Using an iPad as an input device

[Tarquin Grossman]

I couldn't find an answer to this question but apologies if I've missed one.

Is it possible to use an iPad as an input device/drawing tablet with the BBB whiteboard?  I'm a maths teacher and I'm finding it very hard to write quickly and neatly with a mouse or trackpad.

Thanks,

Tark 

[Kristoff Scherer]

Yes you can ;-)+

We do  it every day?

[ma...@soethe.net]

kristoff: do you also experience problems with penstrokes beeing altered when drawing? When I draw on my iPad it almost looks like BBB tries to smooth the curves.

[Kristoff Scherer]

I have this problem too.

We are increasingly using other solutions than bbb, as most of our teachers work with the ipad. No screen sharing, smoothing lines ... too bad!

[fab...@rouillier.fr]

There are several ways.

One way  is to use TeamViewer for connecting your iPad (whatever the model you have) to your computer (whatever the os you have) and share the window as you usually share a window.

If you have a MacBook or an iMac or a Mac mini, just connect your iPad with a cable and launch sidecar :then if you drag your BBB window on the iPad screen, you will then be able to use the stylus in the BBB window and, in particular , with the whiteboard or share any windows that will be on your IPAD's screen (the stylus interacts with this screen).