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Laptop settings: Screen sleeping, HDMI audio/sound

If your screen is going dark/blank too often – and if you are in Cuddy and having trouble getting your audio to go through the projector [and you are using the HDMI cables], here are the fixes:
The screen going dark is in Control Panel –> Power Options. Select “Balanced”, then “Change Plan Settings”.

 

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Change it, and then Click the Save Changes button. Feel free to tweak, and even check the advanced power settings – the worst that can happen is you pick something that you don’t like and can change.

As far as the sound – Plug in the HDMI [projector] cable. Open up Control Panels –> sound.
You should see two icons – one refers to the internal speakers [it might say “realtek”]. the other refers to the HDMI cable [I think it says “high definition”].
Click the HDMI one, then click the “Set Default” button, then the “Apply” button.
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Other things to check soundwise:
  • Volume on the wall plate
  • Audio mute on the wall plate
  • Laptop audio not muted
  • Laptop audio volume up
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Add Audio/Video from Drive into iPad iMovie

So you have some audio and video files in your Google Drive, and need to combine them into a single iMovie project on your iPad.  Here’s how.

The video is posted on the
MDStech youtube channel
as well as the WMDS portal.

Summary:

  1. Fire up the Drive App
  2. Navigate to the desired file – I suggest starting with the VIDEO file first.
  3. Click the “I” icon, on the right.
  4. Click “Open in….”
  5. Click the 2nd “Open In….”
  6. Select “iMovie”
  7. iMovie loads the file.
  8. Go back to the Drive app.
  9. Select the “I” icon for the audio file.
  10. Click “Open in….”
  11. Click the 2nd “Open In….”
  12. Select “iMovie”
  13. iMovie asks if you want to create a NEW movie, or to add it to the “Last one edited”. Select Last one Edited.
  14. The audio is placed in the project.
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Mrs. Haddix’s Classe de Français Manuel en ligne

To get your online textbook to work on the iPads, here are a few tips:
Chrome:
The textbook works in Chrome, unless you have changed some settings [which is not likely].
Safari: 
  • FIRST go to Settings –> Safari [It’s in the section that begins with Mail, Contacts, Calendar]
  • In the GENERAL section on the right, turn OFF “Open New Tbs in Background”
  • Turn OFF “Block Pop-ups”
  • Personal Preference: I turned on “Show Favorites Bar” and “Show Tab Bar”. Try them and see which setting YOU prefer!
Sign into the site, call up the book.
You will probably get a dialog to the effect of “This site is trying to open up a new tab.” Do allow the tab to be opened.