iPad SettingsUnder the Hood…

Jared MaderDirector of Educational Technology

http://www.slideshare.net/jpmader/ipad-settings

• Airplane Mode…Relevance

in the Classroom

• Notifications

• Settings for privacy and

security

• Do Not Disturb

General

• Software Update…Keep

your iOS up-to-date and

back up often to your

computer

• Siri…must be online

• Locking…Auto-Lock

maximum will be 15-

minutes and required

Passcode Lock for 4-digits

• Side switch function

Accessibility…Hidden gems will

be covered by Denise

• Brightness & Wallpaper

• Use this to save battery life

• Privacy

• Oops…I authorized Facebook

to access my Contacts. How do

I undo that?

• iCloud

• Caution…Only 5GB is free, so,

if you have more data than that,

full backups are not occurring

• iCloud vs. iTunes computer

backup

• iCloud device synchronization

• Find My iPad

• Mail, Contact, Calendars

• Push vs. Fetch…Battery

implications

• Signatures…Copy from an email to

yourself…don’t leave “Sent from my

iPad”

• Messages

• iMessage allows you to

synchronize all of our iMessage

communication across iPhones,

iPads, and Mac computers

running 10.8 and later.

• Protect your privacy and set

appropriate Notification settings

• FaceTime

• Tied to your Apple ID and any

other Apple ID enabled

device (e.g. iPhone, Mac

computer, etc.)

• When you add email addresses

or new phones to the same Apple

ID, Apple will ask if you’d like this

to be added to your FaceTime

connection profile…choose

wisely.

• Safari

• Setting default browser

• Auto-Fill Settings…Security

• iTunes and App Stores

• Sign-in and/or create your

Apple ID

• Authorization area for in-app

purchases…caution

• Photos and Cameras

• Be careful with Photo Stream…

• iBooks

• Synchronize your bookmarks…

• iBooks

• Synchronize your bookmarks…

Specific Apps

• Specific App Settings

• Custom settings for each app…logins,

preferences, notification settings, etc.

Questions