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 iPads:

Fire up a web browser – I suggest Chrome
Surf to Drive.Google.com
Login to YOUR account
Scroll to the BOTTOM of the page. Click the “Desktop version” link
You’ll see a warning [“Everything won’t work“].
Click through to the desktop version [“I know, I don’t care.”].
Scroll back up to the top. Click the upload button [Top left, next to the CREATE button].
Select your file, and upload it.
Get the checkmark on the file.
More –> Share –> Email as Attachment
WHEN YOU ARE DONE: Click your email address up top and LOGOUT.
Save yourself some hassle!

We tried sharing the file, but as of this writing the dialog box will not let you type an address. It MIGHT work in Safari, though.

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 sign]

3. You can select to upload from the camera roll – so make the selection, and click upload.

4. From there you can SHARE a file with anyone – who can then access it through THEIR Google drive and download it.

Obviously, if you don’t USE powerschool on the iPad, you can safely ignore this entry!

updated 11/8/13 – see below

If you are using the Powerschool App and you see empty classes after you login successfully, try these Tech Voodoo steps:

Reboot your ipad

Delete the app and redownload it.

If you are having this problem you are not alone.

If you are trying to use Powerschool on an iPad web browser [Safari, Chrome, etc]:

A> If you are trying to take attendance and the classes are showing up empty, try switching to the desktop site:

At the top left corner of the page is a button that takes you back [NOT the browser’s back button!]

Keep clicking it until you see a list of links – the bottom one will say Exit to Main PS Site. Click it.

Attendance should work from that screen.

B> Try deleting your cache:

For Safari:

Settings –> Safari
Click the “Clear Cookies and Data” button

For Chrome:

Fire up Chrome
Click the Menu icon [top right, looks like 3 lines]
Settings
Under Advanced –> Privacy

Click “Clear Cache” & “Clear Cookies, Site Data”