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Using Notability with Google Drive

Like other mobile apps, the note-taking platform Notability can import from and export to Google Drive. This is especially useful if you’ve set up Google Drive to transfer files to and from your iPad. To import a PDF to annotate in Notability: Open the Notability app from your home screen. From the main menu, select the Import button on the...

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Using Office with Google Drive on an iPad

Google Drive is a powerful tool for sharing files between your laptop and your iPad, and it’s relatively straightforward to get set up. However, some mobile apps don’t integrate as well with Drive. One is Office 365, which includes PowerPoint and Word, two apps that might be useful for teaching or collaboration. Unfortunately, Microsoft has made it so you can’t...

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Create a Transcript of a Recorded Zoom Meeting

Creating a written transcript from interviews and presentations is now possible when using the closed captioning feature in Zoom. Make sure you are using Macalester’s Zoom account by logging in at macalester.zoom.us. The host may enable Live Transcript by selecting the CC icon on the bottom of the Zoom screen Select Enable Auto-Transcription If you would like to a running...

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Simple Video Editing with QuickTime (MacOS)

By default, all Apple computers include QuickTime, a media player that also includes basic video editing tools. These tools allow you make basic changes to your recordings without needing to learn more complicated software. Quick Time works best for simple tasks such as: Removing a false start from the beginning of a recorded lecture Cutting a private conversation from a...

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Annotating Emailed Attachments On Your iPad

There are numerous ways to get files onto and off your iPad when you’d like to do things like annotate with the Apple Pencil. Using Google Drive is one way the ATS team recommends. But sometimes email is the easiest method. Using a mobile mail app (like Gmail’s app) and Notability, an note-taking app, you can easily download a PDF...

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Using the Tech Kit in the Classroom

This brief video provides an overview of the equipment in your tech kit, and shows you how to set up the tech kit in your classroom.

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Getting Files Onto (and Off Of) Your iPad with Google Drive

Whether you’re using your iPad to annotate an article during class or recording a lecture over your Powerpoint slide deck, you’ll need a way to get documents onto (and off) your iPad. The best set up for this depends on a number of factors like what cloud storage or iPad apps you already use. In general, the easiest option is...

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Sharing Recorded Content With Students

There are many ways to share your short lectures, and the process may vary depending on a number of factors, including what kind of content you’ve made, the device you’ve made it on, and even where your remote students are based. This how-to offers a basic walkthrough of the process for our recommended option, as well as a few notes on alternatives.

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Mobile Scanning Basics

For those who do not have access to a scanner, use the resources in this guide to learn which mobile applications to use to scan and share documents.

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Screening Films and Video Clips

Use the resources in this guide to learn how to best screen films and other videos with your students while abiding by fair use guidelines.