Tag: Digi-Learner
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Personalise the iPad with your Wallpaper and Lockscreen
Read more: Personalise the iPad with your Wallpaper and LockscreenThis Digitip explains how you can adapt pre-made wallpapers as well as create your own from scratch, adding the personal touch to your iPad. Explore some exciting new options for creativity, ease of use and design. There are lots of possibilities for use in the classroom, such as a quick morning starter activity or as…
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Flyover in Apple Maps
Read more: Flyover in Apple MapsThis Digitip explains how to access the flyover feature in Apple Maps. In addition it looks at using maps as a replacement for Google Earth. Apple Maps has a feature called flyover, this allows the user to see a ‘drone type‘ view of special landmarks in a city. The cities that have flyovers can be…
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Customise Your Control Centre with iOS 18
Read more: Customise Your Control Centre with iOS 18This Digitip explains how to customise your Control Centre and prioritise the apps that you and your learners regularly use. The new iOS 18 update allows staff and learners to easily use accessibility features such as visual display settings, hearing accessibility features, and also motor accessibility tools. You can also add in handy features including…
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Create a Quick Video with Live Photos
Read more: Create a Quick Video with Live PhotosThis Digitip explains how to create an automatically edited video using Live Photos from your camera roll on your iPad. This is a useful tool for quickly sharing the day’s learning with the class, recording a school trip or whole school event. Watch the video
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Extract Audio from Video with Shortcuts
Read more: Extract Audio from Video with ShortcutsThis Digitip will show you how to extract the audio from a video with a simple shortcut. This is great if you want to change the visuals of a video but maintain the audio. You might create a scaffold for learners and then ask them to use your audio but change the images to show…
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Using the Photo Editing Tools on Your iPad
Read more: Using the Photo Editing Tools on Your iPadThis Digitip will show you how to use the various photo editing features that are available on your iPad. This is a useful function for making photos stand out, cropping and focussing on key elements, and enhancing creativity. Watch the video
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Changing text size on your iPad
Read more: Changing text size on your iPadThis Digitip will show you how to quickly change dynamic text and bold menu texts on your iPad. A really useful function for many users. Watch the video
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Using Safari’s Built-In Reader Tools
Read more: Using Safari’s Built-In Reader ToolsThis Digitip looks at using the built-in accessibility functions found in Apple’s Safari web-browser. The Reader tool is a fantastic way to streamline a web page and focus on essential content. This gives learners the option to personalise with features including changing font size, page colour and font. This feature is also a useful way…
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Add Background Sounds to your iPad
Read more: Add Background Sounds to your iPadThis Digitip will show you how to add background sounds to your control centre on your iPad, giving you options of white noise, ocean sounds and more. You may find it useful to use if you have to concentrate on a piece of work for a long period of time. Watch the video
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Voiceover and subtitles in Clips
Read more: Voiceover and subtitles in ClipsThis Digitip will show you how put a voiceover and subtitles on an image or video using Clips A great tool for learners to show and explain their learning. Watch the video
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Using timers on your iPad
Read more: Using timers on your iPadThis Digitip will show you how to make timers quickly on your iPad. A great tool for in the classroom or in personal planning. Watch the video
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Using the Drag and Drop Feature to Take Notes
Read more: Using the Drag and Drop Feature to Take NotesUse the iPad’s drag and drop features to quickly take notes between Safari and numerous word processing apps. This is a great way to quickly take notes when completing a research task. Learners can select and hold onto any content that it is useful and then navigate to their favourite notetaking app to record the…
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Use Keynote and iMovie to create an X-ray machine – Part two
Read more: Use Keynote and iMovie to create an X-ray machine – Part twoThis is a great way to use green screen effects without having access to a green screen. What interesting ideas could you use this technique to show? This is part two of a two part Digitip: X-ray machine – iMovie Watch the video
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Use Keynote and iMovie to create an X-ray machine – Part one
Read more: Use Keynote and iMovie to create an X-ray machine – Part oneThis is a great way to use green screen effects without having access to a green screen. What interesting ideas could you use this technique to show? This is part one of a two part Digitip: X-ray machine – Keynote Watch the video
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Add live video to your Keynote Presentation
Read more: Add live video to your Keynote PresentationCreate and share a presentation with added live video. This video shows you how to use the Live Video feature in Apple Keynote. This could be great for teachers to create help videos or for students to use when presenting to the class. Watch the video
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Use the Present feature on Microsoft Forms
Read more: Use the Present feature on Microsoft FormsShare Microsoft Form or Quiz results with your class in a visual and engaging way. This video shows you how to use the Present feature in Microsoft forms, allowing for an engaging way to give feedback and clarity to the topic. Watch the video
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Creating an infographic using Keynote
Read more: Creating an infographic using KeynoteCreate an infographic in Keynote using the shape, text and animate tools. This video shows you how to create an infographic in Keynote. An infographic is a visual representation of data and information that can be used for learners to showcase their knowledge and understanding of a specific topic. The video explores how to deconstruct…
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Toggle Colour Filter to create a digital overlay
Read more: Toggle Colour Filter to create a digital overlayCreate a digital overlay for your iPad that you can turn on and off as you please. This video shows you how to turn on the Colour Filter inside Accessibility settings of your iPad and utilise the Accessibility shortcut to toggle the filter on and off. Watch the video
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Creating a check-in using Microsoft Teams Reflect
Read more: Creating a check-in using Microsoft Teams ReflectCreate health and wellbeing check-ins for your class using the Reflect feature on Microsoft Teams. This video also explores how to use the health and wellbeing/mindfulness features available through Reflect. Watch the video
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Use Microsoft Translator to live translate
Read more: Use Microsoft Translator to live translateTranslation tools can be invaluable for teachers and learners. This video shows how you can use the app Microsoft Translate on iPad to live translate your lessons with your pupils in many different languages. Watch the video
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