Custom Curriculum

If you're an aspiring author, an artist, a photographer, an educator or a traditional print publishing professional, or interested in digital publishing, you owe it to yourself to learn more about iBooks Author, a free app available for the Mac platform. This course will teach you how to create beautiful, interactive books, photobooks, textbooks and other interactive media projects for iPad and Mac.

Objectives

What you'll learn:

- Become familiar with basic and advanced functionality in iBooks Author

- Create beautiful and interactive multi-touch books

- Enable iTunes Connect with their Apple ID for publishing to the iBooks Store

- Deliver book assets to the iBooks Store with iTunes Producer

Audience

Who should attend:

- Teachers, publishing professionals, graphic designers, corporate communication experts, newspaper and magazine designers

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge:

- You should have working knowledge of macOS

Topics

iBooks Author – The Future of Learning

Slide introduction, Demo of MacBites iBook in iBooks Author, Demo of MacBites iBook on an iPad, Getting started, Creating a Section, Adding an audio file, Adding a Keynote presentation, Adding a video, Adding an interactive image, Adding a review (quiz), Working with templates, Previewing on an iPad

Creating iBooks Author Templates

Template theory, Templates included with iBooks Author, Third Party Templates, Custom built Templates, Working with Cover Pages, Working with Intro Media, Working with layouts, Changing page backgrounds, Creating new page types, Making Template elements editable, Saving a file as a Template, Making a new file based on a custom Template, Sharing a Template

Creating Photobooks with iBooks Author

Managing Text Flow, Designing for Photos, Page Backgrounds, Gradient Backgrounds, ColorSchemer Studio for Colour Management, Advanced Image Framing, Using Images as Backgrounds, Creating a Reusable Layout, Styles, Creating a Double Page Spread, Creating Striking Images – Instant App, Exporting Your Photobook, Additional Templates

Create an Interactive Adventure in Keynote

Basic Hyperlink Navigation, Advanced Hyperlink Navigation, Controlling Presentation Navigation, Previewing the Embedded Presentation, Proof Copies v. Exported iBooks, Creating a 3D Timeline, Exporting a 3D Timeline, Adding a 3D Timeline to iBooks Author, Previewing a 3D Timeline on an iPad

Create HTML5 with Hype (Optional)

Introduction to the Hype Interface, Creating Basic Animation in Hype, Working with Shapes ,Working with Text, Working with Images, Creating an Animated Advert, Previewing in a Browser, Creating a Photo Album, Adding Conditional Logic, Working with Video, Creating a Video Jukebox, Creating an iBooks Author Widget, Previewing on an iPad

Working with Data in iBooks Author

Basic Tables, Advanced Tables, Keynote Tables, Numbers Tables, Basic Charts, Linking to Numbers Charts, OmniGraphSketcher, Interactive Images, Displaying Data in Timelines, Previewing Data on an iPad

Creating Interactive Content for iBooks Author

Adding 3D Content, Sourcing 3D Content, Adding a Photo Gallery, Adding a Google Map, Adding an Interactive Map, Adding an Interactive Adventure with Keynote, Adding a Twitter Feed, Adding a Streaming Video, Creating a Dashcode Widget, Adding an Interactive Puzzle

Designing a Training Manual in iBooks Author

Working with Templates, Meta Information, Repurposing Training Materials, Importing Word DOCX Files, Manually Correcting Imported Text, Styles, Tables, Charts, Live Linking to Numbers Data, Inserting Audio Files, Inserting Video Files, Customizing Labels, Working with Interactive Images, Creating Image Galleries, Inserting Keynote Presentations, Using Class Widgets, Working with Review Questions, Adding a Timeline, Previewing on an iPad

iBooks Author – Mobile Learning Redefined

Slide introduction, Previewing iBooks on an iPad, Structure of an iBook, Creating a Chapter, Creating a Section, Adding an audio file, Adding a Keynote presentation, Adding a video, Adding an interactive image, Adding a review (quiz), Previewing on an iPad

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