2014 EVO Crafting your Perfect Ebook – Week 1

During January and February I had the honour to be one of the co moderators for EVO Crafting your Perfect Ebook. Admittedly, it was one of my most challenging though wonderful journeys I have ever embarked in.

If it hadn’t been for Shelly Terrell, who trusted me and encouraged me with her positive and generous attitude, I would have not been able to do it.

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Libraries and ebook Creation

Libraries and ebook CreationToday I presented at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference on the topic of Libraries and ebook Creation.  The slides and notes (including a list of resources mentioned)  are available  as a Powerpoint file.  The list of ebooks projects and creation tools (pdf) is also available as a separate file.…

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Libraries and ebook Creation

Libraries and ebook CreationToday I presented at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference on the topic of Libraries and ebook Creation.  The slides and notes (including a list of resources mentioned)  are available  as a Powerpoint file.  The list of ebooks projects and creation tools (pdf) is also available as a separate file.…

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Create Interactive eBooks with Bookry

Faculty eCommons

Do you use iBooks Author? If so, you need to know about Bookry. Boorky is a free service that offers iBook Author users a growing library of widgets to create interactive eBooks.
Boorky is easy to ……

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

How to Hack eBooks in the Public Domain

As part of the Mozilla Teach the Web Project I created a Popcorn project about hacking public domain ebooks.  From that I decided to try using Haiku Deck to create a more visually compelling presentation with more information about how to actually do the hacking.  …

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Hacking Public Domain ebooks for use in the Classroom

Video of Hacking Public Domain ebooks for use in the ClassroomThe assignment for Week 4 of Teach the Web has merged with the assignment for Week 5 as the whole project took much longer than expected.  My idea was to put together a small Popcorn project on how knowing a little HTML and CSS can let you augment public domain ebooks to provide an enhanced learning experience.  …

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Making ebooks

Link to book on iBookstore

Link to book on PressBooks siteAs part of my study leave, I have been looking at creating ebooks.  So far I have used various tools including iBooks Author, the free software from Apple that lets you create books for their iBookstore, and PressBooks which is an ebook creation platform based on WordPress.…

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

3 Ways to Reduce Textbook Costs for Students

Textbooks earn publishers about $8 billion because students can spend over $1,000 for one semester’s required readings (source: Forbes).
As a faculty member, you have the power to influence student costs by merely considering your teaching ……

DownUp (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...