{"id":1871,"date":"2012-05-03T06:57:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T06:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipads4teachers.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2012-05-03T06:57:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T06:57:45","slug":"icabmobile-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edtechtesol.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/icabmobile-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"iCabMobile to the rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"

The problem<\/strong>: You need to share a file from a secure server with a colleague, but it is too large to attach to an email and you only have your iPad.<\/p>\n

The solution<\/strong>: Download the file with iCabMobile<\/a>, upload it to Dropbox, share a link via Mail.<\/p>\n

The context<\/strong>: I am on the road with my family, with only my iPad, and a colleague needs a backup copy of my Moodle course right now. He does not have access to the server, so I need to download the file and send him a copy. Easy enough to accomplish in my office, or at home, but a bit more challenging when speeding down the Keiji Bypass in Kyoto.<\/p>\n

I appreciate a good challenge, so I sent a mail to explain the situation and promise that I would work it out. After my experience using iCabMobile in the classroom the other day<\/a>, I knew that it would play a central role in the solution.<\/p>\n

The first step was to log in to my Moodle course using iCabMobile and create the backup. The backup process is all run server-side, so doing this from an iPad is no problem. Dealing with the file once created was the issue…<\/p>\n

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As you can see in the image above, the file size, while only 72 MB, is still a bit large for a quick download and email. Tapping and holding on the link to the file brings up some options.<\/div>\n
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I selected ‘Download File”, and immediately found myself looking at an error message.<\/p>\n

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To get around this barrier, I opened up the Settings app, scrolled down to iCabMobile in the menu, and changed the Edge\/3G download limit from 10MB to 100MB.<\/p>\n

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With the limit raised, I was now able to download the file. Over 3G, while speeding down an expressway in Kyoto, the file downloaded in just over 10 minutes. Not exactly quick, but I had plenty of other things in the car to keep me busy…<\/p>\n

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With the file moved to my download folder in iCab, I now needed to find a way to share it. I did a long tap on the file to see what my options where, and by selecting “Open in External App” I received these options.<\/p>\n

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Since Dropbox has a file-sharing feature, I chose to move the file there. This took quite a while. The process of uploading the 70+ MB file took over 15 minutes. I simply set the iPad aside to let it do its work, and played a little Shiritori<\/a> with the kids.<\/p>\n

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Once the file finished uploading I was able to simply click the ‘link’ icon in the top right corner to create and copy a link to send to my colleague.<\/p>\n

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Useful? I don’t know. I think in the future, with a file of equal size, I might wait until I have a solid wifi connection, but it is certainly nice to know that this is possible. You never know when you might need it in a pinch.<\/p>\n

If you made it this far, I hope that you found this post useful. Personally, I was just extremely excited to find another iPad Solution<\/a> to a seemingly impossible task.<\/p>\n

Do you know a better way? Do you have an iPad Problem requiring an iPad Solution<\/a>? Leave a comment and let me know.<\/p>\n

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Composed on Blogsy while speeding down a Japanese expressway<\/div>\n
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