Learning Technologies Fall 2016 Workshop Series Customizing Learning Materials with iBooks Author Joseph Kern, Instructional Designer

Starters To follow along and create your own sample iBook, download the folder of assets @ http://goo.gl/BtwBsF Is iBooks Author installed on your Mac? http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ Explore a very interactive iBook on your iPad: E.O. Wilson’s “Life on Earth”: http://goo.gl/wwQkme

Objectives Learn “best practices” for creating iBooks Learn how to create and share interactive multi-touch books for learning and teaching

Essential Question How can interactive multi-touch books improve learning and teaching?

Apple Support iBooks Author website: http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ Download iBooks Author See video demos of features and widgets iBooks Author in Education: http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks- textbooks/ Link to browse iBook textbooks See the student study tools built into iBooks Apple Support Page: https://support.apple.com/ Search for specific iBooks Author guidance

Bonus Bookry.com – Interactive Widgets https://youtu.be/JJsfn7Ypkwk