15 Great iPad Tips
for Teachers
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Housekeeping Etiquette
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Name your ipad
Settings, General, About ......Name it
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Basic Buttons
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Screen Shot
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Multi-tasking status toolbar
can see which apps are running (save battery
by closing apps)
to close, press an app until they wiggle, hit the
minus sign
doesn’t delete just closes app
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Re-arrange Apps / Make
a Folder
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Search
spotlight
Hit your home button or swipe all the
way to the right
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Camera App
Camera focus and meter
In the Camera app, tap on your subject to both focus on and meter the light
properly. In this shot, notice how the chair is dark and the boy outside is
properly metered. You can reverse that by simply tapping on the chair.
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Photo Booth
Photo Booth fun
Sure, you're great, but Photo Booth is even more fun if you
point it at friends or family.
Simply tap the 'twirly camera' icon in the bottom right to use the
camera on the back
You can also snap stills by hitting the shutter button, but Photo
Booth doesn't do video.
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How to remove the “Sent from my iPad” signature
How to remove the “Sent from my iPad”
signature from outgoing email on your
iPad
Does everyone need to know you just sent that email from your
iPad? Probably not.
Select Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the list on the left side of
the Settings window, and then tap the Signature (which by default will be
“Sent from my iPad”).
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How do I create a shortcut to a
website or webpage?
Website
Shortcut
Next to the website address is an arrow,
click on it
select Add to home screen
If you want an instant shortcut to a
website, your Google Calendar, or any
other webpage, press the Add to Home
Screen.
You'll get an icon on the page as a short
cut to that site.
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Split Keyboard
Make sure your Split Keyboard is on *
found under Settings, General, Keyboard
split the board with two index fingers,
swipe out, then press back together
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Turn Caps Lock key on
Double tap the arrow on keyboard
to keep caps lock key on
Arrow button will turn solid blue
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Special Characters
How do I type accents for Spanish
text?
When typing in a Spanish or another
language, one can use special
characters by pressing and holding
the appropriate letter on the
keyboard, then sliding to that letter to
type.
All the vowels
press on a vowel to retrieve accents
2nd keyboard
? - press and hold to get upside
down ?
Exclamation- press and hold to get
upside down exclamation
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Emoji (e-mo-gee) Keyboard
Settings,
General,
scroll up to find Keyboard,
select Keyboards
Add new keyboard
Emoji (emoticons)
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When you’ve been
iBossed
Explain authentication
Go to myspace.com
Yellow triangle will pop up
login as a different user
leave open
go to app and now you’re in
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Copy & Define
Press the text until Copy / Define
comes up, make selection
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Copy & Paste
You can quickly copy and paste text by tapping and holding
down, and then choosing Select to select the exact portion of
text you'd like the copy.
Next tap Copy, then go to a different app, and tap and hold
down again, then tap Paste from the menu that appears.
photo on internet-press on it, select Save image
Where does it go?
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Photos folder
Hidden Apostrophe
Hidden apostrophe key on the keyboard
This is a great tip for any app, such as Notes, Pages or
Mail, that you type into using the iPad's virtual keyboard.
Rather than having to go to the second screen of the
keyboard every time you want to type an apostrophe
just tap and hold on the ! key and a hidden apostrophe
option will appear - then just slide your finger up to
access it.
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Resources
http://www.techforteachers.net/ipad-resources.html
http://cybraryman.com/ipad.html
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