What does the iPad do?

It is an iPod - Plays music, audio books, videos, televisions shows, movies

It is an Internet communications device - It can access the Internet through Wi-Fi or 3G networks

It is an E-book reader

It is a Platform for third-party apps - 100,000s of apps in categories such as: games, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, fitness, music, photography, productivity, travel, sports…..

Touring the iPad Exterior

ON THE TOP

On/Off, Sleep/Wake Button - To save battery life: hit this button when you’re done using it

Headphone Jack

Microphone

ON THE BOTTOM

Speaker30-Pin Dock Connector - to recharge battery - to recharge and synchroize

Touring the iPad Exterior

ON THE RIGHT SIDE

Screen rotation lock

Volume UP/Down Control

ON THE FRONT

Touch Screen

Home Button

Application Buttons

STATUS BAR Airplane Mode – you can use your iPad on plane when the pilot gives the okay

3G – if you have an AT&T plan and the 36 iPad

Wi-FI – connected to Internet through Wi-FI

Activity – tells you that some network or other activity is occuring

VPN – shows that you are currently connected to a virtual private network

Lock – tells you your iPad is locked

Play – something is currently playing

Bluetooth – tells state of bluetooth connection

Screen rotation lock

Battery – Shows battery life

13 Home Screen Icons Calendar Contacts Notes Maps Videos iTunes App Store

Safari Mail Photos iPod

GETTING STARTEDWhat you need to get started:

Another ComputeriTunes SoftwareiTunes Store AccountInternet Access

Turning iPad on/off

Locking iPad - It’s important to lock the device so that: You don’t inadvertently turn it on For privacy Maximize battery life

Multitouch InterfaceTraining your fingers to:

Tap:- an icon to open an app- to start playing a song or choose an album- Double tap to zoom in

Flick or Swipe:To scroll through lists/pagesTo move beyond home screenTap to stop scrolling

Pinch/Spread:Place two fingers on the edges of a web page….and then spread your fingers to enlarge imagesUnpinch to make images smaller

Drag Slowly press your finger against the touchscreen without lifting it to move around a webpage that is too large to view on the screen

Virtual Intelligent iPad Keyboard

Virtual keyboards slide up from the bottom of the iPad screen

There is a separate numeric and punctuation keyboard

You see only the keys pertinent to the task

Keyboard in Safar is different from Notes (dedicated .com key in Safari)

Physical keyboard can be purchased: docking keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard

It has built-in English and foreign language dictionaries

It adds contacts to dictionary automatically

It predicts the word you’re trying to type

It suggestions as you try to type – when you decline a suggestion, it adds it to the dictionary

Decline suggestions by tapping the characters you typed—this helps build the dictionary with your terms, names…

Virtual Intelligent iPad Keyboard

Finger-Type on the Virtual Keyboards Be patient, it may take a week or so to the hang of it

As you press your finger against a letter or number, the key darkens

If you tap the wrong one, you can slide your finger to the correct key because the letter isn’t recorded until you release your finger

Tap and hold to access special accent marks – keep your finger pressed against a letter, and a row of keys showing variations on the character for foreign alphabets pops us

If you press and hold the .com key, it offers you the choice of .com, .net, .edu, or .org

Tap the space key to accept a suggested word

Tap the suggested word to decline the suggestion

Finger-Type on the Virtual Keyboards

Fingers or Thumbs?

Practices to see what’s comfortable for you

If you are holding the iPad, you may have to use your thumbs

If the iPad is laying on a flat surface and at a slight angle (inside case), you can use the touch method

When the iPad is in the landscape mode, it will be easier to touch type

You also have the option of a physical keyboard

Adding apostrophes – Press and hold the Exclamation Mark/Comma Key and it changes to an apostrophe

EDITING Don’t get hung up over errors while you are typing

The self-correcting feature can fix many errors

Hold your finger against the screen to bring up the magnifying glass, use it to position the pointer where you need to make a correction, then backspace to delete the error

Selecting text – double-tap to select a word

Tap select to select the adjacent word or tap select all to grab everything

Tap copy to copy

Tap cut to delete

When you decide where to insert the text you just copied, tap the cursor - commands will pop up to Select, Select All, and Paste

Searching for Content

To search for content across iPad:

Access Spotlight by flicking to the left of the main Home Screen or press the Home button

In the bar at the top of the screen that slides into view, enter your search query using the virtual keyboard

The iPad starts spitting out results….as you type the list gets narrowed

Tap a listing to jump to what you are searching for