712 B.Y.O.L.: Building Interactive Publication Using iBooks
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Thursday, June 11
Tools
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Learning does not happen by turning a page. Everyone has seen the Next button page-turning courses and realized that it does not work. However, building engaging content that is interactive and helps with training can be complex. Most designers do not have the technical skills to build an interactive native application or an interactive book.
In this hands-on session you will discover how you can author and publish a professional-looking eBook using a free tool such as Apple iBooks. You will learn how iBooks can be loaded with a variety of media and interactions, including photo galleries and audio clips. You will discuss how to embed quizzes to check on how well users understand the content—all without writing any code. You will leave this session ready to publish your own book in a very short time.
In this session, you will learn:
- How to create a blank book from a template
- How to insert media (audio, video, animation) into your book
- How to insert text from a Word document
- How to insert a quiz in the interactive book
- How to insert a puzzle built from an online resource
Audience:
Novice and intermediate designers, developers, project managers, managers,
and SMEs familiar with the Mac OS.
Technology
discussed in this session:
iBooks.
Participant technology requirements:
Mac laptop with iBooks.
Phil Cowcill
Senior eLearning Specialist
PJ Rules
Phil Cowcill is senior eLearning specialist at PJ Rules. He started his career in 1983 when he was hired as a technologist at a local college. In 1985 he joined a team to develop Canada's first Interactive Videodisc. He started teaching part-time in 1989, moving to full-time in 1995. He led his class to build one of the first news websites that streamed video in 1996. In 2011 he launched the very first dedicated mobile application development program. Phil retired from full-time teaching in 2015 and moved to working as a contractor with the Department of National Defence as a senior eLearning specialist.
Krista Hildner
Mobile App Developer/Faculty
Canadore College
Krista Hildner is a full-time mobile application developer at Canadore College who slants towards building educational applications. When Krista isn’t developing mLearning or mobile applications, she teaches part-time in Canadore College’s mobile-application development department.
