Category: Whiteboard

Zoom has a built-in virtual whiteboard, which you can type on or draw on. But a better approximation of a physical whiteboard can be achieve using a tablet and stylus, such as the iPad and Apple Pencil included in faculty tech kits. You can pair an annotation app (like ShowMe, Notability, or the built-in Notes) and a screen recording app (built in on iPads) to make a video of what you draw or write.

Another solution is to use a document camera, cell phone, or web camera to show or record what you’re writing on paper or on a small whiteboard. You can use Zoom’s option to Share Screen to share content from a second camera to record video of you writing.

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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Digital Whiteboarding and Annotation With an iPad

This guide offers an overview of using an iPad and Apple Pencil for digital whiteboarding and annotation. It covers the basics of setting up an iPad with Zoom, but also offers suggestions about using the iPad in class, iPad workflows, and annotation apps. Connecting Your iPad in Zoom First things first: to share anything on your iPad screen with your...

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Sharing Your iPad Screen on a Mac – On Campus

If you have a Mac, there are several ways to share your iPad screen over Zoom. But if you’re on campus, the best way is to use a physical connection: the charger cable that comes with your iPad (and an adapter for connecting it to the new USB-C Mac Books). This how-to walks you through this kind of connection. Open...

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Tracking Charge on Apple Pencil

The Apple Pencil does not have a way to tell you when the battery is running low on its own. However, you can use your iPad to keep track of the battery life in a few easy steps. Log into your iPad Swipe right on the home screen Select Edit on the bottom of the Widget Screen Find Batteries listed...

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Trust Message Not Showing Up When Connecting iPad to Mac Laptop

To share your iPad screen in Zoom via a cable (or to do other things that require a wired connection between your iPad and your computer), you need to tell your computer to trust your device. You’re usually prompted for the first when you first plug your iPad into your laptop, but sometimes this doesn’t happen. Additionally, security changes in...

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Sharing Your iPad Screen via a Windows PC – Off Campus

The above video walks you through how to share you iPad screen in a Zoom meeting that’s hosted (joined) on a Windows computer. You essentially connect the two devices — your PC and your iPad — via the iPad’s AirPlay protocol. This will be useful for whiteboarding during synchronous classes, or when recording mini-lectures. Notably, this method only works at...

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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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Getting Started with Office on an iPad

The brief video covers how to get Microsoft Office applications (like Powerpoint or Excel) installed on an iPad using your Macalester credentials. These Office apps are especially useful if you’re using your tech kit to annotate slideshows or other documents, either for making recordings, or during synchronous class meetings.

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Tech Kit Workshop Recording

The full Tech Kit Workshop Recording is now available. You will need a Macalester username and password to access it.

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