Digital Learning digital.learning@theleys.net @TheLeysDigital
Start of Term InSeT Lent Term 2015
Neil Dix-Pincott January 2015
CONTENTS NAMING YOUR IPAD USING AIRDROP DIGITAL LEARNING PAGES USING BOOK CREATOR USING DROPBOX QR CODES
NAMING YOUR IPAD 1. On your iPad, tap Setting > General > About. 2. Tap the first line, which should display the name of your device.
3. Rename your device using the on-screen keyboard and tap Done.
USING AIRDROP With AirDrop, you can share photos, videos, websites, locations, and more with people nearby with an iPad.
1. Turn on AirDrop in the Control Centre by swiping up from the very bottom of the screen. 2. Tap AirDrop. 3. Choose Everyone, so that all nearby iPads using AirDrop can see yours.
4. Share content from apps such as Photos, Safari, Contacts, and more, by selecting what you want to share. 5. Tap Share or the Export button
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6. Tap the name of a nearby AirDrop User or the iPad.
7. The other person will receive an alert with a preview of the content you want to share, and can either accept or decline. If accepted, the content will open in the app you sent it from, e.g. photos will appear in the Photos app and websites will open in Safari.
DIGITAL LEARNING PAGES Tap on any of the links below to be taken to the relevant section of the Digital Learning pages on the school Intranet. You may have to sign in to Firefly using your school username and password.
Teaching with iPad Video Tutorials iPads in action Core Apps How to guides Staff Training Using Your iPad Links
USING BOOK CREATOR This quick tutorial will take you through creating your first book.
1. Add content to the page Tap on the + button to add an item to the page. You can choose photos, video, text and sound or draw and write with the pen.
2. Position content You can move any item around the page with your finger, and resize it using the blue circles.
Tip: You can also rotate images and text with a two finger twist.
3. Working with images Sync images and video to your iPad using iTunes, or use Safari to save images from the web - just hold your finger on the image.
Always ensure you have permission to re-use images
4. Using the Inspector The Inspector shows options for adjusting an item, including deleting it. You can also use the Inspector to set the page's color.
Tip: The Inspector shows options for the currently selected item. To select an item just tap on it.
5. Give it a go! Why not explore Book Creator by adding some of your own content to this page.
6. Building your book Tap on Pages and then Edit to work with the pages of your book. You can re-order with a long press and share to your social networks.
If you make a mistake you can always undo your changes to the current page.
7. Reading your book Now for the fun bit. Tap on the toolbar to read your book in iBooks. You can do this as often as you like. Try it now with this tutorial!
The list of apps will depend on the ones you have installed. Some great ones for sharing your books are Dropbox and Google Drive.
8. Getting more help Book Creator offers much more, from hyperlinks to sharing features. On the 'My Books' screen tap the Support button to view the full online help.
That's all you need to know to create your first book.
USING DROPBOX
Dropbox is an app which lets you store files in the cloud so that you can access them anywhere and anytime that you have a connection to the internet. This means that you can access them from your iPad and computer as well as your smartphone if you have one. You receive 2 gigabytes of free storage when you sign up. You can share files that are in your Dropbox with other people even if they do not have a Dropbox account. You can share folders with other Dropbox users so that they can upload files. This is great for collaborative work and for collating digital materials that may be too large to send through conventional means such as email or Showbie. NB. Only the files that you put in your Dropbox will appear there. Files saved on the school network will not be in your Dropbox unless you put them there.
1. Sign up for Dropbox using your school email address. You can choose any password you like but I recommend you use one that you will remember easily.
2. When you first sign in to Dropbox you will be prompted with a message asking if you would like to automatically upload photos and videos taken on your iPad using the Camera Upload function. I strongly recommend that you don't use this function as it will use up valuable space in your Dropbox with unnecessary files.
3. Tap the icon at the top of the screen to upload photos and videos manually within the app. You can upload anything that is saved to your iPad's Camera Roll.
4. Choose the file from your Camera Roll by tapping Add Files and then choosing Photos.
UPLOADING OTHER FILES TO DROPBOX You can also upload other types of files to your Dropbox from your iPad using the Open In... function in any app. This is not done from within the Dropbox app but rather in the app in which the file was created or stored.
5. In whichever app you are using tap the Export button then tap Open In...
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6. Scroll along the menu of apps that appear until you find Dropbox. Tapping the icon will open Dropbox automatically. The Open In... function is very useful when using a combination of apps to complete a task.
7. Tap Save at the top of the screen to save to the default location or choose a folder within Dropbox. You can create folders and move files once they have been uploaded to Dropbox.
SHARING A FILE OR FOLDER 8. Swipe from left to right over any file or folder to reveal a set of icons. Tap the Export button .
9. You can send the link to the file or folder in a variety of ways. Tap Copy Link if you want to paste the link into something else, such as a document or a webpage.
QR CODES QR stands for Quick Response and these codes can be used to quickly connect to something online. They can be used to make classrooms more efficient and interactive. To read a QR code using your iPad you need to use a special app. All school iPads have an easy to use scanning app called i-nigma.
i-nigma
Use the app by holding the camera towards the QR code you wish to scan using the guidelines on the screen. The app should automatically scan the code. A Go Online button will appear at the bottom of the screen if the app has been able to read the QR code, tap it to access the link.
CREATING QR CODES There are many different websites where you can generate your own QR codes for free. I recommend qrstuff.com as it is straightforward to use and allows you to generate QR codes from a wide variety of content such as files in your Dropbox or videos on YouTube.
1. Choose the data type from the list on the left-hand side and then paste your link into the space. Press done on the keyboard if it pops up to generate the QR code.
2. To save your QR code to your iPad's Camera Roll, tap and hold your finger on the preview image and then tap Save Image.
If you want to create a batch of QR codes or want to be able to print them, I recommend you generate them on a computer as you can rename each QR code as it is generated. Unfortunately you cannot name images on your iPad, they are simply given a timestamp to identify them.
IDEAS FOR USING QR CODES
1. Create interactive displays using QR codes to link to pupil-created content. 2. Create differentiated resources with different QR codes for different levels. 3. Create paper QR codes for pupils to stick in their exercise books linking them to relevant material. 4. Generate a QR code to project in your classroom so pupils can access learning materials efficiently. 5. Use QR codes to embed different media in work done on paper.
6. Create a QR code treasure quest where pupils must solve a problem in order to receive the next clue (QR code). 7. Include QR codes in books linking to pupil reviews and critiques for others to read before they choose the book. 8. Create a virtual museum using QR codes to link to virtual artefacts. 9. Use QR codes to label things relevant to your subject around your department or the whole school. 10. Create a QR code that links to solutions to problems so pupils can work completely independently on some tasks.