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Creating PDF Files

• Creating PDF Files

  PDF files can be displayed on any device and we recommend assignments be submitted as PDF

  • Select activity PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF) IS THE RECOMMENDED ...

    Portable document format (PDF) is the recommended format for uploading files to Moodle. There are several advantages to using this format including:

    
    

    • The format can be read on any device;
    • The file can be read without downloading;
    • The document looks the way the author intended;
    • It can be easily printed;
    • Faculty can use the "Annotate PDF" tool to give feedback.

    In this section, you can learn how to create a PDF file in the common word processing programs.
    

    
    

    
    

  • Select activity Scan to PDF with Notes in iOS

    

    Scan to PDF with Notes in iOS Page

    
    

  • Select activity Find the Export as PDF Option

    

    Find the Export as PDF Option Page

    Almost every word processing or presentation software includes the option of saving files in PDF.
    

    
    

    View a PDF version of the presentation used in the video (the PDF has the spelling mistake fixed!)

    
    

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  • Select activity Adobe Scan

    

    Adobe Scan Page

    Using Adobe Scan, an app available for iPhone (and iPad) and Android devices, you can take a picture of a document and convert it to a PDF file which can be uploaded to Moodle.
    

    
    

    When I first used Adobe Scan to upload to Moodle, I had to take a few extra steps to get my iPad to show me the PDF's I had created with Adobe Scan. I explain what I did in this video:

    
    

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    You can learn more about Adobe Scan on the Adobe web site.
    

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  • Select activity Annotate PDF for Teachers to Give Feedback (copy)

    

    Annotate PDF for Teachers to Give Feedback (copy) Page

    This tools allows faculty to view PDF submissions in the web browser without the need to download. Several tools are available for marking up the file, as well as providing typed feedback, entering a grade to be displayed in the grade book, and uploading a feedback file.

    This is a copy of the item in the section in grading for faculty.