Photos and videos can be a powerful tool for students and teachers. But getting photos from place to place can be tricky. It used to be the only way to move photos from your iPad to your computer was to email them a few at a time. It took forever! Not a good use of any teacher's time!
Many teachers find themselves with very full iPads. Often, this is because they and their students are documenting their learning through photos. Pretty soon, though, the iPad is full but we still want to keep those pictures.
Your iPad has limited storage, but your Google Drive does not. You can now easily move photos from you iPad device to your Google Drive, where you can store as many photos as you need. Once the photos are uploaded, you can delete them from your iPad and free up much needed space.
Teachers can opt to do this in one of two main ways: manually or automatically. Now, you might be asking why I would even mention a manual option when it can be done automatically. I like teachers to have options that meet the needs of their workflow. If you have students taking photos, you may want to go through them before they end up in your Drive, so you'd rather upload photos as needed (Manual). Or maybe you'd prefer an automatic solution and you'd like to go through the photos on your computer instead (Automatic). No right or wrong answer here because both will accomplish what we need to do.
I have created directions for performing both options (click each option to go to the larger version):
Manual Uploading
Automatic Uploading
You can also view these and other iPad tips at the Tiger Tech Tips page! Please contact the instructional technology department if you need more support or have questions!
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