One Apple ID, Multiple iPads...iMessage Help

I have one Apple ID, and several iPads. I want each iPad to be able to send/receive its own iMessages.  How can this be done?

I use FaceTime and Messages on four different devices and they all use the same Apple ID. You need to assign different email addresses to each device in order to do what you want to do. There are various ways of creating different email addresses if you don't have then already ...iCloud, gmail, Yahoo, AOL, .... You only need to use the email address for these two apps and nothing else if you don't want to use the email accounts.
Watch this video for the instructions on how to do this.
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l

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