Here are two reviews of ipad keyboards that have received a favorable writeup. Unfortunately they are on the expensive side – unless you can find one on sale.
The Apple Bluetooth keyboard works very well but is pricey [we have two available for use in the library].
The iPad guy uses a Mathias One keyboard, and is impressed with it [but it is NOT battery powered, and requires a USB power source. On the other hand, it can also be used with a laptop/desktop.] On the OTHER other hand, it’s only $29 from MacSales.
Let’s assume for a moment that you have tried to submit a Google Drive file into a Moodle assignment using your iPad – and it doesn’t work.
Let’s also assume that your Notability backups are working, and that the Notability document you just completed is already in your Drive.
Get to a desktop or laptop [you can even do this using a smartphone, but it’s more aggravating].
Fire up a web browser [Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc.]
Open up your Google drive by surfing to drive.google.com [or you could click the link]. login.
Open up the Notability folder, just to make sure the file you need is there. If it isn’t, pull out your iPad and manually export the file from Notability to Google Drive.
Open up a new tab. Get to and login to Moodle. Submit the file – you already know how to do that, right?
Now you know how to bypass a technical issue, get your assignment in on time, AND access your Drive-space away from your iPad.
Think of your ipad as a filing cabinet with a limited amount of storage. If you fill up your filing cabinet, then nothing more can be stashed there until you toss some stuff.
If the cabinet [your iPad] is full, then Notability will NOT save what you’ve been working on.
How to tell how much storage you have used/have available:
Settings –> General –> About
How to tell what app is using the most storage:
Settings –> General –> Usage –> Manage Storage
Suggestions for clearing out some space:
First thing to try: Close out of all your apps [doubleclick home, swipe up all the apps], then reboot by holding down the power button until the “swipe to turn off” slider appears.
Second thing to try: Settings –> General –> Software Update. Click on the triangle at the bottom – it MAY let you delete the downloaded update file.
Photos & Camera: Delete any pix/videos you don’t need. If you have some you’d like to keep, upload them to Drive and then delete from the iPad
To upload pix/vids to Drive: fire up the Drive app. Create a folder where you’d like to stash the files. Click the PLUS icon. Select “Upload Photos or Videos”, then camera roll. Click to select the files you’d like to upload, THEN CLICK THE BLUE CHECKMARK at the top right.
iBooks: delete anything that you don’t need anymore
Notability: delete anything not needed. If you don’t need it NOW but want to keep it, upload the file to Drive by clicking on the Export icon at the top of the screen.
Mail: Sometime Mail is taking up tons of room, especially if you never delete anything. Mail is actually downloading a COPY of your emails from the server – to clean things up without actually deleting the mails, delete the account from your iPad [Settings –> Mail]. When you set it up again, select “Google” for the account type.
