We’ve seen two issues popup when students are attempting to submit a file from Google Drive into Moodle.
This is NOT an error – just a point of information.
Like it says in the text:
“just go back to the file picker and select the repository again, it should work now“.
Repository –> Google Drive
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The “sesskey” error happens because you were logged into Moodle, went somewhere else to a different network, and then came back to school. Here are some possible fixes:
1 • Use a different browser – you have two on your ipad!
2 • Swipe out of all of your apps, THEN reboot your iPad by holding down the top power button until the “swipe to turn off” slider appears.
3 • Clear your web browser cache:
Chrome
Fire up Chrome. Top right corner click the icon with 3 vertical dots
Let’s assume for a moment that you have tried to submit a Google Drive file into a Moodle assignment using your iPad – and it doesn’t work.
Let’s also assume that your Notability backups are working, and that the Notability document you just completed is already in your Drive.
Get to a desktop or laptop [you can even do this using a smartphone, but it’s more aggravating].
Fire up a web browser [Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc.]
Open up your Google drive by surfing to drive.google.com [or you could click the link]. login.
Open up the Notability folder, just to make sure the file you need is there. If it isn’t, pull out your iPad and manually export the file from Notability to Google Drive.
Open up a new tab. Get to and login to Moodle. Submit the file – you already know how to do that, right?
Now you know how to bypass a technical issue, get your assignment in on time, AND access your Drive-space away from your iPad.
[4/14/15 update: added section about getting your video into iMovie on your iPad, at the bottom.]
Virtual Light Lab is installed in all the ARC computers. It allows you to design stage lighting and experiment without all that mucking around with electrical cables and gobos and such.
After you have created your show, you can save it as a quicktime movie [which can then be plopped into your Google Drive and viewed on your iPad]. Here’s how:
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1. Call up the SlideShow
2. The instructions give you an overview of the process.
Basically you give a save location and filename, set some parameters, and then manually step through your slideshow by clicking the play button.
3. IMPORTANT: Make sure you add .MOV to the end of your filename. The program tries to add .moov, and quicktime doesn’t know what that is. [Neither dfoes anything else.]
4. Next up: parameters [aka settings]. Here is what I suggest.
Greater frames per second = less jerky motion but bigger filesize.
Better compressor quality = better quality images but bigger filesize.
You might try using “low” quality, or even least, to see if they are good enough.
5. Notice the record button is green.6. Click the PLAY button.
The RECORD button will turn red, and behind the scenes a movie file is being created. YOU determine the length of each scene by how fast you click through.
WHEN DONE, CLICK THE RECORD BUTTON AGAIN.
7. You may see this dialog after clicking record. Click Yes.
8. Then your movie will open and you can see if you like the results.
If you don’t like them, switch back to the slideshow and record again. You’ll have to redo the settings each time.
If you DO like the result, then you can email the file, stash it in google drive [drive.google.com], trash it, etc.
Once those files are in Drive, how do you get them into iMovie on your iPad?
Summary:
Fire up the Drive App
Navigate to the desired file – I suggest starting with the VIDEO file first.
Click the “I” icon, on the right.
Click “Open in….”
Click the 2nd “Open In….”
Select “iMovie”
iMovie loads the file.
Go back to the Drive app.
Select the “I” icon for the audio file.
Click “Open in….”
Click the 2nd “Open In….”
Select “iMovie”
iMovie asks if you want to create a NEW movie, or to add it to the “Last one edited”. Select Last one Edited.
