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May 2016 iPad User Group meeting: part 2 of adjusting your iPad user preferences

Posted on by Mary Hammel

iPad logo, purple and blackJoin us at noon Thursday, May 12, in 106 Bluemont Hall for part 2 of our in-depth look at the Settings app and how you can adjust your iPad to suit your specific preferences. Topics include:

  • Wi-Fi troubleshooting
  • Bluetooth use
  • Do Not Disturb
  • Wallet and Apple Pay
  • iCloud Settings and backup (what is backed up?)
  • Notifications (alert styles)
  • Messages and FaceTime settings
  • Safari settings
  • Photos and Camera app settings

Feel free to bring your lunch! For additional resources, visit College of Education’s iPad User Group website.

Check the K-State parking garage status online or from your phone

Posted on by Christine Doucette

parkingby Information Technology Services

Now you can quickly check to see if the K-State Parking Garage is open or full online or from your phone. To check the real-time status of the K-State Parking Garage, go to connect.k-state.edu/parking-garage/. The status of OPEN or FULL will be displayed for Students, Public, and Faculty/Staff. Continue reading “Check the K-State parking garage status online or from your phone” →

April 2016 iPad User Group Meeting: Adjusting your iPad user preferences with the Settings app

Posted on by Mary Hammel

Join us at noon Thursday, April 14, in 21 Bluemont Hall as we take an in-depth look at the Settings app and how you can adjust your iPad to suit your specific preferences.

  • Siri
  • Multitasking (allow multiple apps, video overlay, gestures)
  • Accessibility (vision, interaction, hearing, media)
  • Restrictions (allowances, content type, privacy)
  • Keyboard (adding keyboards, text replacement, and dictation)
  • Display and Brightness (including the new Night Shift feature)
  • Privacy (location services, application access to your data)
  • Notifications (alert styles)
  • Safari
  • Find My iPad (how to set it up)

Feel free to bring your lunch!

Our website has other resources: coe.k-state.edu/ipad-user-group

Students: How to access your courses in K-State Online

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

During the fall semester, a university upgrade continues to the K-State Online learning management system. K-State Online is a collection of tools that students and instructors use to share course material, watch course videos, do group work, communicate, check grades, take online tests, and submit online homework.

Students may have courses in two systems: K-State Online Classic and K-State Online Canvas. You can easily find your courses during the upgrade by staying “connected” with the Connect dashboard. Continue reading “Students: How to access your courses in K-State Online” →

Qualtrics Offline Mobile App for iOS and Android devices

Posted on by Rebecca Gould

The Qualtrics Offline Mobile App (for iPad, iPhone, and Android tablets and smartphones running Android 4.0 and later) is a new application available for iOS and Android devices, allowing the administration of surveys without an Internet connection. Responses can be collected in the field and uploaded to Qualtrics once there is an Internet connection.  Continue reading “Qualtrics Offline Mobile App for iOS and Android devices” →

K-State Online: SpeedGrader app now available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

Instructors using K-State Online powered by Canvas can grade assignments and provide feedback easily and on-the-go with the SpeedGrader app. Continue reading “K-State Online: SpeedGrader app now available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices” →

Microsoft makes iOS Office apps free

Posted on by Eric Dover

Green "Office" graphic with Word, Excel, PowerPoint icons (created by iTAC staffer)Microsoft announced that the iOS Office apps will be available for free, without the need of an Office 365 subscription. The apps include mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To access the editing features, log into the apps with a Microsoft account (Live or Hotmail account), which can be freely created at www.live.com. Previously users would have needed an Office 365 subscription to edit within the iOS Office apps.

Continue reading “Microsoft makes iOS Office apps free” →

Letter from chief information officer Ken Stafford: Network slowness expected today

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Kenneth Stafford

Today, Sept. 17, the latest release of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 8, will be made available. Last year’s iOS 7 update resulted in a 700 percent increase in worldwide network traffic. Network slowness and outages occurred throughout the world as millions of devices downloaded the one gigabyte update. At K-State, the network has more than enough bandwidth to handle the load. However, wireless access points can become completely saturated slowing your access to a crawl.  Continue reading “Letter from chief information officer Ken Stafford: Network slowness expected today” →

K-State Online students: Learn anywhere with the Canvas mobile app

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

One of the great benefits of K‑State’s new Learning Management System (LMS) is the free Canvas by Instructure mobile app. The app shares many of the same features of the web version of Canvas, which includes: Continue reading “K-State Online students: Learn anywhere with the Canvas mobile app” →

K-State Online instructors: Canvas mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

Instructors who have upgraded their courses to K‑State Online powered by Canvas have access to several free mobile apps. Continue reading “K-State Online instructors: Canvas mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices” →