Lessons & Resources
Managing Categories
April 14, 2014 Categories are collections of Resources. You can copy existing Categories or create new ones from scratch. Categories can be customised with different names, wallpapers, and icons to suit your lessons. From the Category management ...
Adding YouTube Videos
YouTube videos work really well on LearnPad. However, YouTube comments (which appear underneath the videos) are not moderated and are often inappropriate for the classroom. We recommend using a service such as Safeshare or Safeyoutube to create a ...
Adding Resources
April 14, 2014 Resources are the building-blocks of your LearnPad lessons. A resource can be a whole document editing application or just a single photograph. The Content area contains a range of pre-prepared content which you can select, or you can ...
Adding folder resources
April 14, 2014 Adding Folders Folder Resources open up folder locations that are either on the device itself or on a file server. Add a new Resource making sure the Type is set to Folder. This will take you to the properties page for this new ...
Adding e-books, PDFs and other documents
April 14, 2014 Adding Files LearnPad can distribute one or more files as a “Resource”. This includes photos, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, e-books, PDFs, or even archived web pages. Add a new resource making sure the Type is set to File. ...
Creating and Managing Website Resources
April 14, 2014 Overview Website Resources are Resources that link to web pages. They help pupils to work independently and maintain focus by taking them directly to sites that their teacher requires, avoiding the distractions of the wider Internet. ...
Switching Lessons
The Resources on LearnPad are grouped into Lessons, which can be swapped per-device to suit the lesson plan. The current Lesson can be changed from LearnPad itself using a QrKey or via the ClassConnect portal. Changing Lessons from LearnPad 1. Find ...
Selecting resources from the Content area
April 14, 2014 Selecting Resources, Categories, and Lessons Resources, Categories, or Lessons can be selected from the Content area for later use. Any list of items should include items you have selected in addition to items you have added. To select ...
Education City AutoLogin
April 14, 2014 Connecting to the online content for Education City is best done using their AutoLogin system, which avoids the need to distribute usernames and passwords througout the school. You will need your AutoLogin web link. To get this, follow ...
Using iTunes U
April 14, 2014 iTunes U contains online educational resources organised into “courses”. Many of these are free or contain free components that you might wish to include in your lessons. You can access iTunes U with the free TunesViewer app. This ...
Using applications from the Google Play store
April 14, 2014 From the management portal you can create a shortcut to the app. 1. Log on to your tablet and download the apps you require from Google Play, you can run Google Play on your tablet by adding the Google Play Store Resource from our ...
How Lessons are Downloaded
February 18, 2015 LearnPad makes the most efficient use of your school’s Internet connection by downloading Lesson content on-demand. This means that when a Lesson is scanned in, the following content becomes immediately available on your device: ...
LearnPad Capture
February 19, 2015 LearnPad Capture is designed specifically for use with the LearnPad Decimo. Use on other LearnPad devices is not currently supported and may not function correctly. Once loaded tap the Capture Student Evidence category and then open ...
LearnPad ClassConnect
February 19, 2015 LearnPad’s ClassConnect app is a powerful tool that allows teachers to monitor and control LearnPads within the classroom as well as capture evidence of student work in real-time. ClassConnect is intuitive and easy to use and uses ...
LearnPad Presenter
February 20, 2015 LearnPad Presenter is a powerful yet easy to use classroom tool that allows pupils to bring their projects to life by scripting, presenting and recording their work. Used in partnership with separate video editing software, pupils ...
LearnPad Animator
February 20, 2015 LearnPad Animator is a simple-to-use animation app that gives students the opportunity to create fantastic stop-frame animated films quickly and easily. ANIMATOR HOME SCREEN: Swipe left or right to scroll through your Animator ...
LearnPad Annotate
February 20, 2015 LearnPad annotate is a useful tool for activity work, assessment and recording. This app allows students to display their knowledge or understanding by adding comments or labels to images they take with the camera, retrieve from the ...
Adding the MIT AI2 Companion as a Resource
March 2, 2015 The MIT AI2 Companion is used to develop Android applications using MIT App Inventor. It can be added as a Resource in the LearnPad ClassConnect Portal by following the steps below. 1. Visit the MIT App Inventor website and download the ...
Teacher Guide
Download the LearnPad teacher guides for lesson ideas and information about the standard tools provided with LearnPad.
Using Flash Content
February 5, 2016 LearnPad tablets support web-based content that requires Adobe Flash Player. i. Configuring a Website Resource to use Flash Website Resources that require Adobe Flash Player should be tagged as Flash in order for the content to load ...