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Create a "Send to iPad" link as a print option
Started Aug 2, 2011 0 Replies 1 Like
Last week while at an Apple Sys Admin seminar they showed this cool trick to add “Send to Itunes” as an option in the PDF section in OSX. This when you select “To Itunes” from the printing menu next…Continue
Convert any webpage into an Epub
Started this discussion. Last reply by Stephanie Bullock Mar 1, 2012. 4 Replies 1 Like
Earlier I posted about adding PDF’s easily to your new iPad.…Continue
Cool Way to Share Your Favorite Apps
Started this discussion. Last reply by Obe Hostetter Aug 14, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Today while browsing @tonyvincent ‘s blog I noticed a cool tool that he was using to share his favorite IOS apps. Appsfire is a place for you to create a…Continue
Create E-pubs to use on the Ipad. (Mac)
Started Aug 2, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
Earlier I shared a resource for creating an Epub from any website. What about creating your own lab manual, children’s book, or…Continue
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Ellen Baru replied to TJ Houston's discussion Convert any webpage into an Epub"I tried using dotepub and one other one, whose name escapes me. I found that it only turned the first page of the site into an epub. I was hoping to download a bunch of pages in a particular site.
Ellen"
Jennifer Gibson commented on TJ Houston's blog post IOS 4 Deployment Guide"I just talked with our Apple Rep and invited him to come and speak at our County Education Office on IOS 5. He told me that they would not have a solid understanding of IOS 5 implications for devices until late November. That being said it would…"
JW commented on TJ Houston's blog post IOS 4 Deployment Guide"Are you going to be putting something together for IOS 5 deployment?"
TJ Houston replied to TJ Houston's discussion Convert any webpage into an Epub"You can try this website: http://www.2epub.com/
Let me know.
Thanks
TJ"
Dhaivyd Hilgendorf commented on TJ Houston's blog post IOS 4 Deployment Guide"Yes, Jennifer- I have the same trouble, but I do have a Tech Support Specialist who plans to figure out Casper so she can remotely manage devices for the district. I'm hoping that will mean a lot less hands-on back-up/restore, etc. I have…"
Katie Muhtaris replied to TJ Houston's discussion Convert any webpage into an Epub"This is so great. I'm really excited about this because I need students to be able to interact with the text and Epubs allow that. Now....I need an easy solution for converting PDF's to Epubs..."
Jennifer Gibson commented on TJ Houston's blog post IOS 4 Deployment Guide"Good Luck is needed with deployment of these nifty devices! While the guide is great for initial deployment..... deployment time (for a new site) is running around 3-4 hours of initial set-up (iTunes account, etc....) and about 10 minutes touch-time…"
Dhaivyd Hilgendorf commented on TJ Houston's blog post IOS 4 Deployment Guide"Either use the iPhone Configuration Utility or a management system, such as Casper. Here's a handy intro to the idea: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/solutions/ios-management. Good luck!"
Joshua Gold commented on TJ Houston's blog post IOS 4 Deployment Guide"Anyone have any advice for the best/easiest way to manage syncing and updating 45 iPads? Its just me, no IT team to assist."
Obe Hostetter replied to TJ Houston's discussion Cool Way to Share Your Favorite Apps"http://www.applist.me/ is free software that you download and it will also display all your apps on a web page you can share with others. "
TJ Houston replied to TJ Houston's discussion Cool Way to Share Your Favorite Apps"Great let me know if it works!
Thanks
TJ"
loremipsem replied to TJ Houston's discussion Cool Way to Share Your Favorite Apps"Thanks for this. It is a great tip. Unfortunately I have a wordpress blog. But I will try it on my wikispaces wiki and see if that works."
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IOS 4 Deployment Guide
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:22pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
Found this on the Apple Website
http://images.apple.com/education/docs/20110727_IOS_4_Education_Deployment_Guide.pdf
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