Assistive Touch on iPad

I recommend turning on Assistive Touch on all iPads, both students and teachers.
It provides convenient shortcuts for all users, especially screenshot and volume adjustments.

To turn on:

Navigate to Settings -> Accessibility -> Touch -> AssistiveTouch  

Select Customize Top Level Menu to set your preferences.   I like the following:

Click here to learn more about Assistive Touch.

A middle school student told me that she didn't want that floating little icon showing up all the time, but was still interested in using it.  We can very quickly turn on/off Assistive Touch with a shortcut in our Control Center.

Here is how you can set it up:

Part 1:  Turn on your Accessibility Shortcut

Part 2:  Set up your Control Center

The setup is done.

To turn on/off Assistive Touch quickly,

Open the Control Center either by swiping down from the upper right corner

OR from Assistive Touch (if it is active).

Tap on the Accessibility icon to turn Assistive Touch on/off

If you are interested in more features like this, you could check out the Shortcuts App.  

You will be amazed by what you can do in your classroom in just a couple taps.  

This is a modified post from what I originally posted in Sept, 2019.