the device, enable Restrictions by going to Settings/General/Restrictions. When you enable Restrictions, you will be asked to enter a four‐digit passcode. This should be a secure passcode your child does not know. You will need this passcode to make any changes to Restrictions settings. Store it in a safe place. It is very difficult to retrieve the password if you lose it. Tap Enable Restrictions and enter (and re‐enter) a new restrictions passcode. Tap the sliders to the right of an app name to restrict access to that app. ALLOW CATEGORY 
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If you choose to turn off Safari, see Safe Browsing below. For school, you must leave on the Camera. Middle School students must leave on Safari. Lower School students may not have Facetime turned on. Move the slider to the left to turn it off. Parents may choose to turn off Installing Apps, in which case the student would not need to know the family’s Apple ID password that is tied to the iTunes account. Teachers will provide advance notice if a new app download is required. If you leave on Installing Apps and turn off Deleting Apps, you will be able to see which apps your child has installed. Turn off In‐App Purchases. This will prevent your child from inadvertently making purchases while in an app (e.g., such as purchasing a game or prize package while using a game app). Select your preference for turning Siri on or off. ALLOWED CONTENT CATEGORY 
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Turn off explicit content for Music & Podcasts. Allow Movies and TV Shows based on your child’s age or your preference. Page 1 Updated 05/07/2014 
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PARENT RESOURCES
iPad Restrictions and Settings
Turn off explicit sexual content for books. Select a rating for the apps your child will be able to download from iTunes. Examples: If you select 4+, your child will be able to download apps rated by iTunes for ages up to and including 8 years old. If you select 9+, your child will be able to download apps rated by iTunes for ages up to and including 11 years old. If you select 12+, your child will be able to download apps rated by iTunes for ages up to and included 16 years old. In the Siri category, turn off explicit language to restrict the use of explicit language during text dictation. We highly recommend that you set restrictions in the Website category by selecting Limit Adult Content. This will provide a level of filtering for Internet content. When your child is at school, our filtering appliances restrict access to inappropriate content; however, most home access is unrestricted unless you use a service like Skydog or OpenDNS. If you set this restriction, sit with your child afterward and have him or her go to frequently used websites. If any pop up as restricted, enter your restrictions passcode to add them to the Allowed list. Setting Require Password to “Immediately” will force your child (or you, if you have not shared the Apple ID password) to enter the iTunes Apple ID password each time he or she downloads from iTunes. Setting this to “15 Minutes” will allow multiple downloads within a 15‐minute timeframe with one password entry. Select your preference. PRIVACY CATEGORY 
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Allow changes to Location Services. Students may need access to Location Services depending on apps used in classrooms. See note above about periodically checking the Location Services settings. Leave the remainder of the Location Services settings as you set them in Location Services above. For each of the next options (Contacts through Advertising), select your preference to allow changes or block changes. Example: If you set Photos to “Don’t Allow Changes,” new apps you install that use photos will not be able to use the photos without you changing this setting. ALLOW CHANGES CATEGORY 
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Disallow changes to Accounts to prevent your child from changing restrictions settings or configuring a new email address. Select your preference for Background App Refresh. Turning it off will help preserve battery life. Select your preference for Find My Friends. Allow changes to Volume Limit. As a baseline, students will mute their iPads; however, teachers may request that volume be turned on during class for specific projects. GAME CENTER CATEGORY 
Turn off Multiplayer Games and Adding Friends. Page 2 Updated 05/07/2014 PARENT RESOURCES
iPad Restrictions and Settings
MessagesandFacetime
Lower School students may not have iMessage or Facetime turned on. We restrict the use of these two features because our experience has been that nine‐ and 10‐year old children are not yet socially mature enough to assume the associated responsibilities of using them. We have also found that unrestricted use of these communication tools impacts students’ focus on schoolwork. Please see the Messaging Options document for a description of four options that will help you control instant messaging on your Middle School child’s iPad. SafeBrowsing
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If you choose to turn off Safari and use a child‐friendly, mobile Internet browser like Mobicip, follow the steps below. However, if a website required for school work is not accessible via Mobicip, you may need to allow Safari or purchase the premium version of Mobicip so you have the ability to override Mobicip’s allowed‐sites list. Open the iTunes App Store and search for Mobicip. Install the app. Go to www.mobicip.com to set up a free or premium account ($10 per year/per device; you will be able to override Mobicip’s allowed‐sites list with the paid version). Go to Settings/General/Restrictions. Tap the slider to the right of Safari to turn it off. Find the Mobicip icon on the home screen. Tap and hold the icon until it starts to shake. Without lifting your finger, drag it to the shelf at the bottom of the home page (you should see an empty spot where the Safari icon was). Let go of the icon. PrivateBrowsing
Private browsing is an optional Safari browsing mode that allows the user to visit Internet websites without leaving a history record. Users may enter private browsing mode by opening Safari, tapping the url and selecting the Private option in the bottom left corner of the screen. If your child has private browsing enabled, you will see a black bar across the top of the page when you open Safari. We highly recommend that you enable some level of restrictions on your child’s iPad to help protect your child from unwanted Internet content when not accessing the Internet via the school’s student network. One way of doing this is to set website restrictions, which will also disable private browsing. (See Allowed Content Category above.) It is best to set website restrictions at a time when you can sit with your child while he or she tests frequently used websites so you can enable them with your restrictions passcode. Page 3 Updated 05/07/2014