iPads, ePubs & iBooks Author - Harvard 2012

Instructors:

Greg Kulowiec: greg@edtechteacher.org / @gregkulowiec

Beth Holland: beth@edtechteacher.org / @brholland

Day 1:

Introductions - PollEverywhere 

• Go to: www.pollev.com/gregk 

Reading on the iPad - PDF vs. ePub vs. iBook

Reading on the iPad

• The History 2.0 Classroom - Why go 1:1 iPad?
  • PDF Version
  • ePub Version
  • iBooks Author Version

PDFs - Creating & Annotating

Creating PDF Documents on the iPad

• Free web based conversion - www.printfriendly.com 
• iPad App Conversion - Web to PDF iPad App

Creating PDF Documents on a Computer

• Word Documents - Save As PDF
• Pages Documents - Export as PDF
• Google Docs - Download as PDF

Annotating PDF Document on the iPad

• Notability
• Good Notes
  
• PaperPort Notes
• Paper Desk
• GoodReader

ePubs - Finding, Creating & Annotating

Creating ePubs on the iPad

• Dotepub Safari Conversion - www.dotepub.com
• Video Tutotrial - http://vimeo.com/36240253

Creating ePub Documents on a Computer

• PC - Calibre
• Mac - Pages: Export as ePub
• Web - Dotepub Extension - www.dotepub.com
• Web - File Conversion to ePub - www.2epub.com 

Creating an eBook from Pages (Mac)

• Apple's Pages eBook Template
• Custom Reader created with Pages eBook Template

Day 2

Windows Working Group - ePubs & Windows Google presentation

• Creating and compiling on a PC
• Creating on an iPad
• Workflow

iBooks - Creating & Annotating

• iBooks Author
  • Adding Glossary Entries
  • Adding Video
  • Adding Keynote
• Class Widgets - Additional third party widgets for iBooksAuthor
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • Google Maps

• iBooks Author Challenges
  • Create a new iBook
  • Insert:
    • Keynote Presentation 
      • Insert Keynote widget & drag Keynote file
    • Video  
      • import to Quicktime & Export 
      • import into iMovie & insert from "Media" option
    • Audio  
      • Create / Import into Garageband & Export to iTunes as an ACC file
      • Insert into iBook from "Media" option (ACC files only)
    • Images - Drag and drop or import into iPhoto
    • Image Gallery
    • Hyperlinks

• Create content on an iPad to then insert into an iBook
• • GarageBand - Make a Podcast
  • iMovie - Create a movie
  • ExplainEverything - create a screencast
  • Skitch - edit an image
  • Keynote - create a presentation

Augmented Reality

• Layar - turn any paper based document into an augmented reality document that can be decoded with an iPad
  • www.layar.com - upload and created augmented reality
  • Layar iPad app - decode augmented reality document
  • History 2.0 Classroom Blog Post

Pushing Class Content & Controlling Student iPads

• Nearpod - push a PDF presentation to student iPads & control what they can see
• www.nearpod.com- upload PDF, insert interactive elements, publish
  • Must upgrade to free "Silver" account in order to upload content
• Nearpod Teacher App - run a class
• Nearpod Student App - enter a class

Distribution - Cloud Storage Distribution

• If you are going to distribute the book for free, you can upload and self-publish
• Dropbox
• Box
• Google Docs / Google Drive

Distribution with Apple iBookstore

• Create in iBooksAuthor
• "Publish" from iBooksAuthor
• Requires an iTunes Connect Account
  • Download iTunes Producer to create package & upload to iBookstore
  • Wait for approval from Apple
• If you are going to charge for a book it has to be sold through the Apple iBookstore

UPDATE - iTunesU is now open to all teachers without institutional approval or affiliation.

• https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager

Wrapping up the Course

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Save the Date!

November 6-8, 2012, come to Harvard for Leading Change in Changing Times: EdTechTeacher iPad Summit USA