As one article says, ‘It’s important to learn the ways you can navigate in the OS with as little friction as possible”…. in other words, get your work done faster with fewer headaches.
Click the link below to get to an article that tells you how to
Select Multiple items for a single drag-n-drop
Tap / Hold to get recent documents
Multitask Apps by searching
Go to Home Screen, or show the dock
Use a two-finger cursor for selecting a lot of text
IOS 13 and Aleks have made some changes. If you are unable to get your Aleks work done on your iPad, try switching the version that your iPad is using – Mobile vs. Desktop.
Covered first: Safari, then Chrome, then Firefox.
SAFARI
Call up Aleks website and login.
Click on the little aA icon, to the left of the web address at the top of the window
3. Select “Request Mobile Site” or “Request Desktop Site”.
4. The page will reload. Test it to see if you can get your work done.
Another View of how to switch which version of the site you want to use
Other ways in Safari:
There are two other ways to get to the “Request Desktop Site” selection:
Touch and hold the REFRESH button at the top
Tap on the SHARE icon [looks like a rectangle with an arrow pointing OUT of it]
Setting to request Desktop site from ALL websites, or not
Settings –> Safari–> REquest Desktop Website [it is in the “SETTINGS FOR WEBSITES” section
Set the slider as you wish – green = Desktop sites will be requested.
CHROME
Click the three dots at the bottom of the webpage.
FIREFOX
Click the three dots at the top of the window and “Request Desktop Site”
Notability for IOS – Drag-n-Drop? Side-by-side notes? Indexed Handwritten notes so you can search them? Handwritten notes to text conversion? Zooming in? Typing Math Symbols?
How to Use Notability [Good overview of all the features]: https://youtu.be/6S66NPvCNSU
ParagraphStart with the building block of all narrative.Font SizeDrop Cap
Toggle to show a large initial letter.Search for a block
