e3 Parents Workshop - MOE Parents/Downloads/E3/… · E3 Parents Workshop. Goals this evening • Good Habits to start now • Secure your child’s iPad against accidental purchases

E3 Parents Workshop

Goals this evening • Good Habits to start now

• Secure your child’s iPad against accidental purchases• Creating Apple ID for children under 13 • Creating Apple ID w/o credit card details

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

Good Practices (@school and @home)

• Health and Security (device and you)

• Daily, Weekly, Monthly activities

Daily• Keep the device use in a common area

• Vision breaks (20/20/20 rule)

• Set charging time (9 pm)

• Organisation skills (folders, naming conventions)

• Label Power bank if you bring one

WeeklyCheck-in weekly

• Passwords

• Passcode

• Purchase history

MonthlyBackup

• Documents• Clear up Photos/Videos• Passwords

Check-in time• Get your child to share his work• How he learns best

Security in schoolLabel

• Screen lock message• Label your iPad

Locks• Strong Key/Numeric lock• Not easily breakable• Recess Monitors

Passcode/iCloud• Include your fingerprint and your

child's fingerprint• Activate location services /

location sharing

Discipline mattersMindfulness & Respect

• Using respectful language• No short forms (eg. Do U 1 2 go)

Spot checks• Browsing history • Apps• What are gaming apps?

• Pokemon GO, Clash of Clans, Candy Crush, Slither IO

• Gaming apps not allowed• If found, delete and warning letter

will be issued

Preventing Accidental Purchases

• Create account without credit card information

• Create Children Account through Family Sharing

Creating Apple ID (w/o credit card info)

• 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 NO NEED TO CREATE HIS OWN APPLE ID

• 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


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

• Enter your preferred iCloud email address as your Apple ID


• 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


• Read the iTunes Terms and Conditions carefully


• Child member added successfully

Setting up Restrictions• Prevent access to certain apps

• Mask the app until passcode is keyed in

• Restrict specific websites

• 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• Websites that may be

needed: 1. www.myon.sg2. www.ezhishi.net

• 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”


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

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


• 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

Looking forward• Term 1 is the novelty period

• Set up rules/habits

• Term 2 is the reinforcement period • More iPad learning activities that activates higher order

thinking skills • Guideline 1 learning activity per topic

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