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Assistive Access
Read more: Assistive AccessThis Digitip will show you Assistive Access on the iPad; How to set it up, choose specific apps and turn it off. This feature maybe useful to learners who find it difficult to use the iPad or specific apps. It can: Watch the video
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Using scenes in Freeform
Read more: Using scenes in FreeformThis digitip shows you how to create, manage and navigate a freeform board using scenes. This is a really powerful tool to create range of different resources you can use in the classroom. Scenes helps present new material in small steps, thus reducing cognitive load for the learners. Sharing a Freeform board can be a…
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Using the Apple Shortcuts app to create custom app icons for your Keynote files
Read more: Using the Apple Shortcuts app to create custom app icons for your Keynote filesUnlock the Power of Apple Shortcuts! Learn how to create custom app icons for your Keynote files in just a few simple steps. You may know that you can personalise your iOS home screen, but this guide will show you how to create easy access to completed projects, allowing both learners and staff to showcase…
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Embedding Media in OneNote
Read more: Embedding Media in OneNoteA quick and easy Digitip, demonstrating the different types of material that you can embed in your Class Notebook pages. You may be aware that you can add photos, audio, and documents – but OneNote has compatibility with a host of different types of embeddable media. This shows you how to embed content via the…
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Online Skill Course: Enhancing Teaching & Learning with ClickView
Read more: Online Skill Course: Enhancing Teaching & Learning with ClickViewClickView offers a range of features to enhance teaching and learning in our classrooms, whether by supporting learners with engaging, specially curated pre-made video content, hosting our own educational videos, or assessing understanding through interactive quizzes. Through the iPad app or a web browser, ClickView is a secure and ad-free resource that can seamlessly be…
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Schedule Posts on Teams
Read more: Schedule Posts on TeamsAnother quick and easy Digitip, demonstrating how to schedule a post on your staff or class Team. This feature means that you can plan ahead, scheduling a post ahead of time and freeing up your headspace for something else! Find this feature on the desktop/laptop app or through the browser. Watch the video
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Creating custom shapes in Keynote
Read more: Creating custom shapes in KeynoteIn this digitip, learn how to create custom shapes in Keynote and add them to your own shapes library. This step-by-step guide shows you how to create your own custom shapes, save them to your shapes library and then use them in a presentation. Once you have done this in Keynote you can do the…
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Microsoft Learning Accelerators – Maths Progress
Read more: Microsoft Learning Accelerators – Maths ProgressMicrosoft continues to build its suite of Learning Accelerators to support teaching and learning with their new feature Maths Progress. Maths Progress allows teachers to generate a series of maths questions and create their own, making it a valuable tool for colleagues across Edinburgh schools. You can watch our video series exploring the Maths Progress…
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Creating a Quick Links Toolbox in OneNote & Saving Websites to the Home Screen
Read more: Creating a Quick Links Toolbox in OneNote & Saving Websites to the Home ScreenIn this digitip, learn how to create a quick-access page of resource links in OneNote/Class Notebook for your learners. This step-by-step guide shows you how to take screenshots of websites, insert them into OneNote, and add hyperlinks—making it easy for learners to access key tools anytime from the Content Library. The example uses virtual maths…
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Launching our Digital Learning Units
Read more: Launching our Digital Learning UnitsWhat are Digital Learning Units? Digital Learning Units are designed so that you have access to teacher produced, ready to use digital resources. These contain teacher instructions, guided videos and structured pupil pages, ready to be copied to your Class Notebooks. These have been designed to be delivered by a teacher to a whole class…
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Rehearse with Coach on PowerPoint
Read more: Rehearse with Coach on PowerPointA quick and easy Digitip, demonstrating how to use the ‘Rehearse with Coach’ feature available through PowerPoint on the iPad. This is a handy feature that gives learners direct specific feedback about their delivery of content through PowerPoint. This can support learners when preparing for class talks or sharing their learning, giving them handy prompts…
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Tab Groups on Safari
Read more: Tab Groups on SafariA quick and easy Digitip, demonstrating how to organise websites into Tab Groups on Safari. Tab Groups are folders that keep tabs (open websites) all in one place, making them easier to find again later. This is a simple way to group together sites to then share with learners or with your staff team. Recorded…
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ClipChamp on M365
Read more: ClipChamp on M365This Digitip will show you how access and use the video editor ClipChamp on Microsoft 365. This video tool replaces the now depreciated Video Editor in Windows. ClipChamp is available for desktop users through Microsoft 365. Watch the video
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Safer Internet Day 2025
Read more: Safer Internet Day 2025Given that Safer Internet Day falls on the February break for us here in Edinburgh, we wanted to make sure that our learners still had the opportunity to join in, and they really did – over 200 classes across the city! The theme this year is Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from…
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Copy Printed Text to Immersive Reader with the Camera App
Read more: Copy Printed Text to Immersive Reader with the Camera AppThis Digitip shows you how to use the Camera app to copy printed text into Immersive Reader In this quick video, you’ll learn how to use the Camera app’s Live Text feature to copy printed text into Immersive Reader. This is a powerful tool for making text more accessible by converting printed or handwritten words…
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Using Guided Access Mode
Read more: Using Guided Access ModeThis Digitip shows you how to use Guided Access mode on the iPads. In this quick video, you’ll learn how to set up Guided Access mode. This is a powerful tool for keeping learners focussed by locking them into a specific app. This can be personalised and set up in a way that allows you…
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Christmas Star Collector – Scratch Game
Read more: Christmas Star Collector – Scratch GameIn this Christmas Cracker, we use Scratch to create a Christmas themed Scratch game. Can you help the snowman to collect all of the stars before being caught by the goblin? This video walks through the steps involved to create the game from adding sprites to coding them. The code guide provided below can be…
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Christmas Scratch & Reveal
Read more: Christmas Scratch & RevealIn this Christmas Cracker, we’ll use Keynote to create a Christmas scratch & reveal game. This video shows you the steps of creating your game using all the shapes and drawing tools including layering the images so that you can play a game to reveal Santa. Watch the video Christmas Cracker Resources View all Christmas…
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Xmas Animation
Read more: Xmas AnimationIn this Christmas Cracker, we’ll use Keynote to create a christmas tree animation. This video shows you the steps of creating your tree using all the shapes and drawing tools then creating a frame by frame animation with duplication and editing. Finish your animation off by exporting it as a GIF you can share. Watch…
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas on micro:bit
Read more: We Wish You a Merry Christmas on micro:bitIn this Christmas Cracker, you will learn how to code a micro:bit to play the festive tune, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” on your iPad. This is compatible with both 1:1 and Shared iPads and will require a micro:bit. Watch the video Christmas Crackers Resources
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