iPad Apps for Business Educators Dr. Gita Phelps Georgia College & State University

Agenda iPad Basics Productivity Apps Free Educational Apps Video Editing Apps

iPad Tablet computer Primarily a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, apps and web content.

Four Physical Switches Power – Wake/sleep – Press and hold to power off Side Switch – Setting/General to specify Rotation lock or Mute switch Volume Home – Double click to see active apps Power + Home: screenshot Power Home volume side

Activity: General Settings Auto-Lock – Useful when connected to projector and you don’t want iPad to time out Passcode Lock Keyboard – Auto-Correction – VIDEO: Split keyboard – VIDEO: Master your iPad Keyboard:

Moving/Organizing/Deleting iPad Apps Moving Apps – Press and hold icon until it jiggles. Drag app to new location – Move to a new page by dragging the app half way off the screen and wait a few seconds until the next page appears. Note: Do not move your finger past the boundary of the screen Deleting Apps – Press and hold on App icon it jiggles. Touch the (x) to delete

Moving/Organizing/Deleting iPad Apps Making folders – Press and hold icon until they all shake. Then move an icon on top of another icon until folder is created.

Commonly Used Apps Safari – Private Browsing – Clear cookies and data & Calendar – Multiple accounts Camera – Geo-tagging: The location of pictures is stored – Turn off Location: Privacy Risks of Geo-tagging VIDEO:

Productivity Apps Cloud Computing File Sharing Creating Documents Classroom Management

Cloud Computing: Overview Place your files on a server that you can access via the web Using the cloud, you can be mobile but still connected to everything

Storage GB of internal flash memory. All data is stored on the internal flash memory, with no option to expand storage. – Apple sells a "camera connection kit" with an SD card reader, but it can only be used to transfer photos and videoSD card Use cloud storage to save space on iPad

Cloud Storage Never yourself a file again! Share your photos, docs and videos Take notes and easily find information later. Sync content between different devices

Productivity Apps: Cloud Computing DropBox (FREE) EverNote (FREE) iCloud (FREE) Google Drive Link:

Cloud Storage: DropBox Dropbox is superior for syncing files, backups and storage. It creates a local folder on your hard disk of your PC or laptop, and synchronizes it with the online folders of Dropbox. Dropbox acts as if it is part of your computer Storage: 2GB Free Space Max File Size: No maximum

Cloud Computing: EverNote Note Taking and Syncing Service Not meant to store all files – You are given a certain amount of storage per month so that you can take notes from anywhere and store them in one place. – Storage: 60MB per month (free) Every time a note is edited, the entire note is re-uploaded and counts towards your quota. Editing text inside a note Editing a file that's attached inside a note Rotating or deleting a picture inside a note

Cloud Computing: EverNote Easily capture ideas and things you see while you are online or out and about and access them from any computer Search by keywords even text found in pictures

EverNote Uses Make a list of movies that you want to watch Take a photo of the page you are reading in a book and use Evernote to make your notes, keeping your book pages clean Keep track of your receipts! Take a picture of your receipts! EverNote can search for specific items listed on your receipts. Link: Link:

Cloud Storage: iCloud iCloud (5GB free) – Setting up: You must have IOS devices /how-to-install-ios-5/ 285/how-to-install-ios-5/ Syncing content between different devices. – Take a picture or download a song in iTunes with your iPhone and have it appear automatically on your iPad

Productivity Apps: File Sharing Using iTunes 9.1 or later, you can copy files between your computer and apps on your iOS device that support File Sharing – GoodReader (4.99)

USB File Transfer Connect to iTunes and drag files to APP

Good Reader ($4.99) Currently on Sale for ($2.99) #1 selling non-Apple app for iPad in 2010 in USA WiFi Transfer: Wirelessly transfer items to/from iPad USB File Transfer – Connect to iTunes and drag files to APP. Video: LNK:

Productivity Apps: Creating Documents Creating Documents with Stylus – Notability (0.99) Audio – Dragon Dictation (Free) Scanning – Prizmo($9.99) External Keyboard – QuickOffice (19.99), DocumentsToGo (9.99 – 16.99) – Pages, Keynotes, Numbers (9.99 each)

Notability ($0.99) By GingerLabs Video:

Dragon Dictation (FREE) Dictate audio and use voice-to-text translation to create notes or Commands – “period” – “exclamation point” – “new line” – “new paragraph” – “space bar” Great for iPad 1 users

Create & Modify Desktop Documents Creating Microsoft Office Documents – DocumentsToGo ($ ), QuickOffice ($19.99) Creating Mac Documents ($9.99 each) – Pages, Numbers, Keynote Read Reviews!

Productivity Apps: Classroom Management Innovative Classroom Management Tools – classroom-management/ classroom-management/

Free Educational Apps iTunes U – Access courses from other school Khans Academy – Educational Videos YouTube

Document Scanner Faster Scan HD (FREE) Fast way to scan documents, with your iPad VIDEO:

Scan and Read Documents Prizmo ($9.99) Prizmo is a universal photo-based scanner app that lets you scan and recognize text documents. Reads text aloud!

Video Editing Apps ScreenChomp This is a screen recording app that lets you touch record or capture your iPad screen and add audio to create shareable videos VIDEO:

Encourage your students to think about how apps can help businesses!

Mobile Apps Help Businesses Enhance profit, reduce paper and printing costs, have greater staff efficiency and better customer service. Connect with Customers and Employees Stay Productive – There are apps available to meet nearly every business need, from word processing to remote access, so you can continue doing the job at hand.

App: Square At Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco there are no cash registers! The coffee shop does all its transactions through the iPad. Card reader plugs in to audio port Accepts credit card payments

App: Vagaro The Beauty Room, a beauty salon in Minneapolis uses this app to schedule client appointments Syncs with stylists iPhones and iPads Appointment Book

App: Pro Prompter WXFL, a television station in Albany, Georgia has given its news anchors iPads to replace paper scripts. The station states that it can save $2,000 a month on printing, paper, and repair costs. Accepts credit card payments

App: FedEx check the status of your shipments

App: Zappit QR code (Quick Response code) Popular two-dimensional barcode The information encoded may be text, URL, or other data. The QR code was created to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. Common in Japan Scan QR and bar codes

App: BuzzTable Guest Management

Havertys: Follow The Truck Driver’s Picture Current Status Expected Time Ability to make comments

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