School Monthly Meeting CMS Digital Delivery February 2012 Jane Stanhope Product Manager CMS Digital Delivery

Today’s Agenda eText v4.5 Release –Deployed Feb. 18 th; –Release Notes on NEO Upcoming Releases –Android v1.1 –eText v4.7 –iPad and Android v1.2 –PCL –Teacher Educator Library iBook Comparison Demo

eText v4.5 Release Saturday, Feb. 18 th Release Notes on NEO Identified and resolved hot fixes: –Flash version detection Issue: v4.5 supports Player v10.1 or higher If user has Flash v10.1 or earlier, they will be alerted and directed to download v11.1 Clear browser cache –CD ROM Flex libraries Issue: Flex assumed internet connection for library access Fix will embed all required libraries

Upcoming Releases Android v1.1 –QA continues –Planned release in early March eText v4.6 –Internal release only (CERT3) to support PCL work –Scheduled for end of March eText v4.7 –Planned for Late Spring or Early Summer –Will include some customer-facing features but mostly server- side work –Include new federated services iPad & Android v1.2 –Three new versions each –To be deployed prior to eText v4.7 –Support for new hotspot types and federated servers

Pearson Custom Library (PCL) Integration Goals –Automated publishing process - about 2 days to create an eText –Create eTexts from PDFs stored in HighCrest –Dedicated Viewer, CM and Authoring servers (PROD3) –Automated subscription preparation and publish via RUMBA –Sale of eText/PCL products via Pearson’s Comergent eCommerce Server –Access via HighCrest (“PCL”) Bookshelf –Subscribe to full title or individual chapters (each a book) –Release to PROD this summer after v4.7 v4.6 release (only to CERT3) –Includes eText server enhancements to integrate with HighCrest –Needed for integration testing planned for end of March

Teacher Educator Library For creating and managing a collection of books Library with search, browse, and purchase Phase 1 planned for Summer 2012 release

iBook Comparison Demo Created to show iBook interactivity using existing eText features –Pop-up images –HTML widgets: image gallery, flowchart –Videos and animations –Practice questions Demo titles –Biology Chapt. 27: Animal Systems –PH Geo Chapter 1

Questions? PPT will be posted on eText NEO site Next meeting: Monday, March 26 3:30pm EST Jane Stanhope