IPad mirroring in the classroom problem???
A quick question - I am a teacher using a 3rd gen Apple TV with an iPad to allow wireless mirroring in my classroom. It works brilliantly. However, how do I prevent other iOS devices from connecting to the Apple TV when the iPad is being used? For example - imagine a student had an iPod touch or iPhone connected to the same WiFi network - what could we do to prevent them trying to take over the screen in the middle of a lesson? I know that I can pair a remote to stop other Apple remotes from controlling the Apple TV. Surely there is a way of doing this in terms of iPad mirroring?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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Setting an airplay password, we'll restrict use of the Apple TV to only those devices where the password has been entered.
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My new iPhone 4s and my iPad 1 have the same problem: While working on one of them, the screen goes black and the right back to home screen. I've tried resetting the iPad with no chages to this problem. Need help, this is anoying.
I just did a reset all settings on both.
Will see where this gets me.
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I am a 4th grade teacher and we are writing a grant through our district for Ipads and smart technology. I hooked up my ipad2 to my projector that projects to a promethean board. I am hoping that someone out there knows of a way to used the promethean pen to interact on the ipad through the board.
On another note...If anyone has any great apps that are good for school please share.For the latter, visit http://ipadeducators.ning.com/. A good resource for teachers on using the ipad in the classroom, as well as for the necessary tech support.
For the others - there is no way to use the promethean interactive board with the iPad. You can project onto it, but that's it - none of the other features involving the pen. For the Promethean (or any other IWB) to work, you'd need both dedicated software written by Promethean (they have not done so, and I was told by a rep they have no plans to do so because of...) a USB connection from the board into the iPad (i.e. a second "out" in addition to the 30 pin out, which is used for the VGA connector to the projector).
When you're connecting to an interactive board, you have two things going on: the projected display (which is the easy part - just the computer to the projector) and the interactive communication going on between the board and the software on the computer. There is no way to reproduce the second part on the iPad as currently designed. -
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So with this problem, you should really go back to the person you purchased the product and inquire about the password of the product. When you have access into the iPad, reset the whole device and remove the passcode. If this does not work, try going to the local apple store and ask them to open it for you. Hope this helps
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Problem using iPad mirroring with an Apple TV and 4:3 Projector
I'm a teacher and I've been using my iPad 2 in the classroom for about a year and a half. I would use Apple's VGA Adapter to connect to my projector, which worked fine. I just didn't like being tied down, and the dock connector would come loose very easily and lose connection to the projector, which interrupted the flow of the lesson.
So this summer, I got an Apple TV and a projector with an HDMI port so I could start using Airplay Mirroring to get the iPad screen onto the projector. But I'm having trouble with the aspect ratio. Forgive my drawing, but the genius at the Apple store had a hard time understanding my explanation, so I'm hoping this will help show what I mean.
My projector (ViewSonic DLP PJD5133) can be set to either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio (4:3, 800x600 is the native resolution). My projector screen in the front of the classroom is 4:3, so when the projector is set to 4:3, the image fills up the screen (which is what I want - it needs to be as big as possible so the entire class can see it clearly; plus it means all the output pixels are being used). When the projector is set to 16:9, the image is letterboxed (not ideal unless I'm showing a widescreen video or image).
The Apple TV's native aspect ratio is widescreen, and the iPad's native aspect ratio is 4:3, so if you use Airplay mirroring on a widescreen TV, the Apple TV will pillarbox the image (add horizontal black bars on each side), so that the image will not be stretched/distorted. (I know that it will show widescreen videos and a few widescreen-ready apps without the pillarbox, but the apps I use in class - Keynote, Noteshelf, etc. - don't fall in that category). The effect on my projector screen is a tiny 4:3 image taking up half the area it would have taken if I had used the VGA connection.
So in the Apple TV, I went to Settings>Audio & Video>TV resolution, and chose 800x600 60Hz (the max 4:3 resolution for my projector). Since the Apple TV is natively widescreen, it seems to accomplish this change be stretching the image vertically; but it basically works because the Apple TV home screen fills up the projector screen. However, when I turn on Airplay Mirroring on my iPad, the image does not fill up the screen. The Apple TV still puts a pillarbox on the image, so I end up with a distorted, square image of my iPad screen. It's the right height - the max 600 pixels for my projector - but it's not as wide as it should/could be.
Is there a setting that I'm missing? I understand that the Apple TV has to stretch its home screen image to accommodate the 4:3 resolution, but I think it should be smart enough to realize that if it's receiving a 4:3 image from the iPad and sending it out to a 4:3 TV, it doesn't need to pillarbox the image.
Before you answer - this is not a problem with the projector settings, and my Apple TV is not defective. You could simulate what's happening on your Apple TV, even if it's hooked up to a widescreen TV. In the Apple TV settings, change the TV Resolution to 800x600 as mentioned above (or any other of the 4:3 options). Now go to the Apple TV home screen, and note the amount of space the image is taking up on your screen (on a widescreen TV, it will be pillarboxed, and it will look like it's been squished horizontally). Then turn on Airplay mirroring on the iPad, and you'll see that the iPad image does not have the same width as the Apple TV home screen and it looks square/squished.
Also, while my projector does have a zoom function, it will not magnify the small iPad mirror image correctly (if I were to leave the Apple TV and projector on a 16:9 setting). It cuts off the top and sides. But even if it didn't crop the image, it's a digital zoom, so that option still won't fix the fact that I'm not getting a full 800x600 image on the projector. The same problem would apply if I were to move the projector farther away from the screen (so that the widescreen image takes up the full height of the projector screen, while spilling off the sides). I'll still have a lower resolution image, which isn't ideal since I'm often showing text on the screen through Keynote. Also, widescreen videos wouldn't fit on the screen, and I can't move the projector easily because it's fixed to the ceiling.
Sorry for the long explanation. Any ideas? I'd really appreciate some insight.We have the same problem, and not only with ipads. Macbook Air is doing something similar. it can only use airplay with 1080 and 720 resolution, so the image is squeezed on a 4:3 projector. We use AppleTV 3 and Mountain Lion OS. We use ATVPRO from Kanex.
Apple must get its act together and fix this, they promise gold and green forests, but nothing works.
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IPad, iCal and iTunes sync problem
Early last year, I posted (https://discussions.apple.com/message/18503738#18503738) that syncing between my iPad 3 and my Snow Leopard iMac behaved oddly. AppleCare Support dweebs had failed to resolve the issue and no one on here managed to come up with any suggested fix.
However, for no apparent reason, the problem stopped and I stopped monitoring this august and highly esteemed forum and all went well ...
... until recently.
I sync via a USB cable and I do not use iCloud (as I'm on Snow Leopard) save for Find My iPad, all other iCloud options are switched off. All other app syncing appears to work correctly, it is only iCal and Calendars that don't.
Just why things have started to go wrong now, probably in the last three or four weeks, I do not know but now the following syncing errors occur ...
1) On the iPad: new appointments or changes to appointments made on the iPad are not synced to the iMac;
2) On the iMac, changes to appointments already on the iMac are shown on the iPad as both the new and old timings/details, not as replacements;
3) On the iMac, new appointments are made in the default (or last) calendar used. These are then edited as required, with the details put in and, if necessary, calendars changed. On the iPad, however, these will show as both "New event" in the default calendar and as the edited correct appointment, not just as the finalised entry;
4) Appointments deleted from the iMac are not deleted from the iPad.
In other words, changes on the iPad are not synced across to the iMac and changes on the iMac are synced twice, once as the unedited appointment and once as the edited appointment - if an appointment is deleted it remains on the iPad.
When the original problem arose (similar but not identical) the Apple dweebs suggested deleting my iCloud account (not synced, used only for Find My iPad) but doing that this time does not remove the bug.
I'm running a 27" quad-core i7 iMac under MacOSX.6.8 (Build 10K549), iCal v4.0.4 (1395.7) and I sync via USB and iTunes v11.0.2 (26). The iPad is a 64GB 4G/wifi iPad 3, currently running under under iOS6.1.3. To the best of my knowledge, all available updates have been applied to both devices.
I have deleted all calendars off the iPad by deselecting Calendars in iTunes' iPad tab, turned it off. Swicthed off the iMac, Safe Booted and run OnyX full suite, I have then Single User booted, run fsck -fy three times then run applejack AUTO restart, then rebooted the iMac, rebooted the iPad, sync'd without Calendars then resynced with the Calendars selected again.
I had hoped that this would remove any cache files, temporary files, stuck RAM or whatever else could conceivably be causing this bizarre behaviour - to no bl**dy avail! It is behaving exactly and frustratingly as before!
What on earth is going on? if I can't use my iPad as my main calendar and add new appointments when out and about and have them synced properly and reliably to my iMac then the whole thing is a waste of time andI shall have to revert to a paper diary again!
HELP!!!!! Please, before I go mad with frustration!I'm not sure whether getting no replies to this (or the earlier) query is something of which to be proud - or terrified!
Am I the only person in the world with this bizarre insoluble problem? if so, why me? Am I a Chosen One or, more likely, someone to be punished for a lifetime of misdeeds!
But there is progress. I have no idea what happened at a technical level or why, but the matter has now resolved itself and things are syncing normally. Until the next time!
Perhaps there is a clue somewhere in the following ...
I run my iMac 24/7 and thus I rarely close iCal on the iMac and when i do it is usually by accident. The same applies to Calendars on the iPad, although I do reboot from time to time.
Anyway, I installed some software on the iMac which required a reboot and, as susual, iCal opened via Preferences > Accounts > Startup items - only this time I was presented with a perfectly blank calendar. A message appeared, from within iCal (oh, how I wish i had noticed what it actually said) saying something along the lines of "importing calendars". This took a little while and it wasn't instant - maybe it does this every time it reatrts but too fast for me to notice.
After this "import", if indeed that's what it was, the syncing was corrected!
Coincidence? Cause and effect? Magic? Too many magic mushrooms for breakfast?
If that is what resolved the issue, then how can I cause an import deliberately for when the syncing goes astray again and just what does an "import" do that a normal launch doesn't and which might have resolved the glitch?
I have had this "import" message before, but very very rarely, so it may well have resolved the syncing issue last time and I just didn't make the possible connection.
Does that help anyone come to my rexcue with an explanation and, possibly, a strategy for preventing or deliberatly correcting syncing issues in the future? -
I think it's a driver issue not a hardware issue, I can use wifi at work just not at home...
I have an iPhone 4s and it seems to connect to the wifi where I work without any problems. I cannot connect to my wifi at home even after turning off encryption, after looking around the discussion threads about what other people are experiencing I am convinced that it is a driver issue. How can my iphone just stop working after an update?
My girlfriend's ipad 3 has the same problem, I sure hope apple can fix this problem or this will be the last iPhone I ever buy.Hello Brad,
I've stated that I've rebooted my router , disabled encryption and updated the firmware none of which have fixed the problem.
Also, I've stated that my wifi works with my iPhone 4s when I'm at work, it doesn't work with my wifi at home so I know that it is a driver issue related to older routers. My girlfriend's ipad 3 stopped working on our home wifi after the update as well.
I can confirm that my wifi issue is with my home network not my work network. I've tried changing encryption types, disabling encryption all together etc.
You can only restore in DFU mode if you use iTunes to backup your iPhone which I don't since I back everything up to my iCloud.
brad805 wrote:
gdgmacguy has great advice, "Have you rebooted your router? Have you contacted your router's vendor to see if you're running the most recent firmware? Did you try this?
I have seen WiFi problems regarding iOS 6 all over the Web. These were problems with the WiFi, but how many try WiFi other than their home WiFi. Your home WiFi is a problem. The fix for some users is DFU Mode Restore of iPhone. If you would like to try a DFU Mode Restore.
Here are the steps. Open iTunes on computer. Connect iPhone to computer with USB Cable. Hold both home and power buttons for exactly 10 seconds, release the power button, keep holding the home button until iTunes recognizes iPhone in Recovery Mode. Usually about 20 seconds of holding home button. If the iPhone screen is black, blank this is DFU Mode. Click the Restore button of iTunes. DFU Mode is sometimes difficult to get. So keep trying the steps until you get it. DFU mode is iTunes saying iPhone in Recovery Mode except screen is black, blank. -
IOS 5 - iPad 2 - Low memory recurrent problem
Hello,
Yesterday, I came from the Apple Store with a new ipad 2 because they told me that the first one had a memory problem. Well, I believe them, but today all My ipad 2 apps crashe and in the problem list I have always the same problem (one for each app):
Free pages: 1412
Wired pages: 96131
Purgeable pages: 763
Largest process: AppStore
Thinking aboyt it, I guess that is due to some apps use a large amount of memory (RAM, because my ipad has more that 10Gb free) and even when all the apps are closed the ipad can not release the memory for other apps.
This is really annoying, and i don't know if there are more users experiencing this problem.
Thanks in advice,
Jesus.
Sorry if my english isnt good enough.Vincent. Perhaps do a hard restore back to the factory settings? At that point, I would not do the upgrade to 4.3.1. I'd leave it how it was shipped. There have been a number of problems reported with the upgrade (and lots of success)by many here. It sounds like yours might be one of the problems. I don't how much you have on your iPad? However, the other problem could be that one of the applications you have is corrupt with 4.3.1. In other words, perhaps the Twitter app or Tapatalk doesn't play nice anymore even when closed. Of course it could also be another app but if you have lots on their, it could be hard to diagnose. That's my guess.
So if it were me, I'd do a restore and wipe it back to box condition. I would not do a restore from a previous backup/save. That most likely will just put the problem back onto the iPad. I would do a manual load of the iPad of the stuff you want on it, apps, music, movies like the computer and iPad have never been synced prior. Yes, it takes time but it should allow you to use it properly without the crashes. Then I'd wait to see what fix comes out for the 4.3.1 issues that some are having. The 4.3.1 really doesn't add that much at this time anyway so waiting won't hurt. I haven't upgraded and Im glad I haven't at this point. Not worth the risk to find out that mine gets screwed up too.
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I have been wanting to project my iPad to my class and the only way I have found is to use the connector. However, I would like to remove myself from in front of the classroom and move around the classroom. This encourages students to take notes and not pass notes. This also encourages them to engage in questioning of the lesson, because the teacher is not far removed from them if they're in the back of the classroom. How can I connect? I've read some forums that discuss converters and many who say it needs to be active or powered, but some of these powered converters are nearly two times the amount of the Apple TV. I wouldn't mind paying if this is the suggested way and it works. I don't want to go through several failed and expensive experiments.
There are hardware converters that will convert HDMI to various other types of output, however there are some issues with doing so that you should be aware of.
HDCP
HDCP compliant converters will not allow you to watch HDCP protected content such as that from the iTunes Store. Non compliant converters exist but we cannot discuss them under the Terms of Use for these communities.
Resolution and aspect ratio
I'm not aware of any converters that will scale the output from the Apple TV, any TV or projector which is used will need to be widescreen and support resolutions of 720p (if you are using the Apple TV 2) -
I have an iPad 2 and the newest apple tv. I do not get the option to turn mirroring on in the AirPlay function. I have tried the suggestions I've seen on here so far, but nothing has worked. Has anyone come up with a fix to this problem?
Your Apple TV and iOS device (iPad) need to be on the same network subnet. If they are you can verify when playing that the ATV is set as the output device by clicking the icon to the the right of the fast-forwrd button. Or you can double-click the home button and swipe left twice to see this.
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Streaming from my iPad to my tv is not working, it keeps saying the iTunes accounts are different but I've checked it a ton of times and its the same, anyone had the same problem?
Hi JenJen73,
If you are having issues with AirPlay streaming from your iPad to your Apple TV, you may want to take a look at the troubleshooting steps in the following article:
Apple Support: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4215
Cheers,
- Brenden -
I'm wanting my students be able to work math problems from their desk on a slate that shows their work on the projector screen. Can you use iPad as interactive slates and show on projector? If so how many can I use this way in a classroom at one time?
Yes, but probably not as easily as you would like. The students can not wirelessly connect to a projector like you can wiht a computer. The options are:
1) Use a VGA or HDMI cable (most likely you'll need a VGA cable for a classroom projector, and the adaptor to go with it). Odds are this won't let them work from their own desks, however.
2) Connect an Apple TV to your projector - this allows you to wirelessly send the iPad to the Apple TV, and from the AppleTV to the projector - however, you'll likely need an HDMI-VGA Adaptor between the Apple TV and projector.
3) If you have a Mac connected to the projector, try my http://reflectionapp.com/. This progrom will display the iPad screen on the Mac, which can then be sent to the projector. Sadly, this only works on the Mac - the developer told me they are working on a Windows version, but since it relies on Airplay I'm doubtful they can get it to work in Windows.
4) You can use the iPad to control a Windows PC (through an app such as Splashtop Remote), or even better with a an "interactive whiteboard" app (Splashtop Whiteboard or Doceri). The latter apps will allow you to approach an interactive whiteboard style interface, the former (simpler) apps will let you control a handwriting program (such as Windows Journal) on the Windows PC, which is then connected to the projector. -
Is there a way of connecting the ipad to the smart board in the classroom, so that the smartboard is the control, and the ipad is displaying what is on the smartboard? This is to help a visually impaired child see what is on the smartboard.
Absolutely!
Install Splashtop2 on the PC and enable it to be controlled or ran from iPad or Reflection to simply allow iPad to serve as PC unwired monitor. With Splashtop and an Apple TV connected, you use the smartboard as usual, yet the PC and iPad can see the same content. The impaired child can even interact with the Smart Board via the iPad as if he were writing directly on the big screen. Erasing functions can be done by touching the Smart Board manual controls. Several variables are in play that cause this lack of functionality:
Apple won't permit PC software that infringes its proprietary apps.
Smart Board companies refuse to develop iPad apps because they feel threatened and are being replaced by iPads
School districts think Apple TV is meant for copyright infringement and could expose them to safe harbor lawsuits
Network administrators make it impossible to login Apple TVs because they don't want the streaming occurring
Classrooms are not able to keep up with the technology of using the iPad
Clicker companies refuse to play with iPad because they see it as a potential threat to their core business clients
Apple is not working as hard as it could to exploit its capabilities in education, thus losing money in iPad sales
The bottom line is that we educators and technology developers are hurting our childern with petty conflicts. -
Using iTunes and the iPad in the classroom
One of the schools that I support in our school district recently purchased two iPads. We need to establish iTunes accounts that do not have a payment method associated with them. We have setup the devices and are looking forward to downloading FREE apps from the iTunes store. We have attempted to create our Apple ID in two different manners:
1. Go directly to iTunes on the iPad and select a free app. Click download. Prompted to setup an account. Was not presented with the "none" option for payment.
2. Went directly into the iPad settings to "iTunes and App Store." Again, no "none" option for payment.
Our department does not have access to a credit card nor a gift card due to funding. I would appreciate any help that the iTunes department can provide to me about how to properly setup these iPads so that our students can utilize them in the classroom.
Regards,
MattGreetings fcit@!A,
After reviewing your post, it sounds like you are not able to select none as your payment type. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
Why can’t I select None when I edit my Apple ID payment information? - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Mario -
Dear Apple Support,
Good day to you.
This is to report the problem i encountered when i updated my Ipad mini to the new IOS 8.1..
After the update my Ipad restart and after that it appears a picture that need to connect to itunes and need to restore. So i connect it to itunes and wait to restore my ipad mini because it is not opening.
After restoring it my ipad is now opening and it is like new that i need to set up again.
I set up again until i reach the apple id and password.
I put my below apple ID and password to unlock my ipad but it didn't work. The message i receive is "the apple ID cannot be used to unlock this Ipad.
What will I do? Please help.
Thank you
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Apple <[email protected]***>
Date: October 9, 2013 at 11:53:53 PM GMT+4
To: ****
Subject: Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud and iMessage on an iPad mini
Dear Leslie J.,
Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud and iMessage on an iPad mini named “Leslie Joye's iPad”.
If you have not recently set up an iPad with your Apple ID, then you should change your Apple ID password. Learn more.
Apple Support
<Email Edited By Host>1. It is never a good idea to include personal info like your email address or Apple ID in a post on an open forum.
2. The email you received DOES NOT say your Apple ID cannot be used to unlock this iPad. The email informs you that your Apple ID was used to unlock an iPad. Fortunately the iPad is yours. The message confirms that. If your Apple ID was used to unlock an iPad that was not yours your would then know to change your password. Since the iPad is yours you do not need to change your password.
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