Anytime one browser has trouble with downloads or just acts flaky when getting a file from Schoology to Notability on your iPad, here are some things to do:
1) Quit out of all your running apps except the one you need. Too many students have 25 or 30 apps running in the background, which can make things difficult.
2) Quit out of ALL running apps and THEN restart the device. [aka the “iPad Reboot Dance”The “iPad Reboot Dance”]
3) Use a different web browser. You have Safari, Chrome, Notability, AND Edge on your iPad.
Quite often one web browser will work where another one has flaked out. If you’d like to know why, bone up on Nuclear Physics, then come ask.
Once downloaded, the file probably can be found in the FILES app – click on the “recents” category and you should see it.
Click-and-hold to see what options you have [including renaming the file].
In Notability, click and hold the +NEW button. You should see an option to import a file from the Files app. Select that option, and you should be presented with a list of files you can import into Notability.
Answering some questions that have been hanging around De Sales Hall recently.
Answering some questions that have been running rampant here in De Sales hall!
1) You’ll see two versions of the student printers
– “regular” and “pi”. They both go to the same printer. The idea is that only 1 will go insane at a time.
2) If your document does not print,
check Print Center before printing it a 2nd/3rd/4th/time. Double-click the home button, and find print center. If job #1 is stuck, jobs 2,3,4, etc will NEVER print. You must delete it.
NOTE: On the “no home button” 9th grade iPads, 4-finger swipe to one side or the other to switch between running apps.
3. If you have umpteen apps running
[either double-click the home button, and do the “close 5 fingers swipe” on the screen] – swipe out of them!
4. If you don’t remember the last time you shut your iPad down
– swipe out of all your running apps and shut it down. Wait 10 seconds. Fire it back up.
5. To print from Notability:
Three dot menu, top right
Quick Share
Print
Pay attention to what printer you are selecting, and double sided option
To print from Google Docs:
3 dot menu, top right
“Share and Export”
Print
Select a printer, set your double-sided etc. option
MyScript Handwriting and Math Recognition are now included
Convert handwriting into text; transform handwritten equations into hi-res scalable images. Edit and group ink together as a single element. Grouped ink can be moved, scaled, and rotated like media objects.
Curious how to use Notability in the classroom?
The ways that students and teachers use Notability are vast. It’s the perfect study aid for all types of learners: auditory (record and playback audio synced to writing for exam), visual (handwrite with Apple Pencil or share with Presentation Mode), Read/Write (type and annotate).
Students: Notability makes it easy to organize class notes, write out thoughts, record classes, and review for exams. It combines multiple inputs like sketching, handwriting, audio recording, photos, and more into one simple-to-use interface. Students can annotate slides, present projects in class, learn a language, and even complete and turn in class assignments in the cloud. Not to mention it can lighten backpacks; students can import presentation slides or even textbooks to review and mark-up!
Teachers: Use Notability as a single place to collect work, grade, provide student feedback and even present lessons (replacing traditional whiteboards). Teachers also use Notability to screencast and create videos and notes that they share with their students before and after class so that students can learn the concepts on their own time.
Our MoveableToolbox is fully customizable to suit your specific needs. The style tray gives you one tap access to your favorite tools and every tool has its own customizable presets.
Multi-Note and Note Switcher: Multi-Note lets you open and work on two notes at the same time in either horizontal or vertical view. Note Switcher allows you to quickly switch between notes.