Wanna go paperless? Here's a great video from Apple you can show your students (and learn yourself). It's easy!
Add this video to your Moodle course. It's only 7MB. Go to Mac Quick Tips . Simply download it and upload it in your course. Moodle automatically recognizes the file format and is instantly playable upon entry of Moodle's web page*.
*You must upload the file to your "Files" in your Moodle account, then add a hyperlink to some text that links it to this file in your "Files" database. For more explanation, please contact nasonb@sad1.org.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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The Power of a PDF
Our MLTI MacBook offers a PDF reader called Preview. A PDF isn't just an electronic document. There are many features that make using PDFs very practical and time saving.As an electronic document, not only can you save paper when exchanging documents from colleague to colleague or when students hand in homework, but PDFs have annotating abilities. When you click on "Annotate" at the top of the PFD document a tool bar opens at the bottom of your document window. From here you have tools that help you annotate your document. Check out the tools available - highlighter, place arrows, boxes and circles; tag a personalized note that fits in the margins; strike-out words or sentences you do not want; underline certain passages; even link words or passages to another page on the document or a web link.
Teach students to convert all of your Word/Pages (Mac) or PowerPoint/Keynote (Mac) documents into PDF format. Not only does it open faster, but has a much cleaner presentation.
Now you are ready to send back your student's essay or report with your notes and corrections for them to fix. Also, use the annotating tools for your own notes.
You, also, can search for particular words in the search box and Preview will highlight your searched word or phrase.
What is a PDF?
Review the below definitions. However, simply put, a PDF is an electronically printed document with annotation capabilities. To find out what you can do with a PDF, read The Power of a PDF.
Wikipedia
Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange. The file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 is used for representing documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.[2] Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout 2D document that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2D vector graphics which compose the documents. Today, 3D drawings can be embedded in PDF documents with Acrobat 3D using U3D or PRC and various other data formats.[3][4]
Indiana University
PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format developed by Adobe as a means of distributing compact, platform-independent documents. It is superficially similar to HTML; a PDF document may contain images and text, as well as hyperlinks. However, as PDF is based on a variant of PostScript, each document is self-contained, packing text, graphics, and fonts into a single file.
Wikipedia
Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange. The file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 is used for representing documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.[2] Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout 2D document that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2D vector graphics which compose the documents. Today, 3D drawings can be embedded in PDF documents with Acrobat 3D using U3D or PRC and various other data formats.[3][4]
Indiana University
PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format developed by Adobe as a means of distributing compact, platform-independent documents. It is superficially similar to HTML; a PDF document may contain images and text, as well as hyperlinks. However, as PDF is based on a variant of PostScript, each document is self-contained, packing text, graphics, and fonts into a single file.
How Do I Convert a Document to PDF?
This is a very simple process. Most documents - word/number processing, presentation applications, etc. - that allow you to print will allow you to Save to PDF. Not familiar with what a PDF is click here.
When you are ready to convert your document to a digital print, PDF, select Print. When the Printing dialog box opens, there will be a PDF button at the bottom. Click the button, select Save As PDF. You will then be directed to save the PFD to a location on your computer. It's that easy.
When you are ready to convert your document to a digital print, PDF, select Print. When the Printing dialog box opens, there will be a PDF button at the bottom. Click the button, select Save As PDF. You will then be directed to save the PFD to a location on your computer. It's that easy.
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