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

»Flipboard

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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