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Annotation GuideSeptember 9, 2014

What You Need:An iPad or iPhone

Advantages:You can download directly from Moodle

You can draw directly on slides, highlight, type

You can organize by class

Disadvantages:$2.99 at the app store

Only works with PDFs

Accessories:Keyboard and stylus if wanted

[email protected]

What You Need:iPad or iPhone

Advantages:Automatically converts other files into PDFs

Can organize files by class

Great for if you are in lecture or like to watch podcasts

Can review anywhere!

Light

Right-handed and lefthanded option (can tell where your palm is)

Disadvantages:Free until you have to pay $5.99 at the app store

No multifunctionality

Cannot sync to other devices, but can visit the Cloud

Accessories:Logitech Folio

Jotpro Stylus

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PapyrusWhat You Need:

Tablets with active digitizers (Recommended: Samsung Galaxy Note)Pen has a magnet inside it. Detects pen tip while pen hovers. One side is an eraser. Pressure sensitive (harder pressure = bolding). Finger highlights.

Advantages:Recognizes handwriting pretty well

Infinite

Find function!

Learning curve not steep

Disadvantages:Stylus that came with it was a little small for his hand

$5.00 for converting to PDF capability

Accessories: [email protected]

What You Need:iPad

Advantages:Customizable. You can choose your own pen and highlighter colors

Converts automatically to PDF

You can have multiple lectures open at once

Can link to Google Drive and Dropbox

Can sync to iPhone and laptop

Digital textbooks

Has a keyboard that comes up.

Disadvantages:Not as fluid when switching between tools as Samsung Galaxy Note

$9.99

Accessories:Good stylus a plus

[email protected]

Galaxy TabletAdvantages:

Comes in a variety of sizes (Mina likes 12.2”, 10” also good)

Smart pad knows where your pen is before you touch the tablet

Can take screenshot by touching the pen

Plays multiple apps at once, switches smoothly between apps

Expandable memory

Comes with pen

Disadvantages:$650 for the tablet (but still cheaper than the iPad!)

Apps to Use with Galaxy Tablet:PDF Max

Anki Droid (Good for flashcards) Mina Shenouda

PreviewWhat You Need:

A Mac computer (Adobe for PCs is comparable but freezes)

Advantages:You don’t need to download anything. It comes standard on Mac computers.

Interface pretty intuitive.

Highlighting, typing, arrows, underlining all neatly on your lecture slides.

Disadvantages:You cannot write on it with a stylus.

Hard to look at lecture slides and PDF if you have a smaller computer Natalie Smith

What You Need:You can use it on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone

Advantages:Free!

You can write and draw on your notes

Notes taken on your laptop can be found on other devices and vice versa

OCR – can recognize what you have hand-written

Good for collecting and organizing

Disadvantages:Only for Mac

Harder to switch between tools than with Preview

Accessories:A stylus, if you like handwriting notes

Natalie Smith

Recommended Accessories

iPad mini and Samsung Galaxy Note can fit in your white coat pocket one day!

StyliJotpro by Adonit ($35 stylus that is super precise!)

The Friendly Swede ($10-17 for a four pack, mesh-tip, super cute designs!)

Cross – stylus, red and black ink, pencil

Tablet AccessoriesLogitech Keyboard Folio Case for iPad

Cleaning cloth, could use sunglasses cloth

Thank you!Please email

[email protected] if you have any questions or suggestions for future sessions! Happy scribing!

Link to it@njms mobile apps page:

http://it.njms.rutgers.edu/?page_id=1442

I wish there was an app

for this.


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