Our first App of the week is eBackpack ! The App has been a quick-fix solution to our file sharing challenges. By adding a WebDav connection once, our students have been able to share their work on the key Apps, like Pages, Keynote and Numbers with us in a few taps! They have also been able to upload multimedia (photo of Popplet, iMovie, PuppetPal etc.) directly from the eBackpack App as a shared file or as assignment. eBackpack allows students to:

*share work with all class members through the Shared Class Folder

* share work with teacher only through Assignment-Turn-In folder

* receive feedback from the teacher through Assignment Review folder.

* keep a private folder which is not shared by anyone

* share best work through Portfolio Folder

The App is free for download; however, a package has to be purchased in order to be able to share files with students. We have to say that purchasing the ‘class’ package for 39$ , which caters for 1 teacher and 30 students, has been well worth the money considering the hassle-free file sharing on day 1 of classes!

With the iPad® module, you can easily access eBackpack from your iPad, iPhone, or other iOS device. Instantly get to your My Files, E-Portfolio, or Shared class and group files. Plus directly from the iPad students can turn in work for their class assignments and teachers can retrieval of all turned in student work. eBackpack uses a WebDAV interface to provide assignment workflow for students and teachers. (Source: https://www.ebackpack.com/ipad)

Thank you eBackpack!

 

Getting Started: The Basics

ScoTutor for Ipads is a great application that can be downloaded from Apple Store for free. The video tutorials in this application help new users of iPad get familiar with the basics, including things like creating folders, accessing the toolbar and installing and deleting apps.You can also view the ScoTutor video on Youtube

 

Apps? iTunes? Air Server? Air Print? IOS?  iCloud? Safari? Not sure what these terms mean?  An iPad Glossary can be helpful for beginners: Here is one by iMore and another one by iFans.

Frustrated because you can’t see the whole content on some websites as Apple does not support Flash player? Download Puffin Browser on your iPad from Apple Store and enjoy the desktop web browsing experience on your iPad! A free version is available.