1. Storyboard for Multimedia Presentation The Electronic Textbook

2. NEED Regular print textbooks were lacking in the following: Adaptation of materials to suit to students interests and abilities Interactive functions, and the ability to provide the learner with a combination of textbooks, reference books, workbooks, dictionaries and multimedia contents such as video clips, animations, and virtual reality, both at school and at home. Easy, quick revision and correction in keeping with current findings.

3. RESEARCH May have started in the early 60’s by Doug Englebard at Stanford University Lead users – Faculty at Brown University Launched in 2007 Course smart in 2007as a joint venture with five publishers, including McGraw-Hill and Pearson, the CourseSmart

4. Development The company allows professors free access to any book in its extensive library of textbooks. The site's more than one million instructor recommendations help explain the company's 400 percent revenue increase last year.