Personal Devices
If you have a personal device (aka – iPhone*) and have your school e-mail/contacts on it (aka – Outlook)… Please be sure that your PERSONAL contact is your default.  Why you say?...  When you add a contact on YOUR PERSONAL phone you want it in your PERSONAL account.  If / when you leave Granite you do NOT want to lose all your contacts that you have added over the years… You may have been adding them to your GSD account and not your personal account.  To find out or change your default Contacts account.. go to Settings – Contacts… the Default button is towards the bottom.

In Outlook you can Export your contacts and import them into Gmail from a CSV file.   I’d be happy to show you if you’d like.

*I am sure you can do the same thing on other devices... I just don't have one so don' know how!

Even though it is for personal use only (according to their contract)  It appears there is a loophole!  Disney+ is now open FOR TEACHERS not students and only on GSDX.  It is still blocked on the Guest network. 

All (that I know of) streaming services are this way

(PS/FYI – I have nothing to do what is and is not blocked). But I do know this violates copyright law and your usage agreement!

I get a lot of "calls" asking to install or how to use our scanners.  Scans are great to take a paper document to turn it in to a .pdf and post on your Canvas page.  But did you know you might have one of the best scanners already in your hand? 
Your iPhone!  Using Notes and be sure you are logged in to Notes with your Apple ID.  Watch the video to learn how.

• Open Notes
• Create a new note
• Click the Camera button
• Select Scan Document
• Scan the document "paper" click the record or take picture button
• Save it
• Upload (Share to) to your Google Drive.
  YOU MUST already be logged in to your Google Drive app on your phone.
• I created a folder called Scans.
• Go to your Google Drive on a computer.  Find the scans folder and share it just as you would  a normal document to link or embed on your Canvas page.

Much easier than using your PC or copier.
Why NOT  a picture? Compare them yourself!
Below are non-edited Scan vs a Picture of the same document taken the same way.

• A "Scan" looks for the image to "scan"
• It saves as .pdf
• Here is a Picture
• Here is Scan

Please see the posts here already.

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Pros

• Submit
• Saves to Google Drive

​​Cons

• NOT free
• Click here and let me know if you want it!

Just as simple and works pretty much the same. Records video, screen, or both.

Pros -

• iOS App
• Free for life for educators
• Desktop version
• App Records Audio and Video

Cons -

• Not as easy.  some features are harder to find but still there.
• No Submit plug in.
• Does not save to Google Drive
• iOS does have a screen record option but does not include audio nor does it save it to your Loom account. (I think this is a pro!)