iBooks Author Training Course

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Course Summary

Apple's free "iBooks Author" layout program makes the creation of highly interactive ebooks possible with drag and drop ease - no programming required! This class takes students through the process of creating an ebook with multi-touch, interactive features like video, audio, presentations, slideshows, quizzes and 3D objects.

[top] Duration

6 hours.

[top] Audience

Anyone who wants to easily create interactive ebooks for Apple's iPad. Please note that these ebooks only work with the iBooks 2 app on an Apple iPad.

Additional Notes

PLEASE NOTE: You must bring your own iPad and connector cord to this class.

Students will use the following applications in class to create multimedia assets for the iBooks Author application. These programs are not required to create content for iBooks Author but iBooks Author has no built-in media creation tools, so additional assets need to be created in some software outside of iBooks Author. Students will use Apple Pages for text preparation, Apple Keynote to create interactive presentations, Apple iPhoto for image manipulation, Apple iMovie for creating and editing video, and Tumalt Hype to create interactive HTML5 animations. The creation of 3D objects is beyond what can be covered in this introductory class but students will download existing 3D objects from Googles free 3D Warehouse

[top] Outline

Day 1:
Planning your design and deployment options, preparing text, creating original content, using existing content, using templates, layout and assembly, editing styles and elements, previewing, publishing and exporting.

Day 2:
Creating your own templates, ensuring accessibility, preparing video and audio content, advanced content creation with Apple Keynote, Apple Dashcode and Apple Pages, finding and creating 3D assets, advanced reviews and quizzes.