Guides for faculty and students using iPads for teaching and learning at Bowdoin, including the DExC iPad mini, classroom activities, annotation, and Canvas on iPad.

Articles (6)

Accessing a Padlet from your Canvas course page (Students)

How students open and use a Padlet that an instructor has added to a Canvas course, from a computer or an iPad. Covers finding the Padlet in a Page, Module, or the course navigation, signing in with Bowdoin SSO, and how the Padlet account is created automatically. Applies to Bowdoin students.

Log in to Explain Everything Whiteboard on an iPad

How Bowdoin students and faculty sign in to Explain Everything Whiteboard on a Bowdoin iPad using their Bowdoin account through Sign in with Google, without creating a separate account. Notes that the app must be installed from Self Service for licensing to work. Applies to Bowdoin iPad users in classes that use the app.

Log in to Explain Everything Whiteboard on an iPad

How Bowdoin students and faculty sign in to Explain Everything Whiteboard on a Bowdoin iPad using their Bowdoin account through Sign in with Google, without creating a separate account. Notes that the app must be installed from Self Service for licensing to work. Applies to Bowdoin iPad users in classes that use the app.

Set Up iPad-to-Mac Trust for Zoom Screen Sharing

How to establish the one-time iPad-to-Mac trust and then share an iPad screen over a USB cable in Zoom using the iPhone/iPad via Cable option. Covers requirements, trusting the iPad in Finder, sharing and stopping the share in Zoom, and troubleshooting when the iPad does not appear. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students on macOS Sequoia or Tahoe.

Sharing your iPad screen in Teams from your computer

How to share an iPad screen into a Microsoft Teams meeting running on a computer, so any iPad app can be shown to students and optionally recorded. Covers joining the meeting on both devices, using Share Screen and Start Broadcast on the iPad, and stopping the broadcast. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students.

Accessing a Padlet from your Canvas course page (Students)

How students open and use a Padlet that an instructor has added to a Canvas course, from a computer or an iPad. Covers finding the Padlet in a Page, Module, or the course navigation, signing in with Bowdoin SSO, and how the Padlet account is created automatically. Applies to Bowdoin students.