Settings> Wi-Fi> On and select your network.

If you’ve found that your wi-fi is indeed turned on and you’re still unable to link your Dropbox account,  try uninstalling the app from your device and reinstall it.  In this case you’ll be prompted to ‘Purchase’ the Futaba Word Games again but rest assured you won’t be double charged as Apple keeps a record of all previous purchases in your account.  Once you’ve done this then please try to connect to Dropbox once more.

If you are still unable to use the Dropbox after trying both of these things, please contact us immediately by emailing support@inkids.com.au

Users who have previously purchased the “Upgrade” will still have access to all 5 languages and all existing flashcard categories. If you’ve previously purchased the upgrade you will now have the “Premium Version” when you install the app and restore purchases. There’s more info on restoring purchases here if you are having any problems:

http://www.inkids.com.au/2012/01/how-to-restore-purchased-apps-and-in-app-purchases/

If you’ve never purchased our app and you are missing categories please read on:

Less than on 20 minutes after our 2012 Design Update for the iPhone version of Flashcards (now “Kids Flashcards +”) was live in the App Store, we received our first email complaining about the ‘missing’ categories, one of customers informed us that “If I don’t get the other categories I’m gonna have to delete your app and give it a bad review”.

We can understand this customer’s disappointment and frustration - If you have a few seconds, we’d also like to explain why the categories are ‘missing’.

Existing users who had our “free” app, now have a the same free version that our new users will install. This wasn’t an easy decision for us and we anticipated some not so thrilling reviews – but this is a FREE application…. If you don’t like the application, you can remove it from your iPhone.

The latest update included design over haul. As part of this process, we’ve also removed the banner ads because it created a poor user experience for children trying to learn their first words. This is inline with Apple’s move to pull iAds from Children’s apps.

As part of our latest update, we fixed iOS5 bugs and updated the artwork for the entire app

We would like to continue building the application into a superb learning tool for children (which we think it is), and we can’t do that without making some money so we can eat, feed our kids and pay the bills.

The Ads were the only way that we made money out of this application as less than 2% of users have paid to “upgrade” the application (out of more than 100,000 downloads, we’ve made less than $1500 from sales of this application to date). We have not come close to covering our outlay, let alone the man hours we’ve put into this project. We hope that you might stop to consider our side of the equation…

So before you jump into the App Store to give us not so favorable rating, keep in mind that we will be using the proceeds of your purchase to continue to improve our Flashcard application. Some updates we are going to be working on this year include Dropbox integration, a custom flashcard creation tool and additional languages (Dutch, Swedish, and Brazilian Portuguese), as well as Australian and U.K. language options.
The next version will include an extension pack with over 100 new flashcards.

For a couple of bucks, you will have access to all of these future updates for the life of the application. We think that’s a pretty fair deal.

(image courtesy of the oatmeal.com)

A number of our apps use in-app purchases. Generally if you’re upgrading (and you already have purchased something), our application will “detect” your purchases and you will not have to “restore them”.  If this doesn’t happen automatically, you can “restore purchases” (Flashcards) or for all other apps (Futaba Word Games, Puzzle Land, Alphabet Blocks), please just make the same purchase as you did previously. It will prompt you to purchase the item again. After you tap purchase, iTunes will detect that you’ve already purchased the item and you’ll then be able to download it for free.

You should see something like this on your screen:

If this doesn’t happen, and you’ve been charged for the same exact item, please contact iTunes. We are unable to issue refunds and can not view your purchase history. You should also be able to download and install any apps previously purchased from the Appstore on up to 5 devices (if you are using the same Apple ID).

Comment restaurer Achats
Si vous passez et vous perdez vos achats précédents, s’il vous plaît choisissez «restaurer les achats» en vertu de l’option Paramètres (Flashcards). Pour d’autres applications, vous aurez besoin de ré-achat de l’article même. Vous ne serez pas facturé à nouveau pour tous les achats in-app que vous avez fait précédemment. iTunes va détecter votre achat et vous demander de télécharger l’application gratuitement (voir la capture d’écran ci-dessus)

Wiederherstellen Käufe
wenn Sie ein Upgrade und verlieren Sie Ihre bisherigen Käufe, wählen Sie bitte “restore Käufe” unter der Option Einstellungen (Flashcards). Für andere Anwendungen, müssen Sie re-Kauf den gleichen Artikel erneut. Sie werden nicht wieder für alle In-App-Käufe, die Sie vorher gemacht haben berechnet. iTunes erkennt den Kauf und bitten Sie, die App zum kostenlosen Download (siehe Screenshot oben)

Come ripristinare Acquisti
se si sta aggiornando e perdi i tuoi acquisti precedenti, selezionare “ripristinare acquisti” sotto l’opzione impostazioni (Flashcards). Per altre applicazioni, sarà necessario ri-acquistare l’oggetto stesso. Non ti verrà addebitato per ogni nuovo in-app acquisti effettuati in precedenza. iTunes rileverà l’acquisto e vi chiedo di scaricare l’applicazione gratuitamente (vedi screenshot sopra)

Cómo restaurar Compras
si está actualizando y se pierde sus compras anteriores, por favor seleccione “restaurar las compras” en la opción de configuración (Flashcards). Para otras aplicaciones, tendrá que volver a comprar el mismo artículo de nuevo. No se le cobrará de nuevo por las compras in-app que ha hecho anteriormente. iTunes detectará su compra y le pedirá que descargue la aplicación de forma gratuita (se refieren a la imagen de arriba)

Under settings, go to “Game Content”, and then scroll to the bottom of the page to the “Create a new game” button. Tapping this button will allow you to create new games sets, or modify the existing content.

So if your students aren’t used to working with negative numbers, you can easily turn these options off by using the toggle for each game item:

Please check that you don’t have the mute button switched on. It’s either a switch on the side of the iPad or a button in the multi-task tray. To access the multi-task tray double click on the home button and swipe all the way to the left and you’ll see it.

The mute button is on the side of your iPad

Double click your home button to access the multi-task tray

If this isn’t the problem, please make sure you have the latest iOS installed by updating your device with iTunes. If the problem persists, try deleting the app and downloading again. You can restore your purchases from the settings screen. If you have purchased any in-app purchase you will not be charged for it again.

If the prompt ask you to “purchase” something you’ve bought before, tap purchase and then iTunes will detect that you’ve purchased the add-on or upgrade previously and you’ll be able to restore it for free.

If you run into trouble – please don’t hesitate to contact us again. If you you’re problem is to do with a purchase, or being charged twice, please contact iTunes because we are unable to issue refunds, or check your purchase history.

How to sync with Dropbox and back up your learning sets:

One of the great benefits of Futaba is that users can add their own learning sets to play in the game and back them up to Dropbox. Teachers can propagate this backup to all students in the classroom by creating a Dropbox account and allowing all students access to that account as the restore point for their iPads. After creating a learning set the process is simple:

1)  Go to the Settings of Futaba and tap ‘Backup’.

2)  Tap ‘Create backup now’ and the backup will take a short moment. Your backup will be conveniently placed under ‘Restore’ on the right side pane of Futaba’s settings.

3)  Tap Sync with Dropbox and if you don’t have an account with Futaba, you’ll have to sign up for an account with Dropbox. Select ‘Create account’ on the Dropbox window that appears and on the next screen fill in your personal details. If you don’t have a Dropbox account you can create one here.


4) Next select ‘Sync with Dropbox’ once more and a copy of your backup learning set will be uploaded to a folder named Futaba in your Dropbox account.

5) ( If you would like to load your backup onto any iPad where it doesn’t exist such as a new iPad or a clean slate iPad in your classroom, First have the user of the iPad sign into the Dropbox account that holds the backup. and then tap the FutabaBackup.fgz file under restore. The backed up learning set will appear on other iPads automatically after they have completed step 4 by ‘Syncing with Dropbox’.

6) You are able to make multiple backups of your learning sets to Dropbox. If you wish to access any backups of yours that you had synced with Dropbox previously, simply touch ‘Sync with Dropbox’ and restore that file that you need.

How to load images via iTunes File Sharing:

1)  Connect your iPad to iTunes and navigate to the Apps tab of your iPad.

2)  Scroll down on this page to ‘File Sharing’ and select the Futaba application.  Click the ‘Add’ button.
image

3)  In the window that pops up choose the image files that you want to add.  You can choose more than one. Note: adding files this way will preserve PNG transparency, while adding them view your Camera Roll will not

4)  Once the files load into your iPad you will see them in the ‘Futaba Documents’ window.

5)  Go to the Game Content tab on within the Futaba’s Settings and select ‘Add/Edit Content’.

6)  Click ‘Add Learning Set’ and input your learning set name then select ‘Save’.

7)  Select your newly created learning set from the available learning sets on the left.  Then select add new item.

8)  In this window select iTunes Documents and wait for your pictures to load. From the list that propagates select a photo, name it and then save it.

Repeat this process until you have completed making your learning set.

How to make basic vocabulary flashcards for the Futaba app using Keynote on a Mac.

Keynote comes bundled with a purchase of iWork on a Mac and is a very useful tool for creating vivid flashcards for your classes.  One of the merits of Futaba is that it uses images to teach with but using Futaba to review vocabulary words may be of benefit to some teachers.  You are able to save each vocabulary card as an image file for use in Futaba.

Please consider the following method for creating content for your learning sets.  A similar method is possible via Pages but this how to will focus exclusively on using Keynote.  You can follow roughly the same procedure on Power Point if you are using Windows.

These vocabulary cards can be used in your language classes and other classes as well.

1)  First open Keynote and notice you are presented with a Theme Chooser.  Let’s choose the ‘Watercolor’ theme.  Scroll down, select it and click choose.

2)  Let’s make the total number of cards we’ll need for our learning set by copying and pasting the initial frame

3)  In this case let’s make some language cards and in the field where it says “Double-click to edit” let’s type in the word for ‘cat’ in Japanese.  If you’d like, you can adjust the number and location of text fields, font sizes and types here.

4)  Once you have made all of your cards you can conveniently export them as .png files for use as a language review activity for your children or students in Futaba!

File>Export> select ‘Images’ > Next > New Folder (Give it a name!) Create >Export.


5) Now you’ve got a folder with your learning set.  Drag and drop it into the Albums pane of iPhoto and you’re ready to seamlessly sync that folder with your iPad (or add to your “Futaba” folder in Dropbox if you have a Dropbox account).

6)  After syncing the iPhoto folder with the iPad you’ll be ready to import each vocabulary word .png file into your learning set by the Add/Edit Content button in Futaba’s Game Content Pane.

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