Note: If your iPad tablet is an older model, or is running an old version of iOS, some of the apps below might not be able to be installed. To learn how to connect your Apple iPad to a WiFi network, please click here.

1. If you are using a parental controls such as content restrictions or limiting screen time, make sure you adjust these settings so that the apps below can be installed and that screen time limits are extended for your child to use the device for the online school day, every weekday.

2. Install Microsoft Teams: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706

3. Your child should sign into Microsoft Teams using their PDSB.NET account provided by the school. When it asks for "sign-in address" your child should type in 123456@pdsb.net but replace 123456 with her/his Peel student number. The password is the same password your child would use at school to log into a computer there.

4. Install the following six D2L and Google apps:

Brightspace Pulse: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brightspace-pulse/id1001688546

Brightspace Portfolio: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brightspace-portfolio/id1248949337

Google Drive: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-drive/id507874739

Google Docs: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/google-docs-sync-edit-share/id842842640

Google Slides: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/google-slides/id879478102

Google Classroom: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-classroom/id924620788

5. Your child should sign into each of the apps above using their PDSB.NET account provided by the school. When it asks for your child to sign into the app, he/she should type in 123456@pdsb.net but replace 123456 with her/his Peel student number. The password is the same password your child would use at school to log into a computer there.

6. Access your child's virtual learning environment by opening either the Brightspace Pulse app or the Google Classroom app. If using Google Classroom, please ask that your child accept the invitation to join your teacher's Google Classroom called "__. _____ - Grade __ (online)" [or similar]