1. Download the Adobe Scan app to your phone
2. Open and sign in to Adobe Scan
- Open the Adobe Scan app. The first time you access the app, you will need to create an account and sign in.
- Select Sign in with Google and select or enter your gmail credentials when prompted.
3. Accept terms and grant permission (only needs to be done the first time you use the app)
- Scroll down and tap the checkbox to indicate that you have read and accept the Terms of Use. Tap the Continue button
- Tap the Let's Go button
- Tap Allow to allow Adobe Scan to take pictures and record video
4. Prepare for scanning
- Toward the bottom of the screen is a selector with various scan options. Select Document.
- Prepare your pages to scan by placing them on a flat surface. For best results, you should scan pages in a well lit room.
5. Hold your phone above the page you want to scan
To avoid skewing, hold your phone centered directly above the document so that the camera is parallel to the paper. Your phone should be close enough to the page to capture a clear view, but leave some room around the page to ensure that the entire page is captured.
6. Begin scanning
- If prompted, tap the screen to initiate the scanning process (this may happen automatically without requiring you to tap).
- Hold the phone still and wait for the app to automatically recognize the document and complete the scan.
- If for some reason the app does not recognize the document, you can tap the round grey button at the bottom of the screen to manually initiate the scan.
7. Adjust scan borders
- Once the scan is complete, you will have the option to adjust the borders of the scan by tapping and dragging the blue borders. Be sure to make sure that all relevant content is within the borders. Anything outside the borders will be removed.
- When your borders are correct tap Continue.
- If your scan is problematic in some way, tap Retake to repeat the scanning process for this page.
8. Scan more pages
After you tap Continue you will return to the scanning interface to scan another page into the same document. Repeat the process by holding the camera above the next page in the series. Repeat the scanning process until all pages have been scanned. All of the pages will be compiled into one PDF document.
9. Finish scanning
In the bottom right corner of the screen you will see a thumbnail of the last scanned page along with a number indicating the total number of pages that have been scanned. Tap this to review the pages in your scanned document.
10. Review your scans
- Swipe right or left to review each scanned page. At the bottom of the page you will see additional tools for editing your scans:
- Reorder: Tap on a page, hold, and drag to the new location.
- Crop: Adjust the borders (this is the same function that you see immediately after completing the scan)
- Rotate: Tap this button to rotate the selected page 90 degrees. Continue tapping until the page is displaying in the correct direction.
- By default, your scan will be named by date. Give your scan an appropriate name by tapping the pencil icon above the name, typing in a new name and tapping Save.
- When your scans are finalized tap Save PDF.
11. Select a location for storing your PDF
Once your scan is saved, the Home screen will display with your scan. Select Share to select a place where the scan can be stored and then accessed and submitted to Moodle.
Share Option 1: Google Drive
- If you have Google Drive installed on your phone, select Share a Copy and select Save to Drive.
- It is recommended that you choose or create a new folder for your scans so that they are easy to locate.
- Once you have selected where you want the scan to go, tap Save.
- Once your file is uploaded, it will be available through the Google Drive app or on the Google Drive website. To download the file to your computer, navigate to the file and click the Download button.
Share Option 2: Email to Yourself
- If you do not have Google Drive installed on your phone, select Email.
- Select your phone’s email app.
- In the "To" field enter your own email address so that you are both the sender and the recipient.
- Send the email and you will be able to access the file from within your email account. To download the file to your computer, click on the link to the file in your email and click the Download button.
Share Option 3: Copy to Phone
You can save the scan directly to your phone by tapping the More option and selecting Copy to Device. If using this option keep in mind that it may sometimes be difficult to locate your scan since phones can be unpredictable about where they store downloaded files.
12. Revisit your scans
At any time in the future you can re-access your scans and share them to a new location. Simply, open the Adobe Scan app and tap the Home icon in the upper left corner of the screen.
13. Upload to Moodle
Upload from your phone
If you selected Share Option 1 or 3 above, you can easily upload to Moodle directly from your phone.
- Using Chrome, navigate to your Moodle course and tap on the assignment you want to submit to and then tap Add Submission.
- Tap on the Document icon in the upper left corner of the file selection interface and then tap Choose File.
- A pop-up will appear at the bottom of the screen. Select Files or a comparable option on your phone.
- Tap the menu icon in the upper left to view your file locations.
- If you used Share Option 1, select Google Drive and navigate to the location where you saved the file and tap the file to select.
- If you used Share Option 3 select Adobe Scan and select the appropriate file.
- Tap Upload this file.
- Tap Save changes.
- Your file has now been submitted.
Upload from your computer
If you selected Share Option 1 or 2 above, you can upload the scanned file to Moodle after it has been downloaded to your computer. Navigate to the Moodle course and click on the assignment you want to submit to and then click Add submission. Drag the PDF file from your computer to the upload area and then click Save changes. Your file has now been submitted.
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