VITALSOURCE AN INGRAM CONTENT COMPANY

Kent Freeman Chief Operating Officer VitalSource Technologies, Inc kent.freeman@ingramcontent.com

E-Textbook Platform

Bookshelf®

Single, unified platform Full download + online

LTI 1.1 and EPUB3 support

Media Services Help publishers enhance content Media development Custom interactivity Multiple Telly-Award winner

VITALSOURCE

E-textbook software and services for higher ed

Over 2.3 million registered VitalSource Bookshelf® users worldwide

Over 5 million e-textbooks delivered in 2011

90,000 titles and growing rapidly

220+ key publishers strong

Native support for 17 languages

VITALSOURCE

Trusted by leading institutions

Trusted by the Higher Ed

publishers

epub in Bookshelf ®

We are ready!

1. Ready to use!

Delivering 6 updated epub clients!

2. Ready to create!

Publishers can deliver epub now! 3. Ready to enhance!

Interactive learning objects in the content!

epub3 benefits to VitalSource

1. We have been delivering e-textbooks in reflowable content in since 2000

This standard reduces costs.

2. HTML5

Leveraging Open Web Standards 3. Accelerating interactivity

Standardization as an accelerator

➊ VitalSource is delivering

6 epub clients for our users!

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➋ VitalSource is receiving

epub files now for delivery!

•  Available now

•  Direct from a publisher

•  Delivery from an outsource

•  Optional CoreSource®  distribution

•  Automated web services available

Ready to receive your files

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Ready to deliver to your customers now!

➌ VitalSource is leveraging epub for

interactive content

with powerful features now!

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•  Rich layout options

•  Accessibility

•  Multiple language support

•  Javascript support

•  Learning Objects

Building on epub standards

Online and download support

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Bringing them all together

From the LMS  

To the Gradebook  

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•  epub3 reader on 6 platforms

•  IMS LTI 1.1 certified

•  Blackboard building block

•  Analytics reporting

•  Outcome reporting

•  Interactive assessments

Supporting standards… and increasing functionality…