We are introducing a lot of people to the iPad at my library and many of these folks — probably most — have no experience with an iOS device. This part of Iowa has no AT&T 3G reception so most folks are on Verizon or other carriers. The checklist below gives folks who are old pros at iOS a nice reminder of the features that are not immediately intuitive to newbies. (Heck, did you know that you can get back to the beginning of a long page just by tapping the time in the status bar at the top?)
I am sure I’ve left out important features so please feel free to leave additions in the comments. I’ve left the wording very simple to just serve as memory joggers.
Physical
- outside buttons – volume, rotation lock (iPad), power, home
- speakers, microphone (iPad), headset jack
Basic Screen
- top bar: wifi signal, time, battery status
- dock, swipe screens, dots show screen number
- hold icon to move apps around, move apps on dock
Settings
- wifi, brightness (Auto Brightness is better for battery)
- General — About, Sounds, Passcode
App: Safari
- tap in address bar, use X to clear the field (type nyt.com to get plenty of text & nice long screen to play with)
- hover on a link to open in a new tab
- changing tabs, closing tabs
- click plus to add a bookmark, email a link
- hover on a word to select, drag blue dots, copy
- scroll down, then tap time in top bar to get back to top
- zoom with fingers, double tap or pinch
- press at the same time – power button on top and home button – to take a screenshot
- (screenshots will be saved to “Photos” automatically)
App: Notes
- tap to get keyboard
- tap and hold for pop-up menu to paste
- use magnifying glass to edit, drag to place cursor
Spotlight search
- always the screen to the left of your 1st home screen
- searches email, calendar, notes, apps
- priority can be changed in Settings
Longer training outlines can be found on our iPad Pilot blog: http://bcupilot.wordpress.com/training/