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Notes on iBooks 2 and iBooks Author
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iBooks 2 Highlights
-runs on all iOS devices -built in dictionary -search/web lookup -highlighting and saving highlighted material (with any color) -underlining -notes -All your notes and highlights automatically appear on study cards. Flip them over and find the definition of a glossary term or the note attached to the highlighted passage. -bookmarks the page your on automatically -can download a small sample of a book before purchasing -also stores PDFs…would this be helpful for PDF page image journals? -swiping/touching options to make chapter and section navigation easy -pinch and slide to return to Table of Contents -interactive media, diagrams, 3D images, zoom, etc. -Can download updates to textbooks, at no additional charge.
iBooks Author Highlights
-free app - The application includes templates to quickly create books, but users can also drag and drop images and video into the title. To add text, Apple lets users drag and drop a Word file from Finder into a chapter. The application then automatically creates sections and headers. -auto formatting -no programming experience needed -Apple’s widget creation tool, Dashcode, is built into iBooks Author. So it’s easy to create HTML widgets that appear as objects alongside the text. Web-based, dynamically updated data keeps examples current. -templates (customizable) OR create one -type or drag/drop -instant text flow -widgets create interactive elements (keynote, 3D, slideshows, can be web-based so always up to date) -portrait or landscape (in portrait = more text-based with thumbnails in margin) -when finished, can export to iBooks store, PDF, text -iBooks Author lets you create books that people with disabilities can read and experience. The table of contents, glossary, widgets, main text, and more are built to automatically take advantage of VoiceOver technology. Add accessibility descriptions to any widget or media — including movies and quizzes — so even those with vision impairments can use them.
Publishing Industry Webcast Notes:
Bruce Marcus, Chief Digital & Information Officer, McGraw-Hill Education Samir Kakar, Chief Technology Officer, Aptara Matt Mullin, Programming Director, Digital Book World
-Goal = dynamic/adaptive learning -Very helpful as another tool for differentiated education -Creates a very different pricing model for higher education -Reinventing the education publishing value-chain -born-digital emphasized -McGraw Hill = does their work on a textbook outside of iBooks Author (in a CMS), and then uses it as a tool to deliver material (one of many outlets)
Constraints -stand alone – only on apple platform (what about multiple channels?) -version control -missing review component (to share/review before publishing, various people working on it at the same time) -workflow management -web only or desktop view? (not practical for everyone to have iPads) -should have print, desktop, and mobile -broad audience and publishing (ePub3?) -Publishers who want to use javascript, html, 3D, etc. may still need to find outside help -Does not allow for versioning -Who is validating the uploaded content? Is apple reviewing? -copyright and permissions problems -Need Mac OS X 10.7.2 or later or higher to download iBooks Author
Resources
Book Publisher FAQ http://www.apple.com/itunes/content-providers/book-faq.html
Adding PDF to iBooks Library
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4227#
