Basic+Apps





** File Browser | VPN | Office2HD | iBook | iTunes U | DropBox | Notability | Evernote | Dragon Dictation| Skype | GoodReader|Blogsy **

Setting Up VPN
 * Select the Settings app and select”Network”
 * In network select “Add VPN Configuration”


 * From the above dialogue enter the information to configure your VPN
 * When you are finished select “Save”

File Browser

** Video Tutorial - How to AccessNetwork from your IOS Device **[|**http://bit.ly/KcvJYF**]

FileBrowser is like having a Mac Finder on your iPad / iPhone to access, copy and stream files from remote computers, and networks. You can browse machines on your WiFi network and view documents, photos or stream movies directly to the iPad / iPhone. You can also sync them through iTunes. Transferred files can be stored within FileBrowser to take with you.

Setting Up File Browser

Tutorial on setting up Fie Browser - []


 * Find your “**File Browser”** app and “**Open it”**
 * Select the “Plus sign **+”** next to **Locations** on the top left of the screen
 * Enter the information from the figure below and select **“Save”**


 * Once you have save the information to connect to the faculty server, you can repeat the above steps for connecting to the student server. Just change the address area to ** \\students2003.msja.org ** and the display name to **Students**

** Accessing Files Using File Browser **


 * When you need to access a file from the server you will Open the **File Browser App,** select “Faculty” under remote devices, Select FacultyData and then you folder.
 * If you want to access the server from home you need to log in through VPN before Opening FileBrowser.
 * To connect using VPN, open the **Settings App** on the home screen, turn **VPN “ON”** put in your password and select “**Done**”
 * Now you can go to File Browser App and follow the first step above

** To Access iPad Settings Guide and Place it on Your Home Screen **
 * Open the Safari app, go to []
 * Once opened, Select the curved arrow and from the drop down list select **“Add to Home Screen”**
 * The User guide with step-by-step instructions of Settings is now on your home screen

Office 2 HD Video Tutorial []

** Office2 HD for iPad ** is very easy to use. You do not have to refer to the instruction manual to get started. Unlike advanced or professional software, Office2 HD is much more intuitive like most other consumer-oriented software. Office² HD, the most intuitive and straightforward office document tool available on the iPad, makes it easy to open, view, create and edit Word (DOC & DOCX), Excel (XLS), and now PowerPoint (PPT) files right from your iPad! Additionally, Office² HD acts as a local file store, letting you store and view files of most types. Office² HD also integrates with Google Docs and MobileMe iDisk, giving you access to your valuable data, wherever you are.

iBook iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, add bookmarks or add notes to your favorite passages, access the dictionary definitions, adjust font size and zoom in on a page. They could also use VoiceOver to have the text read back to you. After you download the app ta the iBooks icon and a bookshelf appears. Tap store to download a book. Thousands of books are available many of which are free. The following are just a few available for no charge. //The Odyssey,// Thomas Paine’s //Common Sense, Frankenstein, the Federalist papers,// and //Winnie –the-Pooh.//

iTunes U Taking Courses Locating and Listening to Audio Books iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more, that you can enjoy on your iPad iPod, iPhone, Mac or PC. Explore over 350,000 educational audio and video files from top universities, museums and public media organizations from around the world. iTunes U includes hundreds of public domain audiobooks recorded and distributed by the University of Florida that student can read and listen to. To view the large selection of audiobooks offered by University of Florida search for Lit2Go collection using the iTunes app

Dropbox

** Drop Box Get Started **[|**https://www.dropbox.com/gs**] Dropbox Tutorial in Computer [] DropBox App Tutorial [] Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go. Never email yourself a file again! Shared folders allow people to work together on the same projects and documents.
 * Invite friends, family or teammates to a folder. It'll be as if you saved the folder to their computers.
 * See other people's changes instantly.
 * Create photo galleries viewable by anyone you choose.
 * Send a link to any file in your Dropbox using your Public folder.

Notability Notability integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing so you can take notes your way. Discover the freedom to capture ideas, share insights, and present information in one perfect place on iPad. Notability encourages productivity to be beautiful. It’s full-featured and easy to use tool set enables all types of annotating and data capture.
 * Notability **
 * Notability Tutorial [] **

**Full-featured Handwriting** Notability's zoom window helps you quickly and clearly draw every detail, while the palm rest protects your notes from unwanted marks. Our scissors let you copy, move and even re-style the color and width of any retina ink. Organizing notes is a joy: drag-and-drop razor-sharp thumbnails, and add or remove pages as needed. Your notes should be as unique as you are, so choose a paper to fit your style and use a variety of pen colors and widths to create beautiful notes.

**PDF Annotation** The same tools that help you take beautiful notes in Notability equip you to annotate PDFs: record, type or handwrite on anything. It's easy to share your annotations with anyone using email or Dropbox and more.

**Advanced Word-Processing** Notability's features like styling, outlining, text boxes, and spell check are the perfect tools to get the job done quickly and accurately. Other tools like bullets, bold, italic, underline, font presets, cursor controls, and more, seamlessly integrate to help you create rich notes.

**Linked Audio Recording** Audio recordings automatically link to your notes, so go ahead and take notes with confidence. While reviewing your notes, just tap a word to hear what was said at that moment. Our advanced audio processing features create brilliant recordings in any setting. Use the recording feature to capture your own voice for memos, presentations, or speech practice.

**Auto-sync** Work with confidence: with Notability's auto-sync, your notes are always backed up in the cloud. Easily collaborate at work or school sharing ideas and notes on the fly.

**Media Insertion** Enhance your notes by adding pictures from your photo library or from the iPad camera. Insert web clips, figures, and drawings to compliment your notes. Crop, resize, and draw on images to make them perfect. Your text will automatically flow around them.

**Library Organization** Your ideas and notes are incredibly important to you, so Notability makes it simple to organize, protect and share this information. Drag and drop notes into a subject and use a password to keep notes secure. Auto-sync makes backing up simple: your notes are automatically uploaded to Dropbox, iDisk or WebDAV. Import notes, PDFs, and RTFs from the cloud or web. And share notes via Email, Dropbox, Twitter, iTunes File Sharing, and AirPrint. Evernote ** Evernote Getting Started **[|**http://evernote.com/getting_started/**]

Evernote for iPad []

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iPad Web clippings with Evernote []

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 * Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web.
 * With Evernote, all of your notes, web clips, files and images are made available on every device and computer you use.
 * Save everything cool and exciting you see online and in the real world. Snap a photo, record some audio and save it.
 * Save entire webpages to your Evernote account with our nifty web clipper browser extensions. You get the whole page: text, images and links.
 * Collect information from anywhere into a single place. From text notes to web pages to files to snapshots, everything is always at your fingertips.
 * Share your notes and collaborate on projects with friends, colleagues and classmates.

Dragon Dictation ** Tutotial **[|**http://bit.ly/KFOnbD**]

Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate status updates directly to your Social Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders to yourself….all using your voice. So when you’re on-the-go, stop typing and start speaking – from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between. Dragon Dictation supports a multitude of global languages. For a full list of currently supported languages visit www.dragonmobileapps.com.

Skype Why just talk when you can see each other face-to-face? Video call your family in Australia, your friends in Spain or your colleagues in Japan, for free. It’s the next best thing to being there. Skype in the classroom is a free, global community for teachers to connect, find partner classes, discover new cultures and share inspiration. Teachers can see what other classrooms are doing over a Skype video call and students can share ideas and collaborate on projects too.

GoodReader How to Annotate with GoodReader []

GoodReader is the super-robust PDF reader for iPad - the #1 selling non-Apple app for iPad in USA in 2010! Mashable describes it as “a Swiss Army knife of awesome!” Reviews worldwide hail it as “essential,” “the best,” “magnificent” and “the killer app”. With GoodReader on your iPad, you can read virtually anything, anywhere: books, movies, maps, pictures. Use it once and you’ll be hooked. Soon you'll be wondering how you ever managed to use your iPad without GoodReader.

GoodReader has earned its accolades by the way it handles huge PDF and TXT files, manuals, large books, magazines, and renderings of 100 mb and more with great speed. The ability to mark-up PDFs opens up new doors to GoodReader users who can now use typewriter text boxes, sticky notes, lines, arrows, and freehand drawings on top of a PDF file. Besides reading, you can also sync your files with remote servers:

• sync with iDisk, Dropbox, SugarSync and any WebDAV, AFP, FTP or SFTP server • sync entire folders or individual files separately

Blogsy


 * How to Use Blogsy **[|**http://blogsyapp.com/guide/*]

Drag & Drop your Flickr or Picasa pictures right into your blog post. Choose pictures from any album, set, or friends’ photos. Or search across the whole site. All it takes is a finger to drag and place the photo into your blog post. Have more than one account? That’s not a problem as Blogsy supports as many accounts as you have.

Drag & Drop your, or anyone’s, YouTube videos into your blog post. Just take your finger and slide the video into your blog post. And you can just tap on the video to get the menu to easily choose to use iFrame or the old YouTube embed code with all the amazing colors and boarders.

Drag & Drop from the built-in browser. That’s right, you can drag images and links straight from any web site right into your blog post. You can get embed codes, copy text from other sites and anything else you may want to do in a browser. There is no need to ever leave Blogsy to craft your perfect blog post.

Blogsy supports all the platforms shown below. You can set up multiple blogs on each platform and multiple platforms. With Blogsy it is easy to manage both your personal and professional blogs.