you MUST use your Moodle password [or if your moodle password is missing a number, add 1871 to the end of it. Ask Mr. Rule is you don’t know the significance of that date.]
The WHY list:
because it will allow restoring your data if your iPad has to be wiped [MUCH faster and easier than the alternative]
because you can use Find My iPad when [not “if”] you misplace your iPad [saving many headaches]
The HOW List:
On your iPad:
Settings –> iCloud
Create an account
Type in your birthday
Use an existing email [NOT an iCloud email]
Set the email address and password – remember, MDS email address, moodle password
Answer the security questions.
DO NOT setup a rescue email.
Open your email – look for an email from Apple, It will ask you to click on a link, Do so to complete the process.
Back in the Settings app –> iCloud, it should say your name and your MDS email address at the top.
Confirm the Find My iPad is turned ON.
Confirm Backup is Turned ON.
Start a Backup. Seriously. Right now.
These instructions were from memory, and so might be a tad off. Use your common sense if/when reality diverges from this list.
As of this year the way Parents access Powerschool has changed. In the past, parents logged into their student’s accounts. As of 2016-17, parents must create their OWN powerschool account, and then “tie together” their student’s accounts.
For those families with multiple students at MDS, this means ONE login to check grades instead of multiple logins.
We send out information to each family with the Parent Portal Access ID and password. These are ONLY used to create the account, NOT to login with.
The process:
Go to the parent portal
Click on “create account”
Create an account with your email address
Specify a username and password
Below that you will be prompted for the Access ID and password. [This is what ties your parent account to your child’s/children’s info].
After the account is created, login with the username and password you created.
Go to “Email Notifications” and customize what you would like to receive and how often.
We do block online access during the school day. You ARE able to setup the account at any time, but can only login to the portal after 2:45 pm on school days.
Normally you set Notability to automatically backup your docs to Drive. Sometimes you need to reverse that process – pull some material from Drive into Notability.
FIRST:
Get your Dividers and Subjects setup in Notability
Select a location[folder] in Notability.
THEN select what to import. Drive is organized just like notability was – if you had folders/dividers in Notability, then you will see folders in Drive, inside the Notability folder. Your Notability selection is WHERE the files will be imported to.
You will need to do this for each folder/divider you set up.
Once you get Notability setup:
Open up Notability
Click the icon, top right, that looks like a square with an arrow going INTO it
Select Google Drive
It should automatically show you the Notability folder on your Drive.
Select what you’d like to import.
REMEMBER THAT Folders on Drive = “Subjects” in Notability.
