Workshop on using iBooks Author and iTunesU

1. iBooks Author
and iTunes U
Gayle Berthiaume

12. My Global Voice
Publishing with iBooks Author

13. Cork, Ireland

14. Why Use iBooks Author?

15. My Global Voice
Student Examples

16. My Global Voice
Creating with iBooks Author

17. My Global Voice

18. My Global Voice

19. My Global Voice
Resources

20. 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

21. 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.

22. My Global Voice
Global Awareness Resources

23. 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
Name

24. iBooks Author RubricMy Global
Voice
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Score
Clear, 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.
Name

25. This certifies that
Has successfully completed the training
program 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 E
of T R A I N I N G
Publishing With iBooks AuthorMy Global
Voice

26. My Global Voice
http://tiny.cc/myglobalvoice

27. My Global Voice
?Questions