Syllabus

Course Description
 This course will introduce the students to the features available in iPhone. Students will have opportunities to maximize their efficiency with iPhone through various apps and features available in iPhone.

Course Goal
The major goal of the course is to have the students learn how to use their iPhone efficiently with new knowledge of other features available in iPhone, maximizing their experience with the iPhone over a six-week period of instruction.

Course Objectives
 The objectives will be met at the end of the course. These objectives are listed below.

• The student will demonstrate how to configure at least one e-mail account on the iPhone successfully.
• The student will be able to explain about each of the main settings found in the Settings menu on the iPhone and the importance of these features.
• Given the applications that come with the iPhone, the student will identify and use at least six of these apps without any errors.
• In the App Store, the student will demonstrate how to search for, download, and install specific apps mentioned during the course in iPhone successfully.
• The student will be able to organize the apps into at least three different categories on iPhone without any errors.
• The student will be able to demonstrate the steps of how to care the iPhone.
• The student will demonstrate how to make and receive a call from the iPhone using different features of the iPhone.
• The student will demonstrate how to sync the iPhone with iTunes on the computer, either a Mac or a PC.
• The student will demonstrate how to obtain and use the Apple ID account through iTunes.
• In iTunes, the student will be able to find the App Store without any assistance.
• The student will demonstrate how to make a video call through FaceTime on iPhone.
• The student will be able to take at least five pictures and/or video using the iPhone without any assistance.

Course Content
Section I: Course Introduction and Introduction to iPhone

• Course Syllabus Review
• Difference between AT&T iPhone and Verizon iPhone
• Possibilities on iPhone

Section II: Nurturing Your iPhone

• Cleaning the Display Screen
• Charging/Recharging the iPhone
• Recommendations

Section III: Getting Around in iPhone

• Finger Tips
• Home Button
• Volume Buttons

Section IV: Features

• Basic Features
• Physical Controls of iPhone
  
• • Use of Lock/Unlock Button
  • Use of On/Off Button
  • Use of Home Button
  • Ringer/Vibration Switch
• Customizing Settings in iPhone
  • Brightness
  • Volume
  • Wi-Fi Network
  • Bluetooth
  • Wallpaper
  • Specifications for Locking the iPhone
  • Airplane Mode

• Advanced Features
  • Syncing your iPhone
  • Accessibility
  • Bringing Up the Multitasking Bar
  • Troubleshooting with the iPhone

Section V: Immersing into the App World

• Introduction to Apps
  • Organizational Apps
    • Mail
    • Contacts
    • Calendar
    • Notes
  • Communicational Apps
    • Phone
    • FaceTime
    • Text Messages
    • Safari
    • Voice Memos
  • Other Functional Apps
    • Clock
    • Camera and Photos
    • Calculator
    • iPod
    • iTunes
    • Maps
• Introduction to App Store
  • Overview of App Store
  • Setting Up Account with App Store
  • Exploring in App Store
  • Comparison of Paid vs. Free Apps

Section VI: Expanding Your Apps

• Downloadable Apps
  • Social Networking
    • AIM
    • Skype
    • Tango
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Yelp!
    • Foursquare
  • Reference
    • Dictionary
    • Wikipedia
    • YellowPages
    • Converting Units
  • Entertainment
    • Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
    • TV Guide
    • Netflix
    • News
    • Livesketch and Doodle

Section VII: Teleporting into Gaming World

• Introduction to Game Center
  
• • Leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Friends and Friend Requests
• Types of Gaming
  

Section VIII: iPhone Tips and Tricks

• Making your battery last longer
• Saving images from the Internet in Safari
• Opening a new page from the link in the web in Safari
• Taking snapshots of the screen on iPhone
• Creating categorical folders
• Killing the apps off to reduce multitasking
• Cutting, copying, and pasting the text

Grading Criteria
There are four assignments for this course. All assignments are worth 50 points each. Missing or late assignments will result in a decrease of points, including negative scores for assignments not turned in.

The letter grade will be determined by the percentage you earned in this course.
A: 96-100                  A-: 90-95
B: 86-89                    B-: 80-85
C: 76-79                     C-: 70-75
D 66-69                     D-: 60-65
F: Below 60

Learning Materials 
Online articles
Apple's Website
iPhone Manual


Required Textbooks
There is no required textbook for this course.