iPads are incredibly versatile, mobile, and powerful computing devices that are becoming increasingly capable of acting as full-on laptop replacements for many people. It’s not unreasonable to suggest that teachers can and will be using mobile devices to present content more and more frequently in the coming months and years, either by plugging into podiums…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Tips for Presenting from an iPad
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#UPTechTip: Office Lens is Your Pocket Scanner
If you use the cloud to store data, share, and collaborate, you may struggle with keeping track of information that’s only available offline. Printed information that’s handed out at meetings notes you jot down in a paper notebook or on a whiteboard – that information is so easily lost track of. Wouldn’t be nice if…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Office Lens is Your Pocket Scanner
UP Tech Tip: Sync Docs Between Moodle & OneDrive
We have lots of great tech tools at UP that enhance teaching and learning. They really start to shine when they become integrated and work together, becoming two great tastes that taste great together, like peanut butter and chocolate. (Disclaimer: never put peanut butter and/or chocolate into your technology devices). Imagine the following scenario: you’re relaxing…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Sync Docs Between Moodle & OneDrive
UP Tech Tip: Intro to Podcasts
This week’s #uptechtips is all about getting started with podcasts. Podcasts are internet distributed, episodic audio or video programs. They are almost always free. What makes podcasts truly special is that the low-cost and resources needed to make a podcast allows a wide variety of people to start making their own podcasts and share their knowledge…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Intro to Podcasts
Can You Really Get Work Done On an iPad?
iPads are used widely at UP. They have served all sorts of specific purposes — as mobile clipboards, platforms used to create videos for flipped classrooms using apps like Explain Everything, digital notebooks in science labs, and more. But honestly, a lot of tablet users just end up using them for general web browsing, emailing, and entertainment. So, can you really…Continue Reading Can You Really Get Work Done On an iPad?
Tech Tip – Upload Mobile Video to MediaSpace
Thanks to an update to UP’s Single Sign On portal, go.up.edu, it’s now possible to log in to MediaSpace through a mobile browser. What this means for UP video users is that the process of taking video on a mobile device and uploading it directly to MediaSpace to store, stream and share video is much…Continue Reading Tech Tip – Upload Mobile Video to MediaSpace