6. Advantages
✓Relatively simple to have budget approval
from divisions
✓Follow existing curriculum requirements
and expectations
✓They have always existed
10. Advantages
✓It’s FREE! You are free to edit your
textbook in any way that you want
✓Updates are really simple to distribute to
students and teachers
✓Completed textbooks can be shared with
educators around the world
11. Disadvantages
X iBooks Author requires the Mac OS X
operating system (with an Intel processor)
X iPads are expensive for school divisions and
limits device (and platform) compatibility
X Custom application features require
additional software and HTML5 coding