Apps, iPads, More

Notability; TAPE tool

TAPE!

This is a tool that can help you learn from your notes. USe the tape tool to cover over the notes – see if you remember the material, and then tap to reveal the hidden areas.

CLICK HERE to read more, and view a video that demonstrates it.

Here is how to add Tape

  1. Select right arrow in toolbar.png to expand the toolbox and then select tape.png.
    • Choose from three different sizes of tape. 
  2. Draw, as you typically would, over any note content that you’d like to hide and Tape will cover it.
    • When drawing vertically, hold to make a straight line first and then draw.
  3. Tap on tape to reveal the content.
    • A colored border will appear around the revealed area. Tap inside the outline to re-cover with tape.

Remove Tape

  • Erase with Full Eraser to remove Tape from the area completely.
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Notability: New Features you should play with

WIDGETS!

Widgets are the tiles on your iPad that give you the Weather, News, Photos, etc. They are VERY customizable [for example, are you tired of seeing the weather Cupertino? CHANGE IT!].

The Notability widgets lives on your HomeScreen, and you can use it to create a new note, access a specific note [Long press the widget, then select the note you want to have quick access to], and view your Recent Notes.

CLICK HERE for more details.

OPTIONS MENU UPDATE

You can rename and sort a note, all within the note Info screen.

You can also more easily import multiple documents into Notability at the same time., instead of having to do one at a time.

You can HIDE the status bar, if you’d like more screen devoted to note taking.

TAPE!

This is a tool that can help you learn from your notes. Use the tape tool to cover over the notes – see if you remember the material, and then tap to reveal the hidden areas.

CLICK HERE to read more, and view a video that demonstrates it.

Google, Make Tech Easier

SENIORS: Take your Data with you [from Google Workspace]

There are already a few articles on this site that talk about taking your data with you when you graduate:

Every Fall MDS Tech gets phone calls or emails from recently graduated students who want to access their Drivespace. Every Fall we tell them their data is gone, because we delete the accounts during summer.

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Here’s another article with more detail on how to merge multiple mail accounts, calendars, drive material, etc.

https://zapier.com/blog/combine-gmail-accounts/

Although this process is hardly painless, here are the step-by-step instructions—along with a few automated workflows—to help you transfer your data in less time and with fewer headaches than you might think.

There’s also no way to merge multiple Google Drive or Google Photos accounts together. But you can merge your files and photos into a different Google account. 

Notes, Tips, Hints, & Answers