Research Guides: iPads: Apps

10 Great Apps For Higher Education

Some of these apps are free and others are paid.

Alora- Attendance Tracker
Best for professors looking for a better way to tally class turnout.
Bonfyre
Bonfyre is an experience network that helps you share private photos and group chat around what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with. No noisy news feeds, not your entire social network like other sharing apps and websites; just simple picture messaging that supports how you live your real life. Free
Duolingo
Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and English. Apple's 2013 App of the Year. Free
Inkling
Inkling is a platform for interactive textbooks, built from the ground up for iPad. It turns paper-based textbooks into engaging, interactive learning experiences while staying compatible with the print book for classroom use. Free
Khan Academy
Learn almost anything, with over 4200 videos and articles. Free
myHomework
Separate sections for each class, a notebook design, and an easy-to-read schedule. Upcoming assignments are marked in blue, those with approaching due dates are marked in orange, and those past due appear in red. Free
StudyBlue
With StudyBlue’s mobile app, you can make, study, and share mobile flashcards, study guides, and quizzes. Free
Wi-Fi Finder
Best for anyone having trouble connecting on campus. Free

CICL Recommendations

CIDL Recommendations

iPad Committee Recommendations

These are some apps recommended by the AU iPad Committee:

- TWC MAX+ (weather from Weather Channel.com)

- Dragon Dictation (record your speech as text, email it to anyone)

- iTranslate (language translation)

- Calculator (there are hundreds of basic and scientific calculator apps available, some free, some at a fraction of the cost of comparable scientific calculators)

- Evernote (Note taking/voice memos and more, stored online; accessible form anywhere. Requires a free account)

- iBrainstorm (drawing/brainstorming/whiteboard app)

- Adobe Ideas (simple drawing app)

- bookstores/book readers apps: iBooks Amazon Kindle, Google Books

- etexts: Coursesmart, Inkling (require free online accounts. Both will allow/provide digital “desk” copies or sample chapters.)

- Bible Apps: Bible, Logos

- Flipboard (interactive, personalized new magazine)

- Instapaper (save web pages to read later – requires a free online account)

- News apps: BBC, CNN, Fox, NPR, etc.

- Best Appsite.com app news and reviews - My top ten favorite picks for the iPad link