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Edible Cookie Dough [as seen on WMDS]

Here’s the recipe for the edible cookie dough you saw on WMDS.

INGREDIENTS:

  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour 
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ½ cup milk chocolate chips
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Edible Cookie Dough, as seen on WMDS

Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy.

Beat in vanilla extract and salt.

Add flour; mix until a crumbly dough forms.

Mix in milk.

Fold in milk chocolate chips and mini chocolate chips.

Recipe taken from https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255365/edible-cookie-dough/

Apps, iPads, More, Student, Students

Aleks –> what to do when it doesn’t work on your iPad

When Aleks refuses to work, here are some things to check.

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FIRST

Aleks provides a “check your setup” screen to help in checking these settings.  Click on the link below to have Aleks review your settings.

https://www.aleks.com/support/troubleshooting

You WILL NEED to click on the RED button found at the bottom of this screen to complete the check of your iPad.

BOTTOM LINE – all circles should be GREEN, including the pop-ups.  Alex will not run correctly with any red circles with x’s in them.

SECOND: COMMON ERRORS

Error with CACHE

  • Go to the home screen.
  • Click on the settings icon.
  • On the left side, scroll down and find SAFARI (about halfway down) and click on this setting.
  • On the right side, scroll down and find “Clear History and Website Data” and click on this setting.
  • (Initially the text in this setting will be blue in color, after you click on it, it will turn gray)

Error with POP-UPS

  • Go to the home screen.
  • Click on the settings icon.
  • On the left side, scroll down and find SAFARI (about halfway down) and click on this setting.
  • On the right side, scroll down and find Block Pop-ups – make sure the button to the right is gray.

ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES:

  • Logout out of Aleks. 
  • Double click on the home button and swipe out of all open apps (INCLUDING ALEKS). 
  • Press and hold the hibernation button (upper right) until the “slide to power off” screen appears.
  • Swipe to power off.
  • Wait 5-8 seconds.
  • Turn on iPad – press and hold the hibernation button until you see the Apple logo. 
  • Enter your passcode to move to the home screen. 
  • Load ALEKS to start again!

Faculty, iPads, Student

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** critical.

Settings –> General –> Software Update

Note: If you don’t see an update pending, then check each night for the next week.

What does it fix? Attackers can steal your recent browser history, and even details about your logged accounts [such as Google].

The bug affects all browsers on the iPad – which would mean Chrome AND Firefox are vulnerable as well as Safari.

SHOULD I PANIC?

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No. This is a reality of living in the 21st century. In the 1950’s we were told to lock our cars, in the 1960’s to lock our doors. Now we have to keep our devices updated.

I’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE.

Well, then CLICK HERE for an article about the issue, and HERE for Apple’s Release notes.

MY IPAD IS OUT OF ROOM AND I CANNOT UPDATE.

  • Make more room on your ipad – see THIS ARTICLE for help.
  • Come by the ARC. We *can get your ipad updated, but it will take several hours.

I HAVE QUESTIONS

Send an email to ipad@mountdesales.net and ask away.

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