How to Stay Connected During COVID-19

1. Phone Call/Text-pick up the phone, ask , or ask someone to help you call or text a friend or family member to see how they are doing.

2. FaceTime-if you and someone else both have Apple devices you can use it as a one-to-one call or you can do a group FaceTime call with up to 32 people. (Instructions are attached on how to do that or you can use this link https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209022 )

3. -Skype is free to download and works on phones, tablets and computers with webcams. You can have up to 10 people on a group call. You can access Skype by downloading the app from your or at www.skype.com .

4. Duo-If you or your friends don’t have an Apple device, Google Duo is an Android version of FaceTime. You can have up to 8 people on a group call and you can download the app from your app store or at www.duo.google.com

5. Zoom-you can connect face-to-face through any device. It allows free one- on-one video meetings for as long as you want or for three or more people for up to 40 minutes with their free plan. You can access this at www.zoom.us.

6. -for google hangouts you need to have a email address. If you don’t have one you will have to set one up first. Then you can go to www.hangouts.google.com to set up a hangout for Free. You can invite people by emailing them a link. Up to 25 people can join a video Hangout and up to 150 people can join a voice-only Hangout.

Remote Activities & Fun

1. Game Night 2. Karaoke 3. Dinner Party/Happy Hour 4. Movie Night 5. Book Club 6. Work Out-Use YouTube to find work out videos (Zumba, HighFit, Aerobics and more) 7. virtual museum touring https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums- galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours Virtual National Park Touring https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums- galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours 8. Cooking-Use YouTube to watch cooking tutorials, look up recipes on google or make a grocery list for ingredients. 9. Work on independent living skills-use YouTube to watch videos on how to do your laundry, how to wash your clothes, and more how to videos. 10 .Safety-use YouTube to watch videos on safety. When to call 911, what to do in a fire, how to cross the street.

The ideas are endless be creative and have fun.

FaceTime Set up

Start a Group FaceTime call from the FaceTime app 1. Go to Settings > FaceTime, and make sure that FaceTime is on. 2. Open FaceTime and tap the Add button in the top-right corner. 3. Enter the name of your , phone , or emails. 4. To start your FaceTime call, tap Audio or Video. You can add up to 32 people to a Group FaceTime call.

Start a Group FaceTime call from the app In a group conversation in Messages, you can start Group FaceTime right from the group conversation. Follow these steps: 1. Open Messages and start a group conversation. Or go to an existing group conversation. 2. Tap the contacts at the top of the group conversation. 3. Tap FaceTime , then start your call. You can add up to 32 people to a Group FaceTime call.

Join a Group FaceTime call There are a few ways to join a Group FaceTime call that someone else started:  Tap the notification from the or the Lock screen, then tap .  To join a Group FaceTime call from Messages, tap the notification at the top of your screen or tap Join from the group conversation in Messages. After you tap Join, you're automatically connected.  To join a call from the FaceTime app, just go to the active call in FaceTime, then tap .

From a notification

From a group message

Add a person to a Group FaceTime call 1. From the call, tap the Add button . 2. Tap Add Person. 3. Enter the contact's name, phone number, or email. 4. Tap Add Person to FaceTime. When you add someone to your call, you can tap Ring to their name so their device alerts them of the incoming call. When someone is added to a Group FaceTime call, they can't be removed from the call. The person who was added to the call needs to end the Group FaceTime call.

Add camera effects to your Group FaceTime calls If you have an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd generation) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), you can use Animoji and Memoji in your Group FaceTime calls. On devices without Face ID, you can use other camera effects, like filters, text, and shapes in your Group FaceTime calls. To use an Animoji or Memoji: 1. During a FaceTime call, tap . 2. Tap , then pick your Animoji or Memoji. To use other camera effects: 1. During a FaceTime call, tap the Effects button .

2. Tap Filters , Text , or Shapes , Memoji stickers, *, and stickers *.

You need an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd generation) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later) to use Animoji and Memoji. Not all filters and effects are supported on all devices. You need iOS 13 or iPadOS to use Memoji stickers and Emoji stickers.

Change FaceTime audio and video settings You can change the audio and video settings in the FaceTime app at any time during a call. To change your settings, tap the screen, then swipe up to see more options or tap one of these options:

Tap Camera off to turn the camera off. Tap it again to turn it back on*.

Tap Flip to switch to the rear camera. Tap it again to switch back to the front-facing camera.

Tap Mute to turn off the sound. Tap Mute again to turn the sound back on.

Tap Speaker to switch between mute and the speaker.

If you don't see the Camera button , check to see if your device is compatible.

* To use Group FaceTime video calls, you need iOS 12.1.4 or later, or iPadOS on one of these devices: iPhone 6s or later, iPad Pro or later, iPad Air 2 or later, iPad mini 4 or later, iPad (5th generation) or later, or iPod touch (7th generation). Earlier models of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that support iOS 12.1.4 can join Group FaceTime calls as audio participants.