PTA: Back Up Your Work in Explain Everything & Notability

Attention all Students: 

I want to remind you about the importance of backing up your work particularly when using Explain Everything and Notability. Many students have stopped by my office after their iPad crashes! Even if you have iCloud setup, you must MUst MUST follow these steps to save your work in these two apps.

 Explain Everything only saves locally to your iPad. It does not save to iCloud. Therefore, you will need to EXPORT any work created in EE to Google Drive.

First, make sure Explain Everything is connected to your Google Account. Export your work as a PROJECT File. It's quicker and will allow students to continue editing their work.  

  For more info, click the link below.

   http://eastech.blogspot.com/2013/11/exporting-from-explain-everything-to.html

Second, Make this the last step in  your workflow routine when using Explain Everything!

Everytime you create something, end the class with exporting it to EE!

* The end result: IF your iPAD ever crashes, you can open EE,  import your work AND not miss a beat!

Notability will backup your work automatically if the BACKUP settings for Google Drive is Turned ON! Open the App < Go to Settings Gear (bottom lefthand corner), Login to Google< That’s IT! Your work will be autosaved in a Notability folder in Google Drive.

Please let me know if you have questions - Hopefully, this will help you from losing anything!

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Take it to the Amazon Cloud Player!

Smart Device Management Tip #1:  Store your Music from iTunes in the Cloud!

As the district moves towards the 8th grade BYOiPad and 9th grade BYOD (family-owned device) model, trying to balance personal/home-use with school-use requires  smart management of what is actually kept on the iPad or mobile device. Think about how easy it is to accumulate an ever-increasing number of music downloads, photos taken with your iPad or device, download books, etc. Therefore, saving your work, photos, and more "to the cloud" is the best solution.

 This is where Cloud-based storage comes into play...

Click here for a QUICK TUTORIAL

One of the first things students will want to do with a device, whether it's an iPhone, Nexus tablet, or iPad is to download and play their own music on it. This could equate to thousands of songs sitting on that device and taking up space!

When a device is primarily for school-use, this issue could easily become a family battle, which the simplest solution is to decide - no music on the device. However, if there is room for compromise, a cloud-based storage solution is available or as they say, "There is an app for that"!  Amazon recently announced the Amazon Cloud Player as a way to import your music directly from iTunes and/or purchase new music from Amazon and then stream it directly to any computer or device via the Amazon Cloud Player app. All this means is... the songs never sit on your device and are stored & played "in the amazon cloud" with internet access.

Please note: The Amazon Cloud Player allows for free storage of your first 240 songs. Any additional songs would cost $24.99/year.  Also, you'll start by signing up for the Amazon Cloud Player on your home computer (requires credit card information- only charged for songs purchased through Amazon, not imported) and installing the Amazon MP3 installer.  From there, import your songs using the Amazon MP3 installer on your computer, download the app to your iPad and start enjoying your music right from your iPad!

Click here to Get Started!

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Quick Trouble Shooting Tips

When an app is not responding or not functioning correctly, do not fear! It may be a WI-FI, app, or iPad memory issue. There are several ways to try to resolve it. 

Many apps require a connection to the internet.  
Are you connected to the WI-FI network?

• Tap on Settings; Wi-Fi
• Staff Wifi or MSOPEN should be selected
• Close Settings
• Tap on Safari. Type in the address bar: 192.168.10.8:81
• The Sonic Wall login screen should popup
• If you're not logged in, then enter your username/pw
• Try going to another website, to double check your connection

• Double tap the home button
• Find the app and press /hold on it until they all start dancing
• Tap the red circle with the minus sign
• Double tap the home button
• Relaunch the app

Apps frequently have updates to fix issues or make improvements.
 Do you have the latest version?

          To update an app

• Check the app store icon- a red notification circle indicates the number of apps that have an update available
• Tap on the app store icon and updates at the bottom of the screen
• Tap either update by each individual app or UPDATE ALL in the upper left hand corner of your screen.

         To update the iOS

• Check the Settings icon- a red notification circle indicates an update for the iOS.
• Tap on Settings> General
• Tap on Software Updates on the right hand side of the screen
• Tap on Install Now

* Suggestion: Check in with your teacher before making any updates to the iOS.

• Find the app on your screen
• Press and hold it down 
• Tap the black circle with the white x to delete the app

Deleting the app will also delete all of its data and your work- please be sure to sync or upload your work to dropbox beforehand!

• To reinstall, go to the app store, find the app
• Tap the install button next to it and it'll download to your device for free.
• Relaunch your app to use.

• Press and hold the power button until the red slider arrow appears
• Slide to power off
• Press and hold the power button to turn back on

• Press and hold the power and home button at the same time 
• Continue to hold them down until you see the Apple logo appear
• Slide to unlock the iPad

• Go to Settings> Mail, Contacts and Calenders
• Tap on the Account that is not working
• Re-enter the username and passwords
• Try the app again. 
• If it still does not work, it may be best to delete the account and add it again. Before you do, be sure you know the correct settings or information to re-enter.

REPORT IPAD ISSUES ONLINE FORM  (http://bit.ly/reportipadissues)

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