Don't Let the “Book” Scare You!

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers

January 23 & 24, 2014

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Don't Let the “Book” Scare You!

Creating eBooks for eLearning

Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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HOW ARE PEOPLE

USING EBOOKS?

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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POLL: HOW WOULD YOU

USE AN EBOOK?

Good eBooks Produce Results

WORDS

PICTURES

Media

Interactions

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Let’s see some examples!

Questions

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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POLL: WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST

CONCERN ABOUT DEVELOPING

AN EBOOK?

WRITING YOUR EBOOK

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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Start With a Writing Tool:

Scrivener

Organizes the eBook

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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Compile Your Story for

Multiple Mobile Formats

PUBLISHING USING IBOOKS

AUTHOR

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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Choose a Template

Import from Scrivener

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Add Resources and Widgets

Publish

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

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Questions

WIDGETS AND LEARNING

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

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Similar to eLearning Tools,

but with a Publishing Style

Pop-Over

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Gallery

Media

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

Session 402 – Don’t Let the “Book” Scare You! Creating eBooks for eLearning – Jim Hicks, The Profession Cube

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Keynote

Interactive Image

Development Tips and Techniques for Instructional Designers — January 23 & 24, 2014

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Others

• Scrolling Sidebar

• 3D

• HTML

PUBLISHING TO THE IBOOKS

STORE

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iTunes Connect

iTunes Producer

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Questions

SUMMARY

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Presentation Resources

• Sample eBooks demonstrated

• Marlin – Lockheed Martin Corporation

• Macbeth –Shakespeare with William Lassiter (MacMillan)

• Nature of Light by NSTA

• Story of the Titanic by DK Multi-Touch Books

• Book of Widgets by Yudu

• iBooks Author Links

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5071

• http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

• http://www.apple.com/support/mac-apps/ibooksauthor/

Other Resources

• Bookry Widgets for iBooks Author

• https://bookry.com/author/widget/library/

• ePub Resources

• http://www.digitalbookworld.com/resources-going-from-

indesign-to-ebook/

• http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Book_authoring_software

• Adobe tools

• http://www.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/ebook/

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Presenter Links

Jim Hicks• E-mail: [email protected]

• Phone: 812-345-1345

• Websites:

• http://ProfessionCube.com

• http://Mobile-elearn.com

• LinkedIn

• www.linkedin.com/in/jrhicks99/