Connect Your iPad to a Projector - Go Wireless with Apple TV & AirPlay Mirroring. Perhaps I should have waited. I’ll explain below… Many classrooms, conference rooms and boardrooms are equipped with computer projection systems. You can easily connect your iPad to a projector with Apple’s VGA Adapter and a common VGA cable.
This adapter and cable combination allows you to show content from your iPad on the projection screen. I first wrote about this back in August of 2010. This method of sharing your iPad screen with an audience is useful, but not truly mobile. AirPlay is Apple’s technology that allows you to stream music, photos, and video wirelessly from your iPad to an Apple TV or another AirPlay-enabled device such as speakers or A/V receivers. The projector in a typical meeting room or classroom has a VGA connector. A few months ago, I purchased the KanexPro ($65.00).
Perhaps I should have waited. The KanexPro requires an external power source and a separate HDMI cable. What about the quality of the projected display of the older Pro vs the new ATVPro? AirServer - The game console for Mac/PC has arrived. Apple Configurator Part II: Restoring Devices. Jun122012 Previously I did a post as well as a video introducing the Apple Configurator.
Today we are going to walkthrough setting up the devices for the first time in a cart situation in which you do not have to activate all of the individual devices. You can think of this like “imaging” the devices. Here is the workflow: Configure Step one is to configure one of the IOS Devices how you want it. Tip: I would suggest turning on the appstore syncing of applications so when you install an app on one it goes onto all of the devices (note make sure you are following VPP guidelines): Backup After you have configured the device to your specifications plug in the device to your Apple Computer. Open up Apple Configurator (if you have not downloaded it you can read more here). You should see the number of devices connected on the top left (should be only 1). About halfway down you should see an option for “Restore”, click on that drop down and click on the “Backup …” option: Restore Thats it! Thanks. 16 New iPad tips 2012. Clean Up Your iPad to Free Up Space for MORE iPad Apps.
Marge "MaggieB" Burkell ...or How-To Free Up iPad Space for MORE iPad Apps! Been adding app after app onto your iPad and now need to clean it up and free up some space? Yes, you can tap and hold on individual apps but here is an easier and more efficient way to delete those space-hogging apps you aren’t using right now!
First of all remember that when you delete an app you still own it, so anytime you want to put it back onto your iPad (as long as it’s still in the App Store) all you have to do is reinstall it, no charge! So how do you quickly ascertain how much of your iPad is already being used and which apps hog the most hard drive space? Simply follow the steps below: Open up your iPad Setting AppGo to General > UsageAllow your iPad to collect and display all the apps on your device. That’s all there is to it! How about you? P.s. if you have a tip or trick you’d like to share with us we’d love to hear from you in our comments!
Did you like this? About Marge "MaggieB" Burkell. You're Probably Not Getting The Most Out Of Your iPad's Keyboard. Content Tool - #1 - Creating a presentation. The Fastest Way to Delete Large Numbers of Photos from Your iPad Camera Roll. If you want to get rid of a few photos in the iPad’s Camera Roll it’s easy enough to just tap and delete within the Photos app on the iPad. If, however, you’ve imported and built up a collection of dozens or even hundreds of images in the Camera Roll that’s not a barrel of laughs anymore. Here’s my quick suggestion for the best / fastest way to delete a large number of photos from your iPad (if you’re using a Mac): ** As an extra cautious step, you may want to run one full ‘Import All’ process without the ‘Delete after import’ checkbox enabled, and check that all the images imported successfully before running a second one per the steps below. – It’s a good idea to save your Camera Roll photos to somewhere just in case you want some or all of them back at a later date – this process using the Image Capture app accomplishes this. – Launch the Image Capture app on your Mac – it’s probably not in the dock, so you’ll need to launch it from the /Applications folder.
That’s it. On the road with a camera, an iPad, and a Hyperdrive. A quick iPad tip: Turkish Dolmuşes—van-sized mini buses that provide inexpensive regional travel—are too shaky and bumpy for accurate typing on an iPad. I know this because I’m trying to type this while riding on a Dolmuş. I’m heading toward the start of the Lycean way, a roughly 300-mile hike that winds through the villages of Anatolia. Because this will be a backpacking and photography excursion, I’m trying to travel as light as possible.
As such, I’ve left my 13-inch MacBook Air at home, and have decided to bring only my iPad, my cameras, and a HyperDrive. This was not an easy decision. iPad versus the 11-inch MacBook Air Because the point of my trip is to shoot photos for work (they go into books, articles, and classes), I have some photography-specific computing needs: Storage: I am traveling in Turkey for 21 days, shooting raw files with both a 21 megapixel SLR, and a 12-megapixel point-and-shoot. Delivery: Finally, I have to be able to get these images to the relevant editors. IPad Tips & Tutorials | iPad Academy - Part 4.
Using the Back Button or Previous Page in the Safari Web Browser on the iPad A participant in my Master Class recently asked this question: How do I go “back” in Safari? Sometimes the “back” button works and sometimes it doesn’t. Here’s my reply: When you tap on a link on a webpage, one of two things generally happens: 1. The link opens in the same window, replacing the current […] Continue reading... How to Open Adobe Digital Editions Books on the iPad – Dealing with DRM I recently received this request for help with reading an Adobe eBook format on the iPad: I have tried to download purchased epub files to my ipad by following the instructions for itunes. Continue reading... iPad Video Lessons – Learning to Use the iPad – A Story, A Gift and A Deal In January 2012, I launched the iPad Academy Master Class, my series of online video lessons to help others learn to use the iPad.
Continue reading... iPad Tip: How to Open Videos Attached to Email Messages Continue reading... Continue reading... Www.top-ipad-video-converter.com/100 iPad Tips and Tricks.pdf. Teach with your ipad. Technology and Education | Box of Tricks. Posted by José Picardo on January 22, 2012 Apple recently announced the launch of its free iBooks Author desktop application, which – they claim – “allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. With galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could.”
This post takes you through my humble first attempt at making my first iBook using iBooks Author. The gallery below contains screen captures of all the aspects I will cover in this review: [imagebrowser id=2] First Impressions When Apple announced the new iBooks Author app, my first reaction was to say about time!
Using iBooks Author iBooks looks very much like a cross between Pages and Keynote (Apple’s answer to Word and Powerpoint respectively). Publishing the iBook is a very straight forward affair too. Interactivity This is where the iBook’s real advantage over ordinary textbooks. Drawbacks. Want to create stop-motion films? We made an app for that! 68 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom. How to Edit and Publish a Video with iMovie for iPad - Playing with Media.
The following steps are included in the “Video” chapter of the forthcoming EPUB eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.” This is an example of “quick-edit” videography, which can compliment “no-edit” videography in support of the “ethic of minimal clicks.” This final video, “Learning About NASA Mission Control in Houston,” is available on YouTube. After recording a series of videos using an iPad, the iMovie app ($4.99) can be used to edit and combine the videos into a single file. That video file can then be directly uploaded to YouTube from the iPad, using an available wifi Internet connection. 1. Start an iPad iMovie by clicking the “+” icon at the bottom of the screen. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
I challenge you to give it a try! iPad - Why? How? How to Grade on an iPad. Interactive eBook Apps: The Reinvention of Reading and Interactivity. The invention of the tablet PC has created a new medium for book publishing. Interactive books are everywhere, and have revolutionized the way people consume the printed word. With the recent software available to allow easy creation of interactive books and with the race to bring these products to market, there seems to be a more and more dilution of quality and a loss for the meaning of interactivity. When publishers create new eBook titles or convert a traditional printed book to a digital interactive eBook, they often miss the added value this new medium can provide.
It’s important to understand the distinction between apps and eBooks, as it's something that often confuses both publishers and consumers. It basically comes down to formats; apps are mostly native iOS or Android software, whereas eBooks are documents of a particular format, such as the open standards EPUB and Mobipocket (.mobi). This video was released by Apple to promote the iBooks Author: Interaction for Value. iPad Tips: Presenting from the iPad.
Www.ipadhdconverter.com/100 iPad Tips and Tricks.pdf. The Ultimate Guide to Using iPads in the Classroom. There is no doubt to anyone who has used an iPad or any tablet for that matter that they show a clear alternative to teaching learning in the classroom beyond laptops, screens and monitors. The iPads simplicity of use and massive range of apps give it a great deal of appeal as a teaching and learning tool and the future looks bright for this trend to continue. Yes it does have a number of shortfalls in some areas - like any early technology so I am going to share some great resources with you that I have come across which highlight the benefits of iPads in the class room and hopefully they will be of use to you. The DEECD located in Victoria Australia has some brilliant resources located at their iPads in the classroom trial website including. The 21 Steps to iPad success which is a document created to assist schools to smoothly implementing their iPads in the classroom, and have provided each school with some support materials.
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