Welcome and Agenda

Welcome to the iPhone 6 and iOS 8 Workshop Resource Site. This site has been set up for all of us to use going forward as we learn more about the iPhone and the mobile operating system, iOS 8, that we interact with on the phone. Please feel free to email me at ssharp@uoregon.edu if you have any questions.

As you can see this site has several pages set up with information on each page. I have set up some “screen casts” for you to view, which explains the various things we will be covering during our workshop. In addition, I have a link to the text book that we will be using for our workshop as well on the Resources page.

This page will be the “posts” page of the site, where additional posts can be added as more items are found that are relevant to learning about the iPhone 6 and iOS 8.

Today’s agenda will include the following:

1. Intro – Who am I and what do I do?
2. Overview of the workshop today
   • Resources and how to get them
   • What they offer you
3. Part 1: Hardware
   1. iPhone 6 characteristics regarding the hardware
   2. Differences between the iPhone 5 form-factor and iPhone 6
   3. Location of things on the phone
   4. Home button functions
   5. Backing up  – two ways to do this: iCloud or iTunes – which is better? Why do both?
4. Part 2: Software
   1. iOS 8.1 – How to tell if your phone is up-to-date
   2. Apple ID – What is this? How does it work?
   3. Homescreen overview
   4. Folders and Apps in folders
   5. Moving apps around and deleting apps
5. iOS Settings
   1. Notifications – How do I configure these?
      1. Widgets – New in iOS 8!
   2. “Airplane Mode” – Important battery saving feature
   3. Control Center – What is this? Who or what does it control?
   4. Touch ID & Passcode – the difference? Why is this important?
   5. Adding 3rd party keyboards – Is there a good reason to do this?
   6. Privacy
6. Apps to consider for administrative use:
   1. Scanbot for documents
   2. Dropbox
   3. Evernote
   4. Reminders
   5. Simplenote
   6. Pocket app
   7. Kindle
   8. Flight Track
   9. FlightBoard
   10. PackTheBag
   11. TripIt
   12. TeuxDeux
   13. Clear
   14. Stitcher
   15. Pocket Casts
   16. MS Word
   17. MS Excel
   18. MS PowerPoint
   19. SwiftKey – 3rd Party Keyboard