iBooks+Author

toc We will be using iBooks Author to create interactive iBooks on the topic you have been researching.

Tick Lists
7th Grade Slavery 7th Grade Poetry 7th Grade Current Events 8th W2 8th Family

|| || ||  || ||  || ||  || ||  || =Lesson 1=
 * // A Few Examples from Previous Years. //**
 * // Slavery //**
 * **Slavery Project** || **Current Events** ||
 * Roberto Arrieta, Leo Aviles,Ana Colorado
 * Natalia Aviles,Roberto Lopez,Edwin Orellana
 * Mafe Contreras, Michelle Kim, Miguel Pocasangre
 * Susana Kawas, Monique Ruiz, Diego Salazar
 * Gabriel Saenz,Marco Samour, Lorena Truscott

iBooks Author Tutorials
Here are a few useful tutorials on how to use iBooks Author.

First you will need to select a template.

Starting an iBook With Templates
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Toolbar Overview
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Insert and Modify Text
You will need to add your own text to the ebook as well as images and possibly some widgets. Watch the following video for more help with adding text. media type="youtube" key="GpewpGpK6K0?list=PL5F5025728444BBA5" height="315" width="560"

=Lesson 2=

Table of Contents and Glossary
You will need to make sure your table of contents is set up correctly and that you have added a short glossary to your book. Please watch the following tutorial on how to do this.

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Insert Hyperlinks
iBooks Author will allow you to add hyperlinks to the text in your ebook. This is similar to adding hyperlinks in other applications and allows you to take readers to external sites, right from the pages of your ebook.

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Adding Images
 iBooks Author allows you to import png, jpg and gif files. You can also add masks to your images and adjust the Alpha to make certain areas transparent.

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Galleries of Photos
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By the End of this Lesson you must have added:
 * 1) Images
 * 2) Text that you have written

=Lesson 4=

Widgets
You may want to embed video, or interactive elements in your ebook. iBooks Author provides users with quite a few great widgets and you can add others with the html options. Bookry has a nice selection of widgets that are easy to customise and add to any ibook as well. Watch the videos below for more ideas on how to use Bookry widgets with iBooks Author.

Bookry Widgets
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=Lesson 5=

Sharing Your e-Book
Once you have finished your ebook, you will need to share it with others. You will do so by exporting your eBook as an iBooks file. There is also an option to export as a PDF file which can be read on non-Apple devices, however you will lose some of the interactive components if you do so. .

Be sure to save the urls of the sources you use as you will need them them when creating your bibliography in EasyBib.

You will need to save a copy of your ebook in Student Documents. smb://storage/students
 * Remember! **