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Student iPads

Learning at Home Device Support

 

This site will help you connect your device and provide supports for accessing educational resources.  Learn how to access Microsoft applications, activate the accessibility features on your iPad and launch various learning platforms through Clever.

Getting Started

Connecting your iPad:

  • Press and hold the power button until an apple appears on the screen. The iPad will finish starting.
  • Open Settings

Apple setting icon

  • Select Wi-F
  • Locate your router.
  • Select your router and enter the password
  • You now have Wi-Fi

Download the Learning at Home: MacBook Support Document to learn more about connecting to a network.

Student Passwords

To help keep your NNDSB account and the information accessible from your account secure, a password policy is applied for students.  While changing passwords may be inconvenient, it helps reduce the risk of exposure and avoids a number of other dangers.
Learn More Here

Password Criteria:
JK - Grade 3:
- Password must be at least 3 characters long
- Good for 2000 days

Grades 4 - 6
- Password must be at least 4 characters long
- Cannot be the same as the last 2 passwords
- Good for 2000 days

Grades 7 - 8
- Password must be at least 6 characters long
- Cannot be the same as the last 2 passwords
- Good for 365 days

Grades 9 - 12
- Password must be at least 8 characters long
- must contain at least 1 character from 3 of the following 4 categories:
- uppercase letters (A-Z)
- lowercase letters (a-z)
- numbers (0-9)
- special characters (e.g. ! @ # $ %)
- Cannot be the same as the last 2 passwords
- Good for 365 days

Clever: iPad Passport to Learning

Clever: iPad Passport to Learning

The Clever app allows students to connect to their teacher and district Clever Pages. Once logged in, students have access to all of their resources they will need for learning from home.

Logging In:

  • Locate and open the Clever app
  • Enter your NNDSB
  • Username and password
  • Sign in

NNDSB sign in

Access to all resources from one “Clever” location.

Clever app layout

Accessibility Features

iPad Accessibility

You say it. iPad types it.  Word to text microphone

Dictation lets you talk where you would type. You can reply to an email, search the web or write a report using just your voice. Navigate to any text field, activate Dictation, then say what you want to write. You can also use various editing and formatting commands. So you can turn on Dictation and tell your iPad to bold a paragraph, insert punctuation, delete a sentence or replace a word.

Click here to learn how to setup dictation on your iPad

Have your iPad speak text that’s on the screen

Tap and hold on some text (drag the blue handles to highlight a larger section) and and have your iPad read it out loud to you.  This feature works in a web browser, PDF and other applications that contain text.

Highlight words, select speak for Ipad to read it back to you

Click here to learn how to setup text-to-speech on your iPad

 

Accessibility setting

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Platform-Specific Supports

Microsoft Office Support
Microsoft Teams

Joining a Teams Meeting Using the Teams iOS app:

You can join a Microsoft Teams meeting on your iPad by launching Teams and singing into the app.

Microsoft teams sign in

  1. Launch the Teams app and click Sign in
  2. Enter your NNDSB username including @nearnorthschools.ca and sign in with your NNDSB password
  3. Allow the app to access the Microphone
  4. Select the Calendar tab in the bottom menu:
  5. Click the meeting and select Join:

Learn More About Joining a Teams Meeting Using the iOS app

Accessing Office Online Applications

Accessing Microsoft Office Applications:

You can access Office applications (Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint) online using the Office 365 link in Clever or by signing into the downloaded apps on the iPad.

Online through Clever:

Sign into Clever (see above) and select Office 365 from the Tools for Learning section:

Tools for learning: Office 365

  • From the list of apps, choose the One Drive icon (Cloud)
  • From One Drive you can create a new folder to stay organized and then select New > Word / PowerPoint / Excel / One Note

Creating a new folder

 

OneDrive: Creating and Sharing Files

Your OneDrive is an online storage space for your files.

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Benefits of Using your OneDrive:

  • You have up to 1TB of space in your OneDrive
  • Files can be accessed from anywhere that has an internet connection
  • Files are easily shared with others
  • Online collaboration is easy with a shared document

Click this link to learn how to access your OneDrive, create files and share them

Accessing Downloaded Office Applications

Accessing Microsoft Office Applications:

You can access Office applications (Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint) online through Office 365 (Chrome browser is recommended) or by signing into the downloaded apps on the MacBook.

Sign into the downloaded Office applications:

  • Open the Microsoft app on your iPad
  • Click the Sign-in button and enter your full last##@nearnortshools.ca
    (Replace ## with your day of birth)

Microsoft word NNDSB sign in

Save your work to your OneDrive:

Click the arrow in the top left corner and select your OneDrive – NNDSB:

Saving to Onedrive

Immersive Reader

Immersive Reader is a Microsoft Learning Tool that supports reading experience to increase readability of content in Word and OneNote documents.

Microsoft learning tool

Click this link to learn more:  Microsoft Immersive Reader

This video provides an overview of the Immersive Reader:

Immersive reader Microsoft learning tools

Office Lens

Office Lens

Office Lens

Office Lens is a scanner app that allows you to digitize notes, posters, story book pages, whiteboards, chalk boards etc. It also features character recognition technology and has the ability to capture text, export it to a word processing application or have it read aloud. With the new Immersive Reader, students can have text read back to them. Adjust speaking rate, font size and spacing within the app.

Text can also be exported to Word, OneNote, Powerpoint or Outlook. Documents can be saved as images in the camera roll or exported as PDF's. When selecting PDF as an export option, the file is automatically stored in an "Office Lens" folder that gets created in OneDrive.

Click here to learn how to scan text and have it read back through the immersive reader

 

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Edsby

Edsby is a virtual learning platform that allows you to stay connected with what's going on in  class, view assessment information and submit work or upload images and videos of your learning.

Edsby Mobile App:

Download the Edsby app on android or iOS.

Apple Store Google Play Store

Edsby Capture:
Edsby capture allows you to take pictures of your work and upload them for your teacher to review.  When published, your photos will show up in your Learning Story.

Document - Learn how to download and use Edsby Capture

Learn More About the Mobile App:
Video: Edsby App

Learn How to Set Notifications:
Edsby Notifications

Learn How to Add to your Portfolio:
Edsby Porftolio for Students

Learn How to Submit Work Online:
Submitting Work Online

Learn How to Take an Online Test and View Results:
Edsby Online Testing

 

Brightspace LMS

The LMS is a virtual learning space where you can view lessons, upload work, participate in discussions and more.

The Pulse App: Stay Up-to-date on the Go!

Pulse helps you stay connected and on track with your Brightspace courses!  Download content for viewing offline.

Get it on Google Play Download on the Apple App Store

Learn more about the here.

Student Overview of the LMS:

Open LMS Student Overview video

See What's New in Your Class:
Video - LMS News Feed

Access Content and Lesson Material:
Video - LMS Content

Post and Reply to Discussions
Video - LMS Discussions

Submit Work Online Through the Dropbox and View Feedback
Video - LMS Dropbox

Complete Quizzes/Surveys in the LMS
Video - LMS Quizzes

Viewing and Posting to Your Brightspace Portfolio
Video - Brightspace Portfolio

Document - How to use the Brightspace Portfolio App

Keep up-to-date with Brightspace Notifications
How to Set LMS Notifications

 

Clever

Clever: iPad Passport to Learning

The Clever app allows students to connect to their teacher and district Clever Pages. Once logged in, students have access to all of their resources they will need for learning from home.

Logging In:

  • Locate and open the Clever app
  • Enter your NNDSB
  • Username and password
  • Sign in

Access to all resources from one “Clever” location.

 

Need Help with Your Device?

Please contact your teacher who will follow up with support

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