WiFi Photo

WiFi photo is a useful app that enables you to access the camera roll of an iPad from a desktop or laptop computer.  This could be important when you want to get copies of student work completed on an iPad.  You can have students take a screen capture of their project, then download the screen capture to your computer using WiFi Photo.  Or, students can take photos of material projects (or any other subject matter) and you can download the photo if desired.  Basically, this is app is great for solving the issue of getting a usable copy of student work off of an iPad.

NOTE:  To take a screen capture of student work, simply hold down the “home” button and the “power” button at the same time.  You will hear a camera shutter sound effect and your screen capture will be automatically added to your camera roll (“photos”). 

Text Version of Instructions

Make sure that both the iPad and the desktop/laptop you plan to use are connected to the same WiFi network.
  • Tap to open the WiFi Photo app on your iPad
  • A gray screen with a customized URL address will appear.  Leave the app running on your iPad.
  • Go to your desktop or laptop computer.  Open a browser and type in the URL address that is shown on your iPad.
  • Your browser will load a website that shows your iPad’s camera roll.  Click on the camera roll to access all of the photos on your iPad.
  • Click to download a particular photo.
  • Choose “file” and “save as” to save the photo on your desktop or laptop.
  • Repeat this process as often as needed.  Make sure you leave the Wifi Photo app running on your iPad throughout this process.  When you are finished downloading photos, you can quit the app.
  • The next time you use WiFi photo, the app will generate a new URL address to use so you can access your camera roll again.