It's been way too long since my last update - thanks to COVID for that! Still better late than never! The great news for me is that I have continued to use my iPad Pro for just about everything I do this year - from report writing in our SMS, marking attendance, teaching programming, web design and more.
This update talks about two products - Notability for iPad which is my main app for most things I do; and DigiExam which is digital exam creation and management tool where students can sit secure digital examinations on their own devices - from iPad to laptop. I've cut a quick video for each of these apps - but to put them in a bit of context first. Notability for iPad: Look for it on the App Store here Notability is my go to app for pretty much everything. I've used it for several years. You may have heard of it. If you haven't had the chance to use it, my simple advice would be to find the $14.99 from somewhere and buy it. You won't regret it. I have it linked to my G-Suite account, my Microsoft account and across my various devices it is kept in sync by iCloud. This shortish video gives you a bit of an idea of how I use it. DigiExam This year we have been suing DigiExam from our European friends to gear us up for NZQA's digital examinations at the end of the year. DigiExam is a web based app for the creation of digital assessments. You can create the examination, allow access to certain items (eg a PDF resource) via a whitelist, allow extra time for those who are entitled to it, plus a raft of other options. Examinations can be administered, marked, feedback given and published. Students can sit the examination on their iPads, Macs or PC's. Their devices are basically locked once they choose to start the examination. At the moment we are in the midst of using it for many of our Year 11 - 13 practice exams, and I've included this short introduction to it.
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