If you try to use a smartphone or tablet for the first time how you use it, you will find out how you were used to this kind of operation.Swipe to unlock, tap it to answer the phone, and you have to teach beginners with such a common basic operation with such smartphones.
I recently presented my smartphone to my 70 -year -old mother -in -law on my birthday.It was my first experience to use a personal computer, not my first smartphone.It is a great thing to guide someone to a modern computer or mobile world, and at the same time, "What should I do?...?There is also a fear of having to answer the question every day.Questions such as "How do you call?" "What is this sound?"
Don't worry if you are in this situation.For beginners, you can use about 90%by just teaching basic operations.You can gradually learn other advanced techniques as needed.
I will set the smartphone
Make the settings you can do in advance, and then show it later if necessary.Perhaps the best way to make a phone call or download the app is to demonstrate while showing it in front of you.
For example, put a SIM card, set a Gmail or iTunes account, turn on the screen automatic lock, and install the basic app.The startup screen of Android and iOS can be conveniently made in order while setting one new device (if you want to give an old smartphone, please reset it before passing).Among them, there are some points you want to keep in mind.
Set an important shortcut
You'll be able to understand apps that you seem to use on a daily basis because you are helping you to set your smartphone.If there is no such app in the middle of the home screen or screen, move it and bring it to an easy -to -use position.
Browsers, contacts, cameras, photos, calendars, maps, emails, etc. are apparently important and often used for everyone.I made an important contact shortcut because my mother -in -law was the most likely function to use on my smartphone.
Show what functions are for all buttons
There are two kinds of humans in this world.The person who wants to push any button immediately and the person who immediately asks which button to press.This time, we are going to set it to the elderly people, but babies and infants are usually the former (not only pressing buttons, but also what happens by hitting or biting).。Elderly people are more careful because they may break the high -quality technology if they press the buttons.
Android can also add buttons such as home, return, menu, and search.When teaching how to use the button, let's do a demonstration.For example, if you press this return arrow, you will go to the previous screen or the browser web page, "If you press this button twice, you can see all the opened apps."
Teach the actual operation and how to use the app
Swipe, tap, long press, etc. are operations that you have never used for those who have never used the device on the touch screen.How to move between screens, how to switch apps, swipe down the notification screen, and move with touch and drags will need to be taught while demonstration.
You should definitely tell the following built -in app operation.
If there is something that people may need, such as sending a URL on the web page or sharing on Facebook, etc., let me know.
There are a lot of things that I have to do, but since it's the first device to be handled, it's gradually getting used to it.Let's wait patiently.
Melanie Pinola (Original / Translation: Yuko Matano)
Photos by GoodLuz (Shutterstock), warrenski, Apple.
