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iPad user meeting Thursday, July 18: Photo Collage Apps

By Mary Hammel

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Join us as we take a look at some fun apps for creating photo-based collages on the iPad, noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in 16 Bluemont Hall. This meeting is open to all K-Staters.  Continue reading “iPad user meeting Thursday, July 18: Photo Collage Apps”

iPad User Group meeting Thursday, March 14: Audio apps

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noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Bluemont Hall Room 21
Kansas State University

This meeting is open to all K-Staters.

Agenda: Audio Apps.  Join us as we take a look at using Audio apps on the iPad.

  • Recording meetings
  • Garage Band
  • Dragon Dictation
  • and other apps

Continue reading “iPad User Group meeting Thursday, March 14: Audio apps”

iPad User Group meeting Jan. 17: News apps, RSS readers, Newsstand

from Mary Hammel

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noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013
Bluemont Hall Room 21 

Kansas State University

This meeting is open to all K-Staters.

Agenda: News Apps

How do you keep up with the news on your iPad? Join us as we take a look at the various types of news apps, RSS readers, and Newsstand.  Continue reading “iPad User Group meeting Jan. 17: News apps, RSS readers, Newsstand”

“GoodReader” topic at iPad User Group meeting Thursday, Nov. 15

noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Bluemont Hall Room 21
Kansas State University

Agenda: GoodReader App

GoodReader is a robust PDF reader and annotation app, with the additional ability to view and organize a wide variety of documents; access and sync files from servers and websites; and transfer files wirelessly from your computer to your iPad.   Continue reading ““GoodReader” topic at iPad User Group meeting Thursday, Nov. 15″

New ad-privacy control in iOS 6; how to limit ad tracking

With the introduction of iOS 6 by Apple, Apple has changed the way that application developers and advertisers within apps are able to target ads and track usage. Previously, Apple allowed developers access to a hardware-based ID number to allow such tracking ability, but they have moved to a software-based system in iOS.

Apple is allowing users to turn off such targeted tracking with a “Limit Ad Tracking” feature, but they make it difficult to find. Continue reading “New ad-privacy control in iOS 6; how to limit ad tracking”

iPad User Group meeting Thursday, Oct. 18

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
noon-1 p.m.
Bluemont Hall Room 21
Kansas State University

Agenda: New iOS 6 iPad features

We’ll cover some of the new iPad-related features:

Air Sketch app on iPad provides “somewhat wireless” use in technology classroom

An application that faculty may be interested in is Air Sketch.  The free version of Air Sketch provides a somewhat-wireless whiteboard and marker function.  In addition, the $9.99 version that includes the whiteboard also allows annotation on JPGs and PDFs in multiple colors.  The Marker utility can also switch from a traditional marker to a highlighter for use in annotations.

How does it work?  Air Sketch will generate a live, updating URL for the document being manipulated.  This URL can be viewed on any device with an HTML 5-compatible web browser.  Continue reading “Air Sketch app on iPad provides “somewhat wireless” use in technology classroom”