iBooks Author

iBooks Author Looking for a final project for your class to do or something fun and engaging for next semester? Come into the Media Commons to use iBooks Author.

iBooks Author is an innovative app for OSX that allows users to create dynamic, interactive

e-books for distribution on the iPad. Adding a variety of media into one interactive experience, students self-publish their iBook onto their on your iOS device. iBooks Author allows students to engage in authentic practice and create the media they want to read. Along with writing and layout tools, iBooks Author provides ready-to-use widgets for adding movies, review questions, image galleries, and other interactive media such as: photos, videos, HTML capability, keynote presentations, interactive diagrams, interactive captions, rotate 3D objects, ability to "flip through pages," highlighting text, note taking capability, search for content, finding definitions in the glossary and much more!!! http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/ibooks-textbooks/ Lesson Ideas: http://iteachlounge.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/5-ideas-for-using-ibooks-author-and-ibooks-2/ *As always, I'm available to help work with your class on creating their interactive iBook. -Ashley Kolovitz