E3 Parents’ Workshop16th January 2015

Agenda• Good Practices

• Creating Apple ID for yourself & your child

• Better control and monitoring • Family Sharing • Restrictions • Single-app mode

• Key events for Term 1 and Term 2

Good Practices (@school and @home)

• Health and Security (device and you)

• Daily, Weekly, Monthly activities

• Discipline in school

Daily• Keep the device use in a

common area

• Vision breaks (20/20/20 rule)

• Set charging time

• Sort files into subjects

Weekly• Check-in weekly

• Passwords

• Passcode

• Purchase history

Monthly• Backup

• Documents

• Photos/Videos

• Passwords

Creating Apple ID• Parent has to create Apple ID for the child below

13 years of age.

• Apple ID should not contain payment information.

• Parent may choose to share Apple ID with child for downloading free apps.

• For more information, please go to http://support.apple.com/en-sg/HT204034

• Tap on App Store

• If you get prompted to download the Apple apps, tap on “Not Now” to skip.

• You may return to redeem the free apps at a later stage after the Apple ID is setup.

• Tap on “Top Charts” along the bottom

• To create an Apple ID without credit card information, you must download a free app.

• Follow the next slide’s instructions

• Search for the “Currency” app in the top right Search field

• Tap on currency in the search hits returned

• Tap on “Get” for Currency. • We chose this app for it’s

small app size (~3.5MB) to facilitate a faster install.

• You may choose to install any other free app.

• Tap on “Install” for Currency

• When prompted, tap on “Create New Apple ID”

• Tap on “Singapore” • Tap on “Next”

• Read the Terms and Conditions for iTunes Store carefully

• Scroll to down to the bottom

• Tap on “Agree” to continue

• Tap on “Agree” to verify

• Enter your email address to be used for your child

• Choose a suitable password.

• Must be at least 8 characters, and include a number, an uppercase letter and a lowercase letter

• You may share this password to your child

• Fill up the Security Info

• Fill up all fields • Tap on “Next”

• Tap on “None” to exclude any payment information

• Fill in the Billing Address (required even with no credit card info chosen)

• Tap on “Next”

• A verification email will be sent to your email address

• Check your email address and follow the link within to activate your Apple ID

• If you did not verify your email address, you cannot continue.

• After verification, you will be prompted to sign in to iTunes Store

• Enter your password and tap “OK”

• Currency app will download and install

• Your Apple ID without credit card information is now successfully created

Family Sharing• Allows up to six family members to share each other’s

purchases from iTunes Store without sharing accounts.

• Requires iOS 8 and above

• Family organiser needs to add credit card into Apple ID account

• Child needs to get approval from Family organiser before purchasing apps

• For more information, please go to https://www.apple.com/sg/ios/whats-new/family-sharing/

Family Sharing Setup

• Go to Settings • Tap on iCloud • Verify correct iCloud

Account is signed in • Tap on “Set Up Family

Sharing”

• Tap on “Get Started”

• Tap on “Continue” • or use a different ID…

• Sign in with your Apple ID • Do not share this

password with your child

• Verify your payment info • Tap on “Continue”

• Share your location • or Not…

• Family Sharing setup successfully completed

• Now to create an Apple ID for your child

• Tap on the link “Create an Apple ID for a child”

• Read the information • Tap on “Next”

• Enter your child’s birthday • Use the scroll select

below

• Read the Parent Privacy Disclosure carefully

• Tap on “Agree”

• Enter your credit card security code for verification

• Tap on “Next”

• Enter your child’s name • Tap on “Next”

• Enter your preferred iCloud email address as your Apple ID

• Tap on “Next”

• Verify your iCloud email address

• Tap on “Create”

• Choose your child’s Apple ID password

• Must be at least 8 characters, and include a number, an uppercase letter and a lowercase letter

• You may share this password to your child

• Parents are to choose 3 security questions and the relevant answers

• In case your child forgets the password, these will be used by parents to verify and recover the password

• Ask to Buy is turned on by default for all children under the age of 13.

• Parents are encouraged to keep this turned on.

• Choose to Share Location of your child with you

• or Not … • Requires internet access

• Read the iOS Terms and Conditions carefully

• Tap on “Agree”

• Read the iTunes Terms and Conditions carefully

• Tap on “Agree”

• Child member added successfully

Setting up Restrictions• Parents may choose to enforce restrictions on the

iPad for a higher level of control

• Tap on Settings

• Tap on “General” • Tap on “Restrictions”

• Tap on “Enable Restrictions”

• Set a Restrictions Passcode

• Parent should not share this passcode with their child.

• Disable “In-App Purchases”

• Tap on “Websites” to restrict web access via Safari web browser

• Tap on “Specific Websites Only”

• Tap on “Add a Website”

• Enter a Title name • Enter the restricted

website address

• To delete a website, swipe left

• Then tap on “Delete”

• To always enforce password for iTunes Store download, tap on “Require Password”

• Select “Immediately”

• Location Services may allow certain apps from tracking the location of the iPad (and the child)

• Parent may choose to turn off Location Services for Privacy reasons

• Tap on “Location Services”

• Choose to allow or disallow changes

• Choose to enable or disable Location Services

• To prevent apps from accessing Twitter access

• Tap on “Twitter”

• Tap on “Don’t Allow Changes”

• To prevent apps from accessing Facebook access

• Tap on “Facebook”

• Tap on “Don’t Allow Changes”

• To disable built-in account changes or changes, tap on “Accounts”

• This may be desirable to prevent social media logins like Facebook or Twitter…

• Tap on “Don’t Allow Changes”

• Note all account logins are disabled

Accessibility• Making use of iPad’s built-in features to personalise

and enhance the usage experience

• Example: enlarging font size, speech read back and guided access (lock to app) with time based control

Guided Access• Use Guided Access to lock the iPad to a single app

• Your child will not be able to exit the app without your permission

• Useful when you are unable to supervise your child when he/she is using the iPad independently

• Can also be used to limit usage of the iPad based on time (example: allow usage of single app for 30 mins only)

• Tap on Settings

• Tap on “General” • Tap on “Accessibility”

• Tap on “Guided Access”

• Tap on “General” • Tap on “Guided Access”

• Turn on Guided Access • Turn on Accessibility

Shortcut (allowing you to activate when you triple-click Home button)

• Tap on “Passcode Settings”

• Tap on “Set Guided Access Passcode”

• Set a Passcode for Guided Access

• You may choose the same passcode used for your Restrictions

• Do not share this passcode with your child

• Re-enter passcode to confirm

• Guided Access setup complete

• Press Home Button to exit

• Test Guided Access • Launch the Currency app

(or any other app)

• Triple-click Home Button to begin

• Tap on “Options” to setup Time Limits

• Time Limit is optional. • You may use Time Limit to

set a time restriction on how long your child may use the app

• Scroll the Hour and Minute dials to set the allowed usage length

• Tap on “Start” to begin the Guided Access session

• Guided Access Started • Your child will not be able

to exit the app by pressing the Home Button

• To end Guided Access, triple-click the Home Button

• Enter your Guided Access passcode

• Tap on “End” to terminate Guided Access

• Guided Access Ended

• This is optional • Tap on “Touch” to disable

the touch screen • Your child will not be able

to interact with the screen • Suitable for apps that

does not require touch interaction (i.e. watching a movie)

• This is optional • Tap on Options to enable

or disable physical buttons and functions

• Example: disable motion sensors (rotate/tilt) or keyboard input

• Example: disable volume or sleep/wake buttons

Speech and Text• Enable the Speech feature to read text aloud

• Useful when learning to enunciate new words

• Can also be used to read back long paragraphs of text

• You may also increase the system text font size for better readability

• Tap on Settings

• Tap on “General” • Tap on “Accessibility”

• Tap on “Speech”

• Turn on “Speak Selection” • Turn on “Speak Screen”

• This is optional • Turn on “Highlight

Content” - this highlights the word as it’s being read out

• Tap on “Voices”

• Tap on “English” • You may also select other

languages like “Chinese”

• Default is English (US) • You may select Enhanced

Quality or Alex (Natural Sounding voice)

• Additional download space is required

• You may also select “Chinese” and choose the Enhanced Quality

• Additional download space is required

• This is optional • Tap on “General” • Tap on “Accessibility" • Tap on “Larger Text”

• Drag the slider to increase text font size

• Test Speech • Click the Home Button • Tap on “Clock” app

• Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers

• Menu allows you to speed up or slow down the read back speed

• Pause or skip to next paragraph

• Tap “X” to exit