Digital textbook, its advantages and disadvantages,the phases of designing a digital text

5. What is a digital
textbook?

6. A digital textbook is a digital
book or e-book intended to
serve as the text for a class.

7. Advantages to digital textbooks
offer lower costs
easier to monitor student progress
easier and cheaper to update

8. offer the opportunity for students
to access multimedia content.
offer a different or better learning
experience.
 offer better access to quality texts.
offer improved access to textbooks
for student with disabilities.

9. Disadvantages of Digital textbooks
the transition to e-textbooks is
costly, complex and controversial.
Students express a strong
preference for printed materials.
device access

10. • digital literacy
• teaching methods

11. Behind the Scenes
An eBook expert consults with
the book’s publisher to
determine which interactive
digital publishing platform is best
suited for the title’s content.

12. The four most popular platforms
are:
• Inkling
• iBooks Author
• Adobe DPS
• Custom HTML5 Solutions &
EPUB3

13. The publication’s subject matter
and content type is an important
determinant in selecting the
appropriate platform. Each
introduces different production
considerations.

14. Examples of different publication
types include:
• Medical Practice, Medical Education, Nursing
Guides
• Science, Health, Social Studies
Foreign Language, Arts
Novels, Periodicals, Journals, Magazines, Travel
Guides, Cookbooks, etc.

15. Producing a quality interactive
eBook is a detailed process that
requires honed methodologies
and the collaboration of a team
of experts including content
architects, instructional and
interactive designers, CSS
experts, HTML5 experts, and
digital testers.

16. A Three-Phase Process
1) Editorial and Design Analysis
2) Digital Composition and Development
3) Testing and QA (Quality Assurance)

17. Editorial and Design Analysis
•begins with the creation of a sample
chapter
•including a page layout and style
guide
•what type of interactivities will be
employed,

18. 2) Digital Composition and
Development
HTML5 coders build and program
all interactive elements based on
the storyboards from the
Editorial and Design Analysis
phase.

19. 3) Testing and QA (Quality
Assurance)
Proofreading of the digital content
•ensure that all of the appropriate content
was transferred
•interactivities incorporated in the right
places.
•Cross-platform testing is also done