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Quick access to iPad info of interest to teachers.

  • Tired of Tapping? Use an External Keyboard on Your iPhone and Unlock Tons of Keyboard Shortcuts - Original source article is at

  • Notability and Google Drive - the 2023 edition - It is CRITICAL that you have your Notability notes backing up to Drive, AND in the correct format. This lets you retrieve your Notes using ANY

  • iPad OS 17: what's new, and should you update? - Updating is OPTIONAL at this point. MDS Tech has not tested the new OS just yet, but we anticipate there will be only a few issues since we have

  • Tired of seeing Cupertino's weather on your iPad? - Here's how to change the Weather Widget on your ipad from Cupertino to something a LITTLE closer to home. The Weather Widget on an

  • Schoology: Logging in, Submitting Assignments, Drive and Schoology - By the way, it is pronounced "cchool-ogy", not "schoo-ah-logy" Logging in Select "Log into your School". DO NOT select "Login with Schoology"

  • UPDATE YOUR IPAD - As of January 27, 2022, Apple released an update to IOS 15 that plugs a major security hole. Update your iPad at home. TONIGHT. It is **that**

  • iPads and Printing - If you are having trouble printing on your iPad - AND other students **can** print - here are some things to check: Step One: Correct

  • iMovie: Do you know how? - First, some advice: LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION - over 90% of the time you should be shooting in Landscape orientation [a.k.a. SIDEWAYS]. The ONLY

  • iPad Tips and Tricks - Gestures, Split View, and More make the iPad even more useful. Most of this information covers IOS 13 - so if you have not updated, GET IT DONE

  • Get better at using your iPad [and save time] - As one article says, 'It's important to learn the ways you can navigate in the OS with as little friction as possible".... in other words, get your

  • Why your iPad offloads apps - You can save some space on your iPad by "offloading" apps. What this means is that the actual program is deleted, but NOT your data. What's left is

  • Aleks and iPads: The Fall 2019 edition - IOS 13 and Aleks have made some changes. If you are unable to get your Aleks work done on your iPad, try switching the version that your iPad is

  • Notability: You won't believe what you can do - Since it is our primary go-to app for getting stuff done on your iPad, it is REALLY worth your time to learn it well. First, some pointers from

  • iPad: Easy Fixes to several problems - When your iPad is wonky, the first things to do [before asking for help!] is: 1: Do the ipad reboot dance.

  • Notability: Backup to Drive, Retrieve from Drive - Backing up Notability to Drive Make SURE your Notability files are backing up to Google Drive First, Open Notability. 2. On the screen

  • IOS 12 and missing iBooks - If you have upgraded your iPad to IOS 12, and now your iBooks are missing, try these fixes [taken from a variety of locations across the web}:

  • Read books on your iPad [for fun, not for class] - If you'd like to "check out" ebooks on your iPad, there are TWO ways: The MackinVia app already on your iPad. CLICK HERE for instructions on setting

  • iPad cables and Chargers --> BEWARE OF EL CHEAPO - While it is possible to find "bargains" on eBay or at your local convenience store - DON'T use them with your iPad [or any other Apple product, for

  • iPad Handout Instructions - Click to access the Google Slide

  • Don't FRY your iPad! - MDS tech has seen three iPads that have been electrically fried, resulting in a need for replacement [and a bill sent out]. According to tech

  • My iPad can't.....[problems] - Some basic things to check when your iPad is misbehaving  - weird problems like email not downloading, or not being able to download Moodle docs into

  • Airserver - setup and using - To start Airserver on your Windows PC, click on the Caret icon on the bottom right area of your toolbar.   Then click on the Airserver icon:

  • AppleID - Are you signed in? - If you are NOT signed in to your iCloud/AppleID account, then Find My iPad will NOT work. This might not seem like a big deal now, but will be when

  • iPad App Portal - New to the ipads this year is the App Portal, a place where students can download a selection of apps to their iPad. No - not just any apps in the

  • My iPad is in the wrong time zone! - If your iPad clock is a few hours off [it thinks it's still in California...], here's how to bring it to Eastern time: Settings-->Privacy

  • iTunes U - https://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ For faculty, this might be an interesting addition to your

  • IOS 10 - make the home button friendly again - NOTE: this is only applicable to those who have Air2 iPads AND have setup your fingerprints to open up your iPad. If you miss just resting your

  • Dark Apps - Can't get my typing done - help! - Sometimes when MDS Tech pushes out app updates on the iPads it takes a while for everything to get updated. The first things you need to do:

  • Find my iPad - PDF version - Click here to get a pdf with detailed instructions on using Find My iPad: Lost iPad

  • Before turning in your busted iPad - things to do - If the iPad Guy has asked you to swap out your iPad, here is a list of things you need to do on your OLD iPad before turning it in. If you can't -

  • Move Pix/Vids from Drive to iPad - Sometimes you need to move a picture or video that you've stashed in Drive, so you can use in on your iPad [in iMovie, for example]. Here's

  • iCloud - how to setup your account - The MUST list: you MUST use your MDS email address you MUST use your Moodle password [or if your moodle password is missing a number, add

  • My iPad isn't working - no email, no printing, no web surfing - Problem: If your iPad all of a sudden stops working oncampus, it is most likely because your subscription to the network has expired. It MUST be

  • iPads: Clear Cache and Cookies in Web Browser - Here's how to clear the Cache and Cookies on your iPad web browsers. For Safari: Settings –> Safari Click the “Clear Cookies and Data”

  • Get files FROM Drive TO Notability - Normally you set Notability to automatically backup your docs to Drive. Sometimes you need to reverse that process - pull some material from Drive

  • iPad - the time is wrong! - Here's how to fix it if the time on your iPad is off by several hours: Settings --> General --> Date and Time If "Set Automatically" is

  • Are my iPad files being backed up? - Here's how to make sure your Notability files and Pix/Videos are backed up. Notability Open Google Drive. Look for for the folder

  • Keynote: How to present student keynotes in classroom - Some ideas and possibilities for showing student created Keynote in class: Option 1: Use dongle to connect iPad to projector. Option

  • IOS 9 Battery - get more day out of your iPad! - Here are some tips to make your iPad battery last longer - and make it easier to keep track of your battery. THE BEST TIP IS PLUG THE THING IN AT

  • No connection to Wi-Fi - Access Denied - If your subscription to the

  • Find my iPad - how to use - If you have lost or misplaced your iPad, here's how to use "Find my iPad" to figure out where it is. This only works if you have correctly

  • iPad not working? Can't get on the Web? - 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

  • Aleks - iPads - won't load - 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

  • 2015 iPad App Lists - Scroll down for the Middle school lists. First the Apps that are being used somewhere for some grade or class, then others that are already "in

  • Improve your Battery Life - This applies to iPads as well as iPhones. Taken from THIS ARTICLE over at ZDnet, here are a whole slew of ways to stretch your iPad battery. At the

  • Can I print from my iPad? - Click for the bigger version Anywhere on campus, you can call up the print menu [look for the "export" icon - a rectangle with an arrow coming OUT

  • iPad keyboards - 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

  • Notability issue - Out of Storage - 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

  • iBook not downloading? - If your purchased iBook is not downloading, here are a couple of things to doublecheck: Make sure you are indeed on the network. Try going to an

  • Moodle <--> Drive errors [Cannot submit an assignment] - If you are getting arcane technical errors when trying to submit an assignment using your iPad in Moodle from Google Drive [things

  • Adding sound to iPad iMovie - Let's say you are working on an iMovie and want to add some music or audio that is NOT builtin. Here are some options: Setup your personal iTunes

  • Saving time in IOS8 Mail - Techrepublic.com published an article on using Mail and iMessage in IOS8 that you might find useful. CLICK HERE to read it THe tips covered

  • "There's not enough room to update to 8" - Check other apps that might be taking up room. Music - delete it all. Photo Stream - turn it off. That takes up room. Google apps - Docs,

  • 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

  • Importing ExamView questions into Moodle - CLICK HERE if you'd like the PDF file that is complete with pretty screenshots. Download Moodle XML Builder It is free

  • 8th Grade iPad App List: 2014 - Category Name Art Color uncovered Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Google Docs Core Google

  • 7th Grade iPad App List: 2014 - Category Name Art Color uncovered Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Google Docs Core Google

  • 6th Grade iPad App List: 2015 - Category Name Art Color uncovered Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Google Docs Core Google

  • 12 grade iPad App List [2014] - Category App Name Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Flashcards* Core Free Graphing

  • 11th grade iPad app list [2014] - Category App Name Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Flashcards* Core Free Graphing

  • 10th grade iPad App List [2014] - Category App Name Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Flashcards* Core Free Graphing

  • 9th grade iPad App list [2014] - Category App Name Core Adobe Reader Core Chrome Core Flashcards* Core Free Graphing

  • iPad: Make your battery's charge last longer - Want to make your battery last longer in your iPad [or iphone, for that matter]? Turn off as many Notifications as you can Decrease the

  • TENTATIVE Middle School App list - Here's the TENTATIVE app list for the middle school ipads. This post will be deleted once everything is settled. Below you have 4 tables. First

  • iPad Keyboards and Styluses - As we approach One-to-One  status, several have asked the iPad guy about picking up keyboards and styluses for use with their iPads next

  • Notability Training - All of them - Here are the links to the 5 Notability posts. Each has a synopsis of what the video covers, link to the youtube video, and the youtube video embedded

  • Notability, part 5 - Click for Video Recording Audio into a note. AFTER this was recorded they updated

  • Notability, part 3 - Click for Video [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhcXL4a4bL0] Adding Material to Notes 1. Click on title to change it 2. TWO FINGER

  • Notability, part 2 - Click for video [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcMVju3VExQ] When in the Library: Click and Hold on a note, in the middle of the line

  • Notability, part 1 - Click for Video What's covered: Prerequisites: Google Drive, email setup on your

  • Notability, part 4 - Click for Video [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etYHCcIrRlA] Reviewing the Plus [Media] tool, and importing/exporting The Media tool

  • ePub texts - how to read - You might run across an ePub book. How do you read it? [NOTE: We haven't had a chance to test out these on our machines, so your mileage may vary.

  • iPads - printing at home - YES, you can print from your ipad at home, but you must have a wireless network active at the house, and your ipad must be connected to it. 1. If

  • iPad Backups- how and why - Scroll all the way down to fetch a PDF version of this info. CLICK HERE for an update about Notability. At the risk of stating the obvious, you

  • iPad Camera Roll to your Teacher [Dept iPad Set] - Say you have a Department iPad set, the students have produced some media [pictures or videos] and you need to fetch a copy. Here's how: On the

  • iPad movies and pictures to Google Drive - A quick note on how to get movies and pictures from your iPad to your Google Drive. 1. Fire up Google Drive 2. Click the UPLOAD icon [a plus

  • Powerschool issues on the iPads - Obviously, if you don't USE powerschool on the iPad, you can safely ignore this entry! updated 11/8/13 - see below 1. If you are using the

  • PowerTeacher App settings - Fire up the App PowerTeacher Under Global Settings: Server Address: sis.mountdesales.net Port number: 443 SSl Enabled: ON You do NOT

  • How to get the school contact list on your iPad - When sending an email, it's handy to have an email address popup as you're typing. That's normally what happens when you have someone in your

  • Easy Photo Presenting - Photography Class - Photography Class - Easy Presentations Two Methods Google Drive Easy No editing or control over order Photoshop - export to

  • Science iPads App List - A list of apps on the two Science Dept. iPad sets. #1 is in McMahon's room, #2 in Freeman's. The descriptions are deliberately concise - click the

  • 8th Grade set - apps list - Here is a list of the apps that are on the 8th grade set, along with a short description and a link to the full description of what the app does.

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