Category Archives: iPads

Faculty, iPads, Student

IOS 8 – YES you can update!

After some [NON-thorough] testing, it looks like OS 8 will work OK on our setups here at MDS.

Here are the “gotchas”:

  • You MUST have 5.9 gigs of space available on your ipad.
    Check it in the Settings App –> General –> About –> Available
  • Don’t have enough? Move your pictures and videos to your Google drive.
    Fire up the Drive app, click the plus sign [top right], and upload FROM the Camera roll. Once you are certain they have been uploaded [doublecheck!], then go to the Camera app, access the camera roll, and delete the files.
  • You will have to update off campus. Plan on it taking a while- maybe an hour.
  • Want to know more? Click the links below for more details.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whats-new-ios-8/

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/?cid=wwa-us-kwm-features-com

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/09/18/a-guide-to-whats-great-in-ios-8/

A LIST OF FEATURES IN IOS 8 –> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ios-8-the-complete-list-of-features-and-improvements-9740485.html

Faculty, Faculty/Staff

Importing ExamView questions into Moodle

CLICK HERE
if you’d like the PDF file that is
complete with pretty screenshots.

  1. Download Moodle XML Builder
    It is free at:
    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Home-Education/Moodle-XML-Builder.shtml
  2. Create quiz/test in ExamView.
  3. Export as Blackboard File:  File–>Export–>Blackboard 6.0+
    1. Name your questions. In the directory name, it’s suggested that you use the same name as above with the word “pics” added to it.
    2. A zipped file has now been placed on the desktop.
  4. Under Programs, open Moodle XML Builder.
  5. Click on the folder to select the test file.
  6. Choose the zipped file that was placed on your desktop earlier.
  7. Click Start.
  8. The Moodle XML Builder will place a new file on your desktop:
  9. Open your class in Moodle.
  10. In the left column, under Administration, click on Question Bank.
  11. Choose Import.
  12. Choose Moodle XML Format and drag and drop your .xml file into the space provided.
  13. Click Import.
  14. Now, your questions have been imported into Moodle. Create a quiz as you would normally.
  15. Notice: This is an .xml file. You will  get an error message if you try and
    use the .tst file.

 

[Another MDS ARC production]

iPads, Student, Students

Kindle App – setup

Students – you will be receiving [if you haven’t already received it!] an email with your kindle account information.

Here is how to setup the Kindle app on your iPad.

 

IF YOU HAVE NEVER SET UP THE KINDLE APP BEFORE:

• Open up the app. You should see this screen:

Kindle start

• Type in the account info given to you in the email, and login.

• You might have to click the “sync” button, at the bottom of the screen, to get the material to download:

settings kindle icons

 

 

 

 

IF YOU ALREADY SETUP YOUR KINDLE APP WITH A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT:

You will have to “deregister” the app. This will NOT delete whatever you have purchased from Amazon – those items are still “in the cloud”, inside your Amazon account. They will just disappear from your iPad. Here’s how:

• Fire up the Kindle App.

• Click the Settings icon:

settings kindle icons

 

•  Click “Update”, next to your email address:

settings kindle

 

 

•  Then click the “Deregister” button.

deregister kindle

 

 

You should be taken to the beginning screen, where you can add your MDS kindle account information.