Get Your Geek On and Automate

Digital images made on iPads collected via Dropbox

Images turned into a pdf using automator for printing

File management is an important part of being an art teacher with technology. If you have students making art on the iPads you're probably wondering what to do with their final images. Here is what I do...

1. I have students use the Artsonia app (with the new classroom mode) and have them upload their artwork to their online digital art gallery.

2. I have them turn in their artwork to my dropbox via the iPad app so I can keep them for displays, contests, and art shows.
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3. I use the Automator (a mac desktop/laptop app) to batch all the images I want to print into a pdf. This then allows me to send them all to the printer with one click.

This app will totally help you get your geek on. I've never had training on it, I just dove in and played until I got the results I wanted. I'll save you the trouble with this quick tutorial. Take a look at how quickly you can create a program that automates your life. What's the alternative? Grabbing each image, clicking print. That would be mega times longer than one click. Here's a bonus: Download my automator file and get started now.

Images to pdf in Automator app from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.