Category Archives: iPads

Apps, iPads, Make Tech Easier, More, Student, Students

Kindle App – how to use

09/11/2015 Tom Rule

Here is some info from the web
on using the Kindle app.

To download titles your device must be connected to a wireless or data network, but you do not need to connect your device to a wireless or data network to view titles that you have already downloaded.

View all content in your Kindle library:

Tap the Menu icon and then tap All Items.

Switch between content stored in the cloud and on the device:

While in a content library, tap the Cloud and Device option at the bottom of the screen.

Check for recent content:

Tap the Menu icon and then tap Sync.

Remove content from your device:

While in a content library, press and hold an item, and then select the Remove from Device option. This does NOT delete the document from your account – it can be downloaded again later.

Sort content on your home screen:

Sort by content type:
Tap the Menu icon to sort content by All Items, Books, Newsstand, Docs, or Collections.
Filter by title, author, or recent:
Tap the Sort icon to sort titles by Recent, Title, or Author.

Change the display of your content:

Display title covers in a grid: Tap the Grid icon.
Display the title covers in a list: Tap the List icon.

CLICK HERE to learn more, including how to

change font/size/etc.
Add bookmarks
Change locations in the book
Explore the book with X-ray [may not work with all documents]
Add highlights
Add notes
Look up words in a dictionary

Essentials, Faculty, iPads, Student, Students

iPad not working? Can’t get on the Web?

09/08/2015 Tom Rule

If your iPad

can’t get on the web
can’t access your eText
can’t fetch email

….or do anything else that required network access to the outside world, most likely your subscription to the MDS network has expired. This happens every 30 days – it’s a network security thing.

Here’s what to do:

Try to access a website that is OFF-campus [moodle is on-campus, so it won’t help] AND that you haven’t visited before. Maybe this one?
OR
Go to Settings–>Wi-Fi–>MDS-student and click FORGET THIS NETWORK. Go back to the list of networks and select it again.
OR
Swipe out of all your running apps. REboot the iPad by holding down the Power button until the “Swipe here to turn off your iPad” slider comes up. Swipe it. Once it is done shutting down – it takes about 60 seconds – turn it back on.

What you are trying to do with all of this is to get the “Welcome to the MDS Network” screen to come up. Once it does, you login with your MDS number and your Moodle password.

CLICK HERE to see what to do if you keep getting the “Access Denied” message when logging in.

This is what the signin screen looks like. Click to see a bigger version.

Faculty, iPads, Student

Aleks – iPads – won’t load

08/21/2015 Tom Rule

If ALEKS won’t load on your iPad [but it does on other’s iPads], then you should clear out your web cache. Click any graphic below to see a larger version.

SAFARI

Call up the Settings App. Click on Safari, on the left side.