Category Archives: iPads

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Shared iPads: Saving Notability files and emailing them

01/24/2023 Tom Rule

On the Middle School Shared iPads, you cannot use the Mail app. So how do you email your teacher?

Here’s how – open this webpage:

webmail.mountdesales.net

You can attach files, forward, reply – all the standard stuff.

So how do you save a file from Notability so that you can email it?

In Notability, be looking at the file you want to email.

Click the Export icon [the square with the arrow pointing out].
Select SHARE TO…..,
Click the SHARE NOTE button,
Click “Save to Files“.
- You then select a location – “On my iPad” or “iCloud Drive”
  - I suggest selecting a location “On my iPad”, especially for grades 6 and 7 students.
    
    The document will automatically be copied up to iCloud anyway in due course, and local storage will save much faster.

At that point you can start a new email and attach the file.

iPads, Make Tech Easier

How and why to customize the iPadOS 16 Control Center

11/15/2022 Tom Rule

Original article is at

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/customize-ipados-16-control-center/

What it does –> Gives you quick access to controls and information on your iPad. Control volume, screen brightness, wireless radios, set an alarm or timer, start an Airplay session, and more

How to get to it –> Swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen.

Why use it? –> SAVE TIME. You can make these changes without diving into the Settings app.

How to customize it

in iPadOS 16, open Settings –> Control Center

Turn on “Access within Apps” and “Show Home Controls”
Delete or Rearrange the “Included controls”
- Click on the “minus” symbol to delete a control.
- Click and drag the three-lines icon on the right to change the order.
in the “more Controls” section are other controls you can add. Be careful, though – don’t make it too cluttered!

Changing the Control Center, inside the Settings App

Faculty, iPads, Student

Tired of seeing Cupertino’s weather on your iPad?

10/17/2022 Tom Rule

Here’s how to change the Weather Widget on your ipad from Cupertino to something a LITTLE closer to home.

Widgets are those blocks of info on your initial screen. You can add, move, delete, and even stack them [stacking means there are several widgets in the same block on the screen – you scroll through them to se the additional info.]

Start the process by pressing and waiting on the widget.