Test Replacement and Shortcuts

Do you use frequent words, phrases, or names on your iPad?

Well, OMG, have I got a good deal for you...

Did you know that you can do some customizing of your Suggested Text, those little words that pop up at the bottom of your screen while you type?

	Navigate to Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Text Replacement
	Add common words or phrases that can be replaced with a shortcut. The application here came from a conversation about our school professionals who document observations of students and are looking for a quicker way to key in data.
	Here is a short video of the process

PDFs and Pages- Worksheets on iPad

"Does anyone know how the students can download a pdf and type on it on the new Ipads? Asking for a friend! :) "


Here was my workflow:

1. Download the pdf to my laptop

2. Import the pdf file into Pages

3. Resize and 'Lock' the image so that it fills the page. (right-click to lock the image)

4.  Share the document to students using Apple Classroom (preferred), Google Classroom, or Air Drop

From  the student iPad:

1. Open the document in Pages

2. Rename the document to include your name.

3. Insert text boxes where needed with intelligent answers

3. Either Share or Export the document back to the teacher

(Options include Air Drop, Apple Schoolwork, Google Classroom, etc....)

What I learned today....

What I learned today....


This works great:

This works great (midi keyboard to iPad Pro):

It appears that we can connect from iPad Air to midi keyboard with this adapter

This does NOTwork (laptop to DVD drive with this adapter):

This DOES work (laptop to DVD drive with Apple adapter): 

Assistive Touch on iPad

I recommend turning on Assistive Touch on all iPads, both students and teachers.
It provides convenient shortcuts for all users, especially screenshot and volume adjustments.

To turn on:

Navigate to Settings -> Accessibility -> Touch -> AssistiveTouch  

Select Customize Top Level Menu to set your preferences.   I like the following:

Click here to learn more about Assistive Touch.

A middle school student told me that she didn't want that floating little icon showing up all the time, but was still interested in using it.  We can very quickly turn on/off Assistive Touch with a shortcut in our Control Center.

Here is how you can set it up:

Part 1:  Turn on your Accessibility Shortcut

Part 2:  Set up your Control Center

The setup is done.

To turn on/off Assistive Touch quickly,

Open the Control Center either by swiping down from the upper right corner

OR from Assistive Touch (if it is active).

Tap on the Accessibility icon to turn Assistive Touch on/off

If you are interested in more features like this, you could check out the Shortcuts App.  

You will be amazed by what you can do in your classroom in just a couple taps.  

This is a modified post from what I originally posted in Sept, 2019.

Installing Microsoft Applications on your laptop

Your 'new' school Apple ID has a little bonus for you. 

This gives us an Apple iCloud account which lets us back up resources and also makes them collaborative.  It ALSO gives you a login for a Microsoft account, sometimes called an Office 365 account.

You can get started at  login.microsoftonline.com

This means that you can download a full licensed version of Microsoft Office to your laptop
with updated versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.  Once logged in, this is what you will see:

The file is very large and will take a while to download.  
Double-click on the .zip file to install to your computer.


You can also have access to the online versions of Word, Powerpoint, and Excel.  Just navigate through the icons on your screen.  The online version also work on an iPad.

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Google, Apple, and Microsoft all have online versions of their word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.  All 3 have 'offline' versions, as well, but Google apps are most limited.

Google applications can become more engaging with the use of Google Classroom.
Apple applications can become much more engaging with the use of Apple Schoolwork paired with Apple Classroom.
Microsoft does not have a learning management system directed towards it's  use.

My favorite applications for engaging classroom lessons are Keynote and Clips.

There is much more to using technology resources beyond 'typing' papers, 'watching' lectures, or 'playing' on the device.  Let me know if you would like to partner with using any of these resources in your classroom.