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iBooks Author and iTunes U
Gayle Berthiaume
My Global VoicePublishing with iBooks Author
Cork, Ireland
Why Use iBooks Author?
My Global Voice
My Global Voice
Steps to Create an Interactive Book
Using iBooks Author on your Mac:
1. Choose one of the included templates and edit them to fit your needs. If you don’t want a picture where the template has it, just click on the template picture and delete it. Anything in the template can be changed, just click on what you don’t want and delete it. Then go to the File menu and Save as a Template to save your new template.
2. Add content including pictures, video, text, links and interactive widgets.3. Create a glossary from the text and add definitions. Click on the Glossary in the sidebar
of iBooks Author. Then Click on the + to add a term. Click on the Lorem ipsum text in the template to change it to your own text.
4. Preview the book on your iPad at any time. To preview your book, connect an iPad to your computer and open iBooks. Select your iPad in the Devices list and click Preview. Books are only viewed on an iPad.
5. Share the book with others. In the Share Menu, select Send as Email or Export.
Adding Text:• Type text into the iBooks Author template or copy and paste from
other sources• Drag and drop a Pages document to the book navigator to add it
as a new section.• Drag and drop Microsoft Word documents to the book
navigator to add it as a new section.• Add Links to your text by selecting the text for your link, then
going to the Insert Menu > Hyperlink. Or use the Link Inspector and Enable your text as a hyperlink.
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iBooks Author Step GuideMy Global Voice
My Global Voice
Publishing Your Multi-Touch books On Your Own(Exporting as iBooks, PDF or Text)
There are a variety of ways that you can publish or distribute your Multi-Touch book. This handout shows you how you can distribute it on your own.
!!
Exporting*your*Multi/Touch*book
Step!1:
Have!your!book!open!as!if!you!were!
going!to!edit!it.
Step!2:
Go!under!File!in!the!menu!bar!and!select!
Export.
Step!3:
Decide!if!you!would!like!to!export!as!
iBooks,!PDF!or!Text.
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Exporting!as!iBooks
Exporting!in!this!Iile!format!allows!you!
to!share!your!MultiKTouch!book!with!all!
of!the!interactive!capabilities.!!End!users!
will!be!able!to!watch!any!videos!you!
have!included!or!utilize!any!of!the!other!
interactive!features.!!You!might!want!to!
publish!in!this!format!if!you!just!want!to!
share!the!book!with!a!few!individuals,!or!
you!would!like!to!get!some!feedback!
prior!to!publishing!in!the!iBookstore.!!
Once!exported!in!this!Iile!format,!you!can!
share!with!end!users!via!drop!box!or!in!a!
variety!of!other!ways.
My Global Voice Global Awareness Resources
How did you do?
?1 2 3
I used good pictures or videos.
I could have had better pictures or videos.
I forgot to add pictures or videos.
My story is done and easy to understand
My story needs more details.
My story is not finished.
I remembered my capitals and punctuation.
I remembered most of my capitals and punctuation.
I forgot to add capitals and punctuation.
My story is told in order.
A little bit in my story is mixed up.
My story is all mixed up.
I used my imagination. I used my imagination a little.
I had trouble using my imagination.
iBooks Author RubricMy Global Voice
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iBooks Author RubricMy Global Voice
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 ScoreClear, Well-developed Ideas
Publishing
Organization
Media & Interactivities
Creativity
Sources
The story or project is told with exactly the right amount of detail throughout.
The writing is good, but needs more details OR less details in one or two sections.
The writing needs more editing. It is too long or too short in more than one section.
The writing needs a lot more editing to make it interesting.
Grammar and usage are correct. There are no spelling or punctuation mistakes.
Grammar and usage are mostly correct. There are almost no spelling or punctuation mistakes.
Grammar and usage are correct. There are several spelling or punctuation mistakes.
Many errors in grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation.
Information is very organized with well-written paragraphs and subheadings.
Information is organized with well-written paragraphs.
Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-written.
Information is disorganized.
The media matches the text. The images, videos and interactives enhance or build a better understanding of the subject.
The media matches some parts of the text. The images, videos and interactives enhances the story.
The media matches the text. The images, videos and interactives do not enhance the story or subject.
Little or no attempt to use images, video or interactives to enhance the text or subject.
The story or subject matter is told in a creative, imaginative way.
The writing is imaginative, but needs more creative details or descriptions.
The writing contains a few creative details or descriptions.
There is little evidence of creativity or imagination in the writing.
All sources are accurately documented and in the appropriate format.
All sources are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format.
All sources are accurately documented, but not in the appropriate format.
Some sources are not accurately documented.
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This certifies that
Has successfully completed the trainingprogram requirement for
MY GLOBAL VOICE: PUBLISHING WITH IBOOKS AUTHOR
on iTunes U
DATE INSTRUCTORS
My Global Voice: Publishing with iBooks Author
Gayle Berthiaume, Sherri Clemens, Jennifer Fenton, Camilla Gagliolo, Innes Kennard,
Rita Mortenson, Harry St. Ours
C E R T I F I C A T Eof T R A I N I N G
Publishing With iBooks AuthorMy Global Voice
My Global Voice
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