When you choose to import a new file to start a project, import materials into an existing project, or export your project to tools and services outside of Explain Everything, you will be taken to the brand new "Sources" panel.

We are still fine-tuning some of the workflow pieces and menu choices, but as you can see in the photo above, you will be able to seamlessly navigate between cloud services and areas on your iPad with which Explain Everything Integrates.  One idea for managing your spaces would be to use one service (e.g. Dropbox) for saving files that you want to be able to import into Explain Everything. You can make a 'clip art' folder that contains frequently imported images or documents.  Then, you can use another service (e.g. Evernote) for exporting and organizing completed projects. Each tool has affordances and limitations that are dependent on user needs and interests. We simply try to provide as wide a range of choices for everyone! 

Below is information about some of the most frequently used sources.

Photos

This lets you access your iPad Photo Roll and Photo Stream for importing photos and video (you read that correctly - we'll post about that soon!). 

iTunes

If you connect your iPad to a computer, open iTunes, navigate to the Apps tab, and then scroll down you will see that you can manually add files to Explain Everything from your computer. To browse these files, choose iTunes from the Sources panel.

Dropbox

This cloud storage service, which is available for free though you can purchase additional space, is a flexible and iPad friendly file management tool. Large files can be stored in Dropbox and files and folders can easily be shared.

Evernote

Photos and files that are in Evernote notes can be imported into Explain Everything. If you want the text from a note itself, one option is to take a screenshot of the note from the Evernote App and then import it from the photo roll. Another option is to copy the text and then paste it using the Text Tool (probably a good idea to change the font size to something a little smaller before pasting).

Google Drive

Before Google Drive launched over the summer, it was a bit tricky to integrate with the original Google Docs system to access regular files stored in their system. Now we have made it so that you can import and export files with Google Drive. Please note that traditional Google Docs files (things like documents, spreadsheets, or presentations) cannot be imported directly. Please convert these files to more conventional type like Doc, XLS, PDF, PPT and then import them into EE. If you want to show a Google Doc as it appears in a browser you can use the Insert a Browser feature.

WebDAV

Many institutions and services have set up WebDAV services to give users a private and more controllable storage environment for iPad materials. There are a lot of variables with WebDAV configurations, so if yours is not working please let us know and we will try our best to make it work for your situation.

Box

Box, like Dropbox, offers free cloud storage and additional storage at incremental costs.