Tag: Digi-Teacher
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Formative Assessment with Teams Quizzes
Read more: Formative Assessment with Teams QuizzesThis DigiTip shows how to use the Quizzes feature within Teams to create assessments based on class learning materials. This quickly and easily syncs with Microsoft Forms and is a useful tool for personalised formative assessment. Quizzes allows you to: Watch the video.
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Accessing Edinburgh Learns
Read more: Accessing Edinburgh LearnsThis Digishort is for Edinburgh education staff.It shows how you can access the Edinburgh Learns site for staff. The Edinburgh Learns Site is a secure area where schools can access policies, procedures and resources to support learning and teaching. Watch the video
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Digital Advent Calendars
Read more: Digital Advent CalendarsIn this Christmas Cracker pupils will learn how to use a variety of Keynote functions including: links, animations, shapes, formatting tools, and more. Learners have the opportunity to create their own digital advent calendar. The video example looks at creating one with twenty-four days, but learners can make smaller countdowns. Watch the video. Please do…
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Teaching and Learning with Minecraft Education – Recording of Online CLPL
Read more: Teaching and Learning with Minecraft Education – Recording of Online CLPLWhat happens when you mix one of the world’s most popular games with the serious business of teaching and learning? You get a training session that’s as fun as it is forward‑thinking. Our recent Teaching and Learning with Minecraft Education CLPL virtually brought together colleagues from across the City of Edinburgh Council to explore how…
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Supporting Reluctant Writers with Voice Memos and Pages
Read more: Supporting Reluctant Writers with Voice Memos and PagesThis DigiTip shows how to use Voice Memos to record and transcribe ideas. This feature is available on Gen 10 (P7) and Gen 11 (P6) iPads. This feature can allow learners to use their voice to create written content. You can record your voice in Pages, Numbers and Keynote or dictate text but you are…
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Using Sketchbook as a Formative Assessment Tool
Read more: Using Sketchbook as a Formative Assessment ToolThis DigiTip shows how to use a feature hidden within Sketchbook that can be used as a formative assessment or modelling tool: time-lapse! It can be a great tool to support creative and quick formative assessment in your classroom. You can: Watch the video
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Using Groups in Class Notebook
Read more: Using Groups in Class NotebookThis Digitip shows how to use the Group Distribution function in OneNote ClassNotebook. A great tool to support differentiation in your classroom. Watch the video
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Exit tickets using OneNote
Read more: Exit tickets using OneNoteIn this Digitip, you will learn how to create exit tickets in OneNote. OneNote has many options for creating exit tickets as well as options for how pupils can input their answers. In this video we have a look at the different ideas and how they can be used in class. Recorded on iOS Watch…
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Using Microsoft Reflect via a Browser
Read more: Using Microsoft Reflect via a BrowserIn this Digitip, you will learn how to access the tools of Microsoft Reflect through the browser. This makes it ideal for younger learners who can still take part in Reflect check-ins by scanning a QR code instead of having to sign-in to Teams. The Digitip also explores how you can access all the Mindfulness…
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Create, Rename and Save a QR using Shortcuts
Read more: Create, Rename and Save a QR using ShortcutsI don’t know about you but when I create a QR code it is only every used once because I can’t rename it. This QR code generator using Apple Shortcuts, allows you to write a short script that creates a QR code from the clipboard or runs from the share sheet in Safari. It will…
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Using the Book & Quill for Writing tasks in Minecraft Education
Read more: Using the Book & Quill for Writing tasks in Minecraft EducationIn this Digitip, you will learn how to use the Book & Quill for Writing tasks in Minecraft Education. This creates an immersive writing opportunity for learners to explore a Minecraft Education world or task, which can then be exported to a PDF to save in Files or Class Notebook. Recorded on iOS 18.4.1 Watch…
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Saving Webpages as PDFs
Read more: Saving Webpages as PDFsIn this Digitip, you will learn how to save webpages as PDFs. This makes it a useful tool in building a bank of study material which you can save to your OneDrive, Class Notebook or Files app. Recorded on iOS 18.4.1 Watch the video.
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Scanning Text into your Notes App
Read more: Scanning Text into your Notes AppIn this Digitip, you will learn how to scan text directly into your Notes app. This feature works with both handwriting and print. One scanned, you can then take advantage of any in-built accessibility features you have already set up on your iPad! Recorded on iOS 18.2.3 Watch the video
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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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