Create PDFs Using Notability

Product: iPads and Notability App

Audience: Teachers, EA/IA’s, Students

Overview

This walkthrough will show you how to use the Notability App and an iPad to create PDFs.

Tools/Equipment Needed

• CSD Managed iPad

Video Walkthrough 

Find and Open the Notability App

Locate the Notability App

• Tap on the Notability app
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Can’t find it? Install it via the Manager App (Self Service)

• Tap on the Manager App, find Notability, and Tap Install
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• It may take a few minutes to complete the installation

Scan Documents with Notability

Create a new Note and Select Scan

• First, start a new Note by “tapping” on the “+New” button.
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• Next, tap on the “Scan” icon and if prompted, accept permissions to access the iPad’s Camera
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Scan Document(s)

• By default, Notability Scanning will be set to “Auto”. It will auto-focus and take pictures when it detects objects like paper. If you want, you can switch to “Manual” to take the pictures yourself. Each picture taken will create a thumbnail at the bottom of the screen. You can retake and/or delete any images you don’t want. Once you’re done, tap “Save”.
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• Next, tap “Insert as PDF” and now you have a PDF saved on your iPad. You can annotate that PDF if you’d like to make any adjustments or you can “tap” the menu button to share the document. 
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• Lastly, check out some of the other features of Notability. It’s a powerful note-taking App that has lots of useful features.
  • What can Notability do? Features – Notability
    • Scan Documents
    • Create Books
    • Note Taking
      • By hand using an Apple Pencil, using your finger, or typing
    • Importing Documents for Annotation
    • To-Do Lists
    • Planners
    • And more!

Conclusion

You should now be able to create PDFs using Notability and an iPad.

For instructional/pedagogical questions, please contact your SG&E coordinator- Amy Lesan.

For technical questions, please contact your building SPOC or Classroom Technology- Daniel Elliott,Brendon Poore.