Tech Tuesday
1-13-15
What can I use Pages for?
- Text
- Pictures
- Videos
- Tables
- Graphs
- Shapes
- Freeform Draw
Take 5 minutes to explore templates
Pages Templates
- Click on the + button to create a document
- Review all of the templates
- Pick one you think you can use in your class
Other Templates to Use
Check out some additional templates posted in the MMS Staff Edmodo Group Folder
- Vocabulary Template
- Facebook Template
- KWL Template
Take 15 minutes to do the following
Making a template for classroom use
- Choose a template that you think can be used in your classroom
- Edit the template, if needed.
- If the template you have chosen does not need to be changed, then explore the tools in Pages by answering the "Do you know how to?" questions below.
Do you know how to?
- Add a Text Box
- Insert a picture or video
- Change the font size
- Change the font color
- Insert a table
Workflow
How to get a Pages template to your students:
As a teacher:
- Go to Share option in document
- Open in Another App
- Choose Format: Pages
- Choose App: Edmodo
- It should automatically move you to Edmodo and present you with options
- In Edmodo, choose "Attach to Assignment"
- Attach to New Assignment
- Give Title and Due date, Select Next
- Select recipients
- Enter message. This is where you will instruct your students to open attachment first, edit the template, rename the document, then turn it in through the "Turn in" feature.
- Send Assignment
As a student:
- Opens Edmodo app
- Finds assignment in your group
- Opens Attachment
- Find Share option
- Open in Another App
- Open in Pages
- Students opens document, edits, renames
- Find Share option
- Opens in Another app
- Format: PDF (unless there is video)
- Open in Edmodo
- Choose an Action: Turn in with Assignment
- Find correct assignment
- Type response and feeling
- Submit
How to get a Pages template to students (Video version)
Pages Template
Tips
- If you want to be able to view your students video in Pages, then you should use Google Drive as your work flow option instead of Edmodo.
- Sometimes the pop-up screen of choices does not show up when you "open in another app" from Pages to Edmodo. It takes a few tries, so if it does not show up automatically, start over and it should show up.
- When a student is opening the attachment from Edmodo, instruct them to have patience. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to get the menu options to appear.