1. GearUp Alabama Document Submission Portal; iPad Upload www. uab
GearUp Alabama Document Submission Portal; iPad Upload

2. Portal: iPad Upload – Process Overview www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
Download the ToPDF app from the Apple APP store.
Take your camera snapshots of documents to submit.
When you have 2 or more photos that combine into 1 upload submission, use ToPDF to convert them to a PDF file. If you are only uploading a single photo you do not need to use this method.
Store the PDF file on a cloud drive of your choice, for example the free Google Drive.
Create a folder on your cloud drive with a name like Gear Up.
From the portal submission screen, click on Browse
Select the cloud drive and folder you used, and select the PDF file you saved in that folder.
Click on Submit and your submission will be complete.

3. iPad App: To PDF – available in the App Store www.uab.edu/GearUpAL

4. ToPDF: Main Screen www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
Based on which accounts you have established
and connected to on your iPad, you will see
each option listed here.

5. ToPDF: Photo Select www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
To Start; click on Photo

6. ToPDF: Select Photos www.uab.edu/GearUpAL3
From your photos, click on two or more photos
To convert to a PDF, if you are only uploading one
Photo you can do that via the Gear Up Portal browse button
and choose Photo Library.
This option is only needed when you are uploading multiple photos
and you do not want to upload them one at a time for the same
document submission.

7. ToPDF: File Name www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
The default name is not a good file name,
please change the name to something
more meaningful before uploading.
Default Name
Contact Update
Type a more meaningful Name

8. ToPDF: Cloud Upload www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
Select the upload icon on the document,
Click on Share/Document/Drive (your choice) 1 3 4 2 5
Choose any,
all are free to setup
(I use Google)

9. ToPDF: Upload www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
It’s not a bad idea to create a specific folder to
Hold these documents on the drive choice, here
I show the Google Drive view 2
I created this
Folder on my
Google Drive 1

10. Portal: Browse www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
Back on the Portal you can now upload the
PDF file you stored on your Drive, here I am
showing the Google Drive
Note: you must first create a free Google account,
the Google Drive comes free with the account. 5 4 1 3 2

11. Portal: Submit www.uab.edu/GearUpAL
Simply click on Submit and your file
will be uploaded to the Portal
Contact Update pdf