puffin academy user guide

Puffin Academy User Guide

Puffin Academy® (from CloudMosa, Inc.) is a fast and functional mobile webbrowser designed for K-12 students, parents and teachers. It is designed to enableuse of Adobe Flash based educational web materials on the iOS platform.

Puffin Academy® is free of charge to all users and educational content providers.It provides integrated Adobe Flash support with speeds up to 500% faster thenSafari and Google Chrome.

Puffin Academy User GuideSystem RequirementsAvailable through the iTunes App Store; Puffin Academy® requires iOS Version 6.0 orhigher and one of the following devices.

l iPhone 4Sl iPhone 4l iPhone 3GSl iPad (3rd generation)l iPad 2l iPod touch (4th generation)

Additional Requirements for IRC Content

l An MP4 Player App.l Adobe Reader for iOS

Puffin Academy® is also compatible with Android Devices and is available on GooglePlay. It requires devices running Android 4.0 or higher.

Additional Requirements for IRC Content.

l An MP4 Player App.l Adobe Reader for Android OS.

Puffin Academy User GuideUsing IRC Workbooks

Accessing WorkbooksTo download your workbook content please visit irc.emcp.com. Search for your book bynavigating the provided fields and you will be directed to the IRC page for your text.Once the workbook has been selected you will need to tell it to open in Adobe Reader.

For detailed instructions see the section on Accessing Your Workbook.

Editing WorkbooksOnce you have opened your workbook you will need to edit it according to yourassignment. This can be done by clicking the Text icon on the tool bar at the top of yourscreen.

For detailed instructions see the section on Editing Your Workbook.

Submitting WorkbooksNow that your assignment is complete and saved you will need to submit it to yourTeacher. You can do this by tapping the send icon in the upper right hand corner of yourscreen.

For detailed instructions see the section on Submitting Your Workbook.

http://irc.emcp.com/

Puffin Academy User GuideAccessing Your Workbook

Step 1

Launch the Puffin Academy browser application by tapping the Puffin Academy icon onyour iPad Home Screen.

Step 2

Click the Search field in the upper right hand corner of the Puffin Academy home page.Type "EMC Resource Center" in the field and tap Return.


Step 3

In the center of the center pane you will see a link for the EMC Resource Center. Thislink appears as the address irc.emcp.com. Please click the link. The IRC navigationpage will be displayed.



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Using the BROWSE BY SUBJECT fields begin to search for your book. Making a selec-tion in this field will bring up options in the second field now titled LANGUAGE asshown below. Selecting a book in the second field will bring up options in the third fieldnow titled BOOK.


Step 5

Selecting a book under the BOOK category will bring you to the IRC (Internet ResourceCenter) page for the selected title. Some titles will require a login for students.This inform-ation is provided by your Teacher. Others will automatically log you in as a student whenthe page loads. All educator materials require login information. This information isprovided by your Account Manager. To login click the Change Login button in the upperleft hand corner of your page.

Step 6

Once you have logged in you will be presented with two navigational columns on the leftside of the page. They are titled Contents and Resources. The Contents column isused to navigate the chapters and materials associated with your book. the Resourcescolumn contains the categories and links to downlaod materials. This content changesdepending on your selection in the Contents column. SelectWorkbook from theResources column and click on the workbook you wish to open.See the image below for details.

Step 7

The workbook will automatically open in the Puffin Academy browser. You will need toselectOpen in ... at the upper right hand corner of your screen and selectOpen inAdobe Reader from the drop down menu.


Your workbook will open in Adobe Reader and is ready for editing. For details on editingyour work book please see the section on Editing Your Workbook.

Puffin Academy User GuideEditing Your Workbook

Step 1

With your workbook open in Adobe reader tap the Tools icon in the upper right handcorner.

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At the bottom of your page you will see a new tool bar. Tap the Text icon to enable edit-ing of your workbook.

Step 3

Tap on the document where you want to add text. A text window will appear in themiddle of your screen. Any text you enter on this screen will be added to your workbookwhere you selected.


Click save to finish entering text. If you wish to change text you have added you can tapon the text and select either edit or delete from a menu that pops up. Edit will re-open thetext screen shown on the image above. Any work you do is automatically saved.

Once you have finished editing your workbook you can submit it for your Teacher'sreview. For information on submitting your workbook see the section on Submitting YourWorkbook.

Puffin Academy User GuideSubmitting Your Workbook

Step 1

With your workbook open in Adobe Reader tap the Send icon in the upper right corner ofyour screen. Select E-mail Document from the drop down menu.

Step 2

The E-mail Document window will come up in the middle of your screen. Select ShareFlattened Copy. This will prepare a document that is no longer editable to send to yourTeacher. This will open a new email screen with the document already attached.

Puffin Academy User GuideStep 3

You will need to enter your Teacher's e-mail address into the To field. If you do not havethis information you will want to consult with your Teacher. If you wish to recieve a copyof the email you may want to enter your own e-mail address in the Cc field. You canenter a personal message or some information about the assignment in the body of thee-mail (right below the subject line). Once you have finsihed click Send and the work-book will be sent to your Teacher for their review.

Puffin Academy User GuideAccessing and Downloading Audio

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Once you have logged in you will be presented with two navigational columns on the leftside of the page. They are titled Contents and Resources. The Contents column isused to navigate the chapters and materials associated with your book. the Resourcescolumn contains the categories and links to downlaod materials. This content changesdepending on your selection in the Contents column. SelectWorkbook from theResources column and click on the Audio File you wish to open.See the image below for details.

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A download prompt will then appear asking you where to store the file. Tap This Deviceto continue.


Step 8

Tap the vertical ellipsis, in the upper right hand corner, to open the Menu.

Step 9

Tap Downloads in the menu.


Find your file and tap to select your file and tap Open in ... to select WinZip from the pro-gram list.

Step 11

WinZip will open and show you a list of recent files. In the RECENT list tap to select thefile at the top.


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Tap the folder icon to display a list of files within the zip folder. Tap the Pen icon to dis-play circular check boces for each file.

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The Pen icon will have been replaced with Select All. Tap Select All to select all of thefiles within the folder or individually check the files you wish to unzip. At the bottom tapUnzip.


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Choose a location to store the unzipped files. Tap My Files (recommended). Then tapthe name of the folder you are unzipping and tap Unzip.


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13. When the unzip is complete you will see a blank window. TapWinZip in the upperleft to return to the file list.

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If you still see a list of selected files, tap Done to clear the selections.

Now you may Tap any file to play the audio.

Step 17

To listen to the files in the future, launchWinzip, tapWinZip in the upper left to open themenu, then tap My Files to see a listing of your files. Tap on an item with a Folder iconto view files in that folder.

Puffin Academy User GuideAccessing IRC Videos

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Once you have logged in you will be presented with two navigational columns on the leftside of the page. They are titled Contents and Resources. The Contents column isused to navigate the chapters and materials associated with your book. the Resourcescolumn contains the categories and links to downlaod materials. This content changesdepending on your selection in the Contents column. Select the video resource youneed from the Resources column and click on the video you wish to open you wish toopen. See the image below for details.


A small video player will appear in the middle of your screen. The video does not playautomatically. Click the play button in the lower left corner of the video window to beginvideo playback. Click the pause button in the same location to pause the video.

Technical Support

Our Technical Support Team is dedicated to providing responsive and helpful support to

all of our customers. To ensure that you make the most of the Internet Resource Center

and our Support Team expertise, we recommend that you call, email, chat with us or

view our Technical Support page.

Our Technical Support Department is available to our customers to answer questions

pertaining to our software. Customers can reach Technical Support by:

http://support.emcp.com/

Puffin Academy User GuideChat

Click LIVE HELP for 24/7 support or visit our Technical Support Website.

Phone

We are available every day from 8AM to 10PM (CST). Call 1-800-328-1452 (press 2) for

Technical Support.

Email

Email us at [email protected] or Ask Us a Question.

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