Tips and Tricks

We have a new way to use GradeCam: Student Elections!!! A group of students wants to hold a mock presidential election and this created the problem of how we might do this anonymously through GradeCam. The way I did this was based off a suggestion from Donna Fairhurst @GradeCam. I created …

Our school has been using GradeCam since January 2015. GradeCam allows teachers to score assessments easily using the camera on their computer or device and then analyze their data. We are also utilizing the Student Portal part of their product. This allows students to view turned in assessments and also to …

Thanks to Mr. Jonathan Harmon for suggesting this post. This is a post mostly for student’s using Notability at Jesuit College Preparatory. Teachers might want to use this a resource to show their students how to save and submit work created in Notability. Step 1: Set Up Automatic Backup First, make …

iPad operating system 9.3 has been made available for download. This OS has been thoroughly beta tested over the past few months. There is no reason to not update your iPad to this OS at this time. As with many OS updates, various security issues have been addressed in the …

Did you know you can review all of the changes that were made to a Google Doc that you own or have editing privileges to? Did you know you can revert to any of those changes if something done later was made in error? Did you know you can review …

  Speed up your web experience by using the bookmarks bar. Bookmark the pages you use for class (Like a Moodle Class Page) so you can get there with one click after your browser opens. All web browsers have a feature that allows you to store your favorite websites and …

This hack of a couple of pieces of school equipment took less than 15 minutes. Most of that time was figuring out what was the best place to attach the two parts together. I went to our Science Department Chair and asked for a ring stand and a clamp. They …

While our school has been 1:1 iPad for four years, students still get a lot of paper handed back to them. Scannable and other scanning to pdf applications can really help a student stay organized by allowing the opportunity to place their paper with their digital things. Scannable works by using …

Notability for the iPad has a pretty powerful photo/image editor that can be useful when you are putting annotated images in your notes. First, you want to add a photo to a note by going to the plus icon in the upper right corner of a note screen. Once you have …

A regular feature of this blog will be a tech tip on Tuesday. If you have any suggestions for tips, let me know. Did you know you can get your iPad to read the screen to you? Go to Settings > Accessibility > Speech and turn on the Speak Screen …