E-Books and Beyond

Presented by David Drinkall, QVDC (Client Services Advisor, QLD)

Can help you find resources - from toolboxes so that you don't have to recreate them!!!

In 5 years:

• almost every student will have a smart phone
• most students will ahve a tablet computer
• almost every students will have cheap 3G internet
• knowledge will be easy to access on phone
• access to world's information on phone
• can be connected to everyone using phone
• have camera and video camera on them (and on phone)
• games (on phone)
• take notes (on phone)

In the future will will need different skills and so will the students for their learning and their future careers.
Everything we create needs to be able to be accessible on mobile devices.
FLASH for development tool is still valid (swf files) and in the future will be able to export different file types.

eBooks

Convert to ePub using Calibre
Benefits: (epub format - next most used format other than PDF)

• works across many platforms
• flowing text (text wrapping)
• Text, images, links (ebook features can allow these things - ibooks app)
• notes, highlighting, bookmarks (as above - ibooks is an ebook reader)
• Searchable
• ebook readers can make white on black or vise versa
• can be viewed on small screen really clearly (biggest advantage)
• Apple uses HTML5 - can put video and audio in book - audio keeps playing as you flip through
• flip and reveal - steps in process
• labeling diagrams - hot spots
• uses same rendering engine as safari
• can have access to eBook assests when no access to wifi/internet/LMS 
• in LMS add PDF, Doc and ePub version

Create eBook using free tools (epub)

• Calibre - use to convert PDF to ePub includes cover art and hundreds of options
• Sigil - OPEN, EDIT and SAVE (can also create from scratch) includes cover art and hundreds of options
• ePub is a zip file - can unzip if you go into ePub - can then add video to your ePub

Making eBook (epub) on Apple Mac

• make it in Pages: Word Processor
• unzips the files to then add files
• simply format your eBook and then choose EXPORT
• Select EPUB as the format
• ... Sigil has just come out for Mac

Free guide to making eBooks: http://bit.ly/v2ebooks
Our Planet - app (buy)
Free software from mac: ibooks creator - only works on apple mobile iPads
Redline Trading: ebook that David made about Trading (only works on iPad)
Google Docs Presentations: https://docs.google.com/?pli=1#home (click "Create" - Document, presentation, form, spreadsheet, table (beta), collection

Apps for iPad and iPhone

iAnnotate - read annotate and share PDF (can record your voice/answer and send), select camera and can take photo and send as part of the PDF (cross platform app - also android as iAnnotate PDF for iPad - select different platform to suit)
showme -  app for ipad - draw and can use to explore parts of grammar

YouTube

mind craft' tutorials on YouTubee-Book - look on YouTube: eg search how to make an eBook using indesign: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+make+an+ebook+in+indesign+&oq=how+to+make+an+e-book&aq=1s&aqi=g-s4&aql=&gs_l=youtube-reduced.1.1.0i10l4.91641.97188.0.104203.21.15.0.3.3.0.360.1671.2-4j2.6.0...0.0.0a6q_kw4E64

NB Storyline is a free app to read Storyline files