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Settings: Complete Breakdown
Settings: Complete Breakdown
Airplane Mode
You can use Airplane Mode to turn off your device's wireless features while you're flying in an airplane. You can turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth separately while in Airplane Mode.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that allows devices, such as your iPad, to connect with the Internet. From here, you can connect to a Wi-Fi network. You may have to enter a passcode to connect. Once you've joined the network, you'll see a blue checkmark next to the network and the Wi-Fi icon in the upper corner of your display.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth lets you make short-range wireless connections (up to 30 feet) between your Mac and devices such as mobile phones and peripherals. You can use Bluetooth to connect to a wireless keyboard, mouse, headset, or printer. Bluetooth can also be used to share files between two smart devices.
Notifications
Manage notifications from here and minimize interruptions throughout the day. Watch the video under Control Notifications below to learn more.
Sounds
Change the sounds your iPad plays when you get a call, text, voicemail, email, reminder, or other types of notification. Vibrations allow you to feel a tap—called haptic feedback—after performing some actions, such as when you touch and hold the Camera icon on the Home Screen.
Do Not Disturb
With Do Not Disturb, you can silence calls, alerts, and notifications that you get while your device is locked. You can also schedule Do Not Disturb and allow calls from certain people.
Screen Time
With Screen Time, you can access real-time reports showing how much time you spend on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You can also set limits for what you want to manage.
General
About - Information about your iPad like the Name, Model, and Serial Number
Software Update - Watch the video under Update Operating System to learn more about software updates.
Airdrop - Use AirDrop to share and receive photos, documents, and more with other nearby Apple devices.
Airplay - Use AirPlay to stream or share content from your Apple devices to your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV. Stream a video. Share your photos. Or mirror exactly what's on your device's screen.
Picture in Picture - With Picture in Picture, you can use FaceTime or watch a video while you use other apps.
iPad Storage - This monitors the storage on your device by analyzing how much space each app uses.
Background App Refresh - Allows your apps to run periodically in the background so that it can update its content.
Date & Time, Keyboard, Fonts, Language & Region, Dictionary - Customize these to make your iPad most effective for your use.
Control Center
Control Center gives you instant access to the things you do the most. You can use Control Center to quickly take a picture, turn on Wi-Fi, control your Apple TV, and more. Watch the video under Accessing and Customizing Control Center to learn more.
Display & Brightness
Adjust screen and text settings and/or turn on Dark Mode - designed to make the screen easier on your eyes.
Home Screen & Dock
Manage the size of app icons on your Home screen or the apps that display in the dock.
Accessibility
See the videos under Accessibility to learn more about the many features included here.
Wallpaper
Manage the wallpaper on your iPad.
Siri & Search
See the videos under Utilizing Siri to learn more.
Apple Pencil
Manage Apple Pencil settings.
Face (Touch) ID & Passcode
Manage Face (or Touch) ID and Passcode settings. See the video under Set Up a Passcode to learn more.
Battery
Manage battery settings and view where the majority of the battery power is going towards.
Privacy
Manage location services, tracking, and individual app privacy settings.
App Store
Manage Automatic Downloads, Video Autoplay, and more.
Wallet & Apple Pay
With your cards stored in the Wallet app, you can use Apple Pay to make secure payments in stores, transit, apps, and websites that support Apple Pay.
Videos
Videos
Redeem an Apple Gift Card
Redeem an Apple Gift Card
Redeem an Apple Gift Card directly on your device.
Settings: Passcode Setup
Settings: Passcode Setup
To make your iPad more secure, a passcode is highly recommended. You can change the passcode on your iPad any time, or switch to an alphanumeric passcode.
Settings: Operating System Update
Settings: Operating System Update
Here's how to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iPadOS — wirelessly or using your computer.
Siri: Introduction
Siri: Introduction
Siri is a built-in, voice-controlled personal assistant available for Apple users. These videos will show you how to set up and use Siri.
AirDrop: Introduction
AirDrop: Introduction
AirDrop is a feature that lets Macs and iOS devices that are physically close share files wirelessly with one another with a minimum of fuss.
Control Center: Accessing and Customizing
Control Center: Accessing and Customizing
Get quick access to the things you do most with Control Center. Learn how to access it on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and add and delete controls.
Accessibility
Accessibility
Accessibility: Introduction
Accessibility: Introduction
This video will cover the built-in accessibility features of the iPad.
Accessibility Speech: Personal Voice and Live Speech
Accessibility Speech: Personal Voice and Live Speech
If you are at risk of losing your ability to speak, you can create a voice that sounds like you by setting up Personal Voice on your iPhone or iPad. You can then use it to communicate with your friends and family with Live Speech by typing what you’d like to say on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, or Apple Vision Pro. Learn how to set up Personal Voice and how to use it with Live Speech.
Accessibility Speech: Vocal Shortcuts
Accessibility Speech: Vocal Shortcuts
With Vocal Shortcuts, users can teach their iDevice to perform an action when they speak a word or another sound of their choosing. Vocal Shortcuts can be useful if a user has moderate to severe atypical speech but can reliably vocalize certain utterances.
Accessibility Vision: VoiceOver
Accessibility Vision: VoiceOver
VoiceOver gives audible descriptions of what’s on your screen—from battery level, to who’s calling, to which app your finger is on. These videos will cover the VoiceOver feature on the iPad. Topics include how to activate VoiceOver and how to make adjustments (such as making the speech faster or slower).
Accessibility Vision: Zoom, Magnification, and Detection
Accessibility Vision: Zoom, Magnification, and Detection
Zoom and Magnification are simple accessibility features that can help users see their device's content better. It is activated with simple gestures, a three-fingered tap, and can be activated, deactivated, and adjusted as you required it without having to change your device settings constantly.
Starting in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, you can use your iPhone or iPad with LiDAR to help you identify when people and objects are near while moving around. You can use People Detection, Door Detection, or Image Descriptions in Magnifier to get rich descriptions of your surroundings, including text and symbols around a door, how far away you are standing, and even how to open it.
Accessibility Vision: Display and Text Size
Accessibility Vision: Display and Text Size
The larger text accessibility setting allows users to adjust the size of the text for messages, emails and select Apple apps.
Accessibility Vision: Spoken Content
Accessibility Vision: Spoken Content
This video will cover using Spoken Content on the iPad, including the Speak Selection feature and the Speak Screen feature.
Accessibility Physical and Motor: Eye Tracking
Accessibility Physical and Motor: Eye Tracking
With Eye Tracking, you can control an iPhone or iPad using just your eyes. An onscreen pointer follows the movement of your eyes, and when you look at an item and hold your gaze steady or dwell, you perform an action, such as a tap.
Accessibility Physical and Motor: Touch
Accessibility Physical and Motor: Touch
With AssistiveTouch, you can customize how you navigate your iPhone by creating your own menu and gestures, which can be helpful if you have limited dexterity or hand strength. It can also be helpful if you're accustomed to a home button and would like to customize assistive touch to perform similar actions. The second video will show you how to add a custom action, like switching apps or checking notifications, when you double-tap the AssistiveTouch button.
Accessibility Physical and Motor: Voice Control
Accessibility Physical and Motor: Voice Control
With Voice Control, you can use dictation to edit text with your voice in emails, notes, messages, and anywhere else you can type.
Accessibility Hearing: Hearing Devices
Accessibility Hearing: Hearing Devices
If we come across a good video that explains how to set this up, we will add it here. For now, please visit Apple Support at the link below to view the steps for setting up a hearing device with your iPad.
Accessibility Hearing: Subtitles and Captioning
Accessibility Hearing: Subtitles and Captioning
If we come across a good video that explains how to set this up, we will add it here. For now, please visit Apple Support at the link below to view the steps for setting up subtitles and captioning on your iPad.
Accessibility Hearing: Conversation Boost
Accessibility Hearing: Conversation Boost
Apple's AirPods Pro in October 2021 received a software update that added a Conversation Boost feature to the wireless earphones. This video explains what Conversation Boost does and how to enable it.
Accessibility Hearing: Sound Recognition
Accessibility Hearing: Sound Recognition
Add custom sounds like alarms, appliances, or doorbells so you can get tactile or flashing alerts of sounds around you.
Accessibility Hearing: Live Captions
Accessibility Hearing: Live Captions
Turn on Live Captions during FaceTime calls to follow along more easily.
Accessibility General: App-by-App Settings
Accessibility General: App-by-App Settings
Want to increase text size in one app, bold the text in another, and invert colors in a third app? Starting in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 you can use per-app settings to customize one app, without adjusting the settings across your device.
Accessibility General: Assistive Access
Accessibility General: Assistive Access
Assistive Access allows a trusted supporter or caregiver to set up a plain display for an end user. They would need access to the Apple ID associated with the iDevice to set up.
Accessibility General: Guided Access
Accessibility General: Guided Access
Guided Access limits your device to a single app and lets you control which features are available. You can turn on Guided Access when you let a child use your device, or when accidental gestures might distract you.
Websites
Websites
How to get set up with Zoom and Skype on Mac, iPhone, and iPad
How to get set up with Zoom and Skype on Mac, iPhone, and iPad
With each service being a bit different, follow along for how to get your Mac, iPhone, and iPad set up with Zoom, Skype, and more.
iAccessibility General Accessibility Videos
iAccessibility General Accessibility Videos
Review these 77 general accessibility videos to help with accessibility for iOS Devices.
iAccessibility Videos and Podcasts by Area of Need
iAccessibility Videos and Podcasts by Area of Need
iAccessibility has put together a wide range of videos to assist you with your iOS Device. Please click on any topic below to launch view the videos within that specific category.
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