#508 Adding a website to your homescreen (iOS)

February 20, 2019July 30, 2019 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

Here’s a great little tip that I regularly use. If you visit a particular website – you can add this easily to your iPad / iPhone homescreen really easily. Image by Colin McAllister-Gibson is CC0

#iOS · Apple · Classroom Technologies · ICT proficiency · iPad · JISC: 6 elements of digital capability · Mobile · Timesavers · Top tip

#475 Measure app for iOS12

September 28, 2018September 25, 2018 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

In iOS 12 for iPhone and iPads there’s a great new app called Measure. It’s an AR (Augmented Reality) measuring app that’s so useful and handy. You can measure objects and get their sizes – no need to go looking for measuring tapes anymore! Image can be found here under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 licence

#iOS · Apple · ICT proficiency · iPad · JISC: 6 elements of digital capability · Mobile · Top tip

#435 Organising Apps into Folders (iOS)

June 27, 2018June 8, 2018 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

In this 1minutecpd video i’ll show you how to organise apps together in to folders. This simple process will make your apps easier to find by grouping them together into categories. Image by Pixabay is CC0

#iOS · Apple · Images · Information, data and media literacy (critical use) · iPad · JISC: 6 elements of digital capability · Media literacy · Mobile · Timesavers · Top tip

#425 Markup: iOS Picture Annotation

June 4, 2018May 28, 2018 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

There’s a great feature built in to the iOS Photos app called Markup. This allows you to annotate a picture using a variety of tools and colours directly without having to skip between apps. In this 1minutecpd video I’ll show you how easy it is to annotate a picture. It saves directly back to the… Continue reading #425 Markup: iOS Picture Annotation

#iOS · Android · Apple · Browsers · Digital communication · Images · iPad · JISC: 6 elements of digital capability · Mobile · OS X · Top tip

#420 Google Photo: Backup and sync device Photos and Video

May 23, 2018May 15, 2018 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

The Google Photo app, available on Android and iOS is one of my must have apps on both my iPad and iPhone. It back-ups all of my device photos and videos to my own Google Photo storage area which I can access through the app, or through my Google account. There’s unlimited storage and I’m… Continue reading #420 Google Photo: Backup and sync device Photos and Video

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#400 iCloud Website: Powerful and easy access to apps and files

April 6, 2018April 10, 2018 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

Did you know that if you have an iPad, iPhone or Mac computer you can gain access to files, documents, photos and reminders from any computer – be it Mac or Windows? Going to the iCloud website, http://www.icloud.com and entering your Apple ID and password will give you secure access to lots of information that… Continue reading #400 iCloud Website: Powerful and easy access to apps and files

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#390 iOS Control Centre: No sound and do not disturb settings

March 14, 2018February 27, 2019 colinmcallistergibsonLeave a comment

In recent times Apple have moved settings around and it’s not always obvious where to find them. We’ve recently experienced one of our academics having issues in getting the audio to play on a video, despite all of the obvious settings it ended up being another setting in the Control centre. Additionally you may want… Continue reading #390 iOS Control Centre: No sound and do not disturb settings