March 24th is the optional Meet & Greet session at 10 am. It’s an opportunity to see if you can log in to Zoom and test your audio and video. It should take less than an hour.
Thank you for your interest in our iPad basics class! We meet on Wednesdays at 10:00 to 11:45 am. PDT The actual classes will begin on March 31. And meet weekly until May 5th.
Attend our meetings using a computer if one is available. That way you can participate and watch our demonstrations and use your iPad at the same time.
Our team has worked out a lot of the 'kinks' associated with Zooming, but we are still learning every week. We cover a lot of things that were covered in the iPhone basics class and things that are uniquely different on your iPad.
Housekeeping:
- Mute Audio and Video to save bandwidth for all
- Use Chat feature to write questions > to Everyone
- Join the meeting from a computer with your iPad so you can watch and do iPad actions
- Open for questions at 9:30 am
- Read this website/blog for notes on session topics
- Check each week for Zoom updates on computer and iPad
ZOOM IS UPDATED OFTEN TO IMPROVE SECURITY - Zoom is a free for participants. You do not need an account. Check for Zoom Updates on your computer and iPad. COMPUTER look for Zoom.US menu > Check for updates. IPAD if automatic updates on then device will update. Also, open App Store app > tap Search > ZOOM Cloud Meetings > tap Update (or Open means you are at current version).
Get the current operating system for iPad - our demonstrations will show this version.
Settings > General > Automatic Updates > iPad OS 14.4.1
WHAT DEVICE DO I HAVE:
Settings > General > About > Model Name / Model Number
Read about the devices at Identify your iPad Model
TYPING ON IPAD IN PAGES - is difficult . Consider getting a Bluetooth keyboard or Apple Magic Keyboard as external device works for iPad and Mac computer. Keyboard folios and cases are specific to each model! (If you know someone who purchased a Mac computer, they may have upgraded to a full-sized keyboard and might trade a $25 gift card for the rechargeable magic keyboard. Good request to make if you are a member of the local Apple Support Group - MacNexus. ) You will want to explore topics by searching the Internet or searching YouTube. For example, go to http://youtube.com and in the search bar type "apple pages on ipad" - this search limits the 'hits' to the apple pages app and limits the hits even further to ipad videos because Pages is available on Mac computers too. Read the description of the video and comments to see what is covered and responses from the creator.
I AM A VISUAL LEARNER - besides this class, you want to explore YouTube video tutorials.
PAGES HELP PLEASE - how to insert photos to a Pages document and how to add new pages to a Pages document (crazy...). This is a great question to pose with a Google Search or YouTube Search. But wait, there's more ... in Apple Books search for the Pages User Guide or view/search/read the online version.
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