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An introduction to iPads for LearningJisc RSC Scotland
An introduction to iPads for LearningJisc RSC Scotland
Margaret McKayAdvisor: Accessibility &
Inclusion
John MaguireAdvisor: Learning
Technologies
John Maguire – Advisor Learning TechnologiesMargaret McKay - Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
iPad Orientation
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iPad Orientation
The iPad is a great table and feels very easy to pick up and use but do you know your way around the basics?
»iPad buttons› On/Off, Home, Volume, Mute
»Basic operations› Swiping Pages, Creating Folders,
Searching for apps, Multi tasking
»Additional operations› Settings menu, Control Center,
notification
Getting to grips with basic iPad operation
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John Maguire – Advisor Learning TechnologiesMargaret McKay - Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
iPad Accessibility
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iPad Accessibility
The iPad comes with assistive features that allow people with disabilities an equal experience of iOS.
»Accessible Features› Zoom,
› Speak auto-text, speak selection,
› Larger text, bold text,
› VoiceOver,
› Siri,
› Accessibility shortcut,
› Guided access,
› Assistive touch,
› Switch control.
Getting to grips with basic iPad operation
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Activity
Zoom: 1. Go to settings > general > accessibility > zoom.2. Turn zoom on and go to home page double tap 3 fingers to move around the screen. 3. Double tap 3 fingers and drag to magnify page.
Larger type:1. Go to settings > general > accessibility > larger type. 2. Turn on larger type and drag the slider to select your preferred reading size.
Speak selection: 1. Go to settings > general > accessibility > speak selection. 2. Choose some text on a website and highlight with your finger, click the speak button and 3. listen to the text being read back.
Invert Colour:1. Go to settings > general > accessibility > invert colours.2. Turn on invert colour and explore your iPad.
Follow the instructions to access features
John Maguire – Advisor Learning TechnologiesMargaret McKay - Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
Useful Apps
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Useful apps
This type of app helps individuals to plan and organise their studies. They can be invaluable for students with a wide range of additional support needs where in may cases these skills are weak.
»Calendar (built in)
»Reminders (built in)
»Notification Centre (built in)
»Sticky notes
»SQA My Study Plan
»Mind jet
Planning and organising
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Useful apps
These apps work mostly with RSS feeds and collect together online services and resources that you subscribe to in one place. Resources are presented in a user friendly manner often in a magazine style.
»Feedly
»Pulse
Managing information
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Useful apps
Taking notes is an essential part of studying, iPad apps offer a number of different ways of doing this, ranging from enhanced typed, notes to audio notes and images as notes.
»Notes (built in)
»Paperportnotes – Case study
»Educreations – Case Study
»Audio Boo
»Audio Note
Note-taking
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Useful apps
Augmented reality brings together elements of the real world with the virtual world, enhancing what we see with information and other sources.
»Wikitude
»Acrossair
»Blippar
Uses in education
»LearnAR – Demo Video
»Anyone can be a mechanic – Demo Video
Augmented Reality
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Useful appsAugmented Reality
Useful apps
eBook readers have a number of very useful tools including bookmarking, highlighting, dictionary definitions, magnification, add notes, change fonts. Enhanced eBooks add to the traditional written word with audio, video and interactions.
» iBooks
»Our Choice
»Man on Moon
»Book Creator
eBooks and eBook Creators
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John Maguire – Advisor Learning TechnologiesMargaret McKay - Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
Managing your iPads
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Managing classroom iPads
»Sharing vs. Individual
»The classroom workflow
»Decisions you need to make
› Turning off pre installed apps
› Restricting access to areas & functions
› Restricting access to content
› Locking the iPad to 1 app (Guided)
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Managing a large group iPads
»Apple Configurator
› Suited to 10 – 100 devices
› Range of admin restrictions
› Create a master and copy to all others
»Mobile Device Management (MDM)
› Sync apps wirelessly
› IT doesn’t need to collect up iPads
› User needs to accept
http://snapguide.com/guides/use-apple-configurator/
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Purchasing appsDecide how many copies of the app you will need and create an organised deployment plan. Decide which apps go on which iPads.
»Decide apps to go on
»1 app per iPad?
»Purchase using Apple VPP
»Licence codes managed centrally
http://www.apple.com/uk/education/volume-purchase-program/faq.html
https://volume.itunes.apple.com/gb/store/
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John Maguire – Advisor Learning TechnologiesMargaret McKay - Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
Evaluating Apps
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Evaluating Apps
The usefulness of an app is dependent on the intended purpose and the student’s needs. If you are thinking of purchasing an app for use in the classroom it is handy to score it. Apps that score low might still be good, but just not for the purpose you’re assessing them.
Some areas to consider»Relevance»Ease of use»Sharing of data created
Deciding if an app is right for you and your students
Evaluating AppsiTunes Store
»Start at the iTunes store
»Pay attention to user reviews
»Less than 10 reviews many not be enough
Image: iTunes store screenshot
Evaluating AppsYour criteria
http://bit.ly/xug4HV
http://bit.ly/HEwviH
Evaluating AppsYour criteria
http://bit.ly/HFTU3k
John Maguire – Advisor Learning TechnologiesMargaret McKay - Advisor: Accessibility & Inclusion
Useful links and information
Today’s resourceswww.scoop.it/t/tablet-devices-living-learning-productivityhttp://bit.ly/147ReQc - Shortened link to above
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