Wireless Teaching with iPads

• Let’s login. 

  • Google Drive app (Be ready for Two-factor authentication)

  • Go to Files app and connect Drive

  • Go to Canva app and sign in (takes you through ADFS sign on)

• Google Drive files

All of the following tactics begin with….

1. Go to the Google Drive app

2. Select the file that you want to use

3. Click on it to open it. 

4. Once the file is open in the appropriate app, click the three dots in the top left corner.

            …then…⤵️

• PDFs and images: 

  • Open in  >> Save to files >> go open files and find it >> markup (🔗)

  • Open in >> Notes >> save >> go to notes app and open to mark up (🔗)

  • Open in >> Canva >> wait for it to import >> click on it >> use draw tool (🔗)

• Google Drive files

All of the following tactics begin with….

1. Go to the Google Drive app

2. Select the file that you want to use

3. Click on it to open it. 

4. Once the file is open in the appropriate app, click the three dots in the top left corner.

            …then…⤵️

• Slides and docs: 

  • share & export >> send a copy >> OK >> Markup (🔗)

  • share & export >> send a copy >> OK  >> Save to files >> go open files and find it >> markup (🔗)

  • share & export >> send a copy >> Notes >> save >> go to notes app and open to mark up (🔗)

  • share & export >> send a copy >>  Canva >> wait for it to import >> click on it >> use draw tool (🔗)

• The video linked here → (🔗) will show you...

  • 1. • How to take a photo and annotate over it. 

       • How to use the iPad as a document camera.

• Canvas Teacher app- Going over instructions, showing embedded videos (🔗)

• Accessing Canvas through Classlink will take you out of Classlink to the Canvas Teacher app. 

  • 1. • It looks different than Canvas on the computer

       • Don’t build on iPad, just use it for reference to typed instructions or embedded content.

• Freeform (🔗) 

  • • • Built into the iPad 

      • Large expandable board space! 

      • Can save links to them into your Google Drive

      • Be sure to connect Google Drive

      • ⎋  Saving to Drive and other actions

      • Pro Tips:(🔗)

        • 1. • There is a search bar for icons/shapes, etc to quickly find what you need.

             • Tons of object edit options!

• Notes (🔗)

  • • • Expandable board space, but it is not free form, it builds from the top down as you add. 

      • Built into the iPad

      • Can insert media, images, etc.

      • Allows for:

        • 1. • Bullet pointed list format

             • Inserting tables

             • Inserting images

             • Inserting PDFs and other files

             • Ability to change the lines and grids

             • ⎋ Saving to Drive and other actions

      • Pro Tips:(🔗)

        • 1. • Ctrl+F feature: Three dots >> Find in Note >> search a term to find it in the note.

             • Document scanning: Three dots >> Scan >> use camera to insert document right then and there

             • Add lines or grids: Three dots >> Lines & Grids >> select your preference 

• Canva - Whiteboards, presentations, etc. (🔗)

  • 1. • Large expandable board space! 

       • Added benefit of being able to do slides if they’re built in Canva

       • Log in with Google

       • ⎋ Allows for present mode, public view link, download, and more actions

• Canva 

• Go Guardian

• TAC (careful not to display on the board)

• Kami

• Online textbooks

• Google Drive (doesn’t remember you, use the app instead)

• Incident IQ (better on the computer)

• Gmail (better on the computer or using the app)

• Loom (use the app instead)

• Printer Logic (Printing direct from iPad not supported)

• Installing the iPad’s built in screen recorder. (🔗)

  • 1. • Native to the iPad, so works best with it.

       • Be sure to turn the microphone on by pressing and holding the screen record button in the control center.

       • Be sure to check where you want videos to save. 

🚫 Videos DO NOT work using the YouTube app while casting to another screen or device.  AVOID INSTALLING THE YOUTUBE APP ON YOUR IPAD. If the app is installed, when opening YouTube links in other applications, it will automatically send you out and open in the Youtube app. That is something you want to avoid IF you desire to show it while connected to your bigger screen. 

• ✅ Videos WILL work in the Canvas Teacher app

  • 1. • When videos are embedded into canvas pages or assignments, they'll play inside the canvas teacher app

• ✅ Videos WILL work when youtube.com is used in an internet browser app like the Chrome app or Safari app 

  • 1. • You can add this as a shortcut to your homescreen (🔗)

• ✅ Videos WILL work when embedded in the Canva projects like presentations, documents, etc. Just go present them from your Canva app

• Allows you to hover one app in a smaller window over another one in full screen. 

• All apps that will split view will do slide over (listed above)

• How to get to slide over…

  • 1. • Open the app you want to be the smaller slide over view>> Tap the three gray dots in the top center >> Slide over >> it will move to the side to reveal your home screen >> then select the second app and it will open full screen behind it. 

• How to change sides of the slide over …

  • 1. • Grab the three gray dots at the top of the slide over >> Press, hold, and drag it to the other side of the screen.

• How to get out of a slide over…

  • 1. • Tap the three gray dots in the top center of the slide over screen >> Full screen OR Close OR change it to split view

• Can be hidden by dragging it TO the edge. Can be brought back by dragging FROM the edge.

• One of the screens in this view can be a whiteboard app and you can write. Drag and drop objects or files, 

• One of the screens can be the clock app with a timer running for your activity